Daniel Pearl
Born1951 (age 72–73)
The Bronx, New York, U.S.
OccupationCinematographer
Years active1974–present

Daniel Pearl, A.S.C. (born 1951 in The Bronx, New York[1]) is an American cinematographer who has worked on many feature films, over 400 music videos and more than 250 commercials. He is known for his cinematography work on various horror films, including The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) and its 2003 remake, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007), Friday the 13th (2009), The Boy (2016) and Mom and Dad (2017).

After gaining a master's degree at University of Texas at Austin, Pearl met Tobe Hooper in a film lab. After receiving some advice from the cinematographer about filters, Hooper later invited him to work on The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, saying that "it's really important that I have a Texan shoot this film."[1]

He won the first MTV cinematography award for "Every Breath You Take."[1] He filmed the Michael Bay-directed "I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That)", which he cites as "one of my personal all-time favorite projects ... I think the cinematography is pure, and it tells a story about the song."[2] Michael Bay would later produce the 2003 Chainsaw remake.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Director Notes
1974 The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Tobe Hooper
1978 Fairy Tales Harry Hurwitz
The Fifth Floor Howard Avedis
1979 She Came to the Valley Albert Band
Hometown U.S.A. Max Baer Jr.
1980 Getting Wasted Paul Frizler
The Return Greydon Clark
1981 Full Moon High Larry Cohen
1982 The Junkman H. B. Halicki With Tony Syslo
Zapped! Robert J. Rosenthal
1987 It's Alive III: Island of the Alive Larry Cohen
A Return to Salem's Lot
Amazon Women on the Moon Joe Dante
Carl Gottlieb
Peter Horton
John Landis
Robert K. Weiss
Deadly Illusion Larry Cohen
William Tannen
Hiding Out Bob Giraldi
2003 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Marcus Nispel
2007 Pathfinder
Captivity Roland Joffé
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem Greg and Colin Strause
2009 Friday the 13th Marcus Nispel
2012 The Obama Effect Charles S. Dutton
The Apparition Todd Lincoln
No One Lives Ryuhei Kitamura
2016 The Boy William Brent Bell
2017 Mom and Dad Brian Taylor
2019 The Intruder Deon Taylor

Television

Year Title Director Notes
1998 When You Believe: Music from 'The Prince of Egypt' Mary Lambert Documentary film;
Mariah Carey's segments
2004 Frankenstein Marcus Nispel TV movie
2012 Great Performances Jim Gable Episode "Rod Stewart: Merry Christmas, Baby"
2015 Mariah Carey's Merriest Christmas James Yukich TV special
2021 Mariah's Christmas: The Magic Continues Joseph Kahn

References

  1. 1 2 3 Fisher, Bob. "A Conversation with Daniel Pearl". International Cinematographers Guild. Archived from the original on 2006-10-19. Retrieved 2006-10-25.
  2. ↑ "Pearl Looks Forward to Future, 25 Years after Texas Chainsaw Massacre". International Cinematographers Guild. Archived from the original on 2006-10-19. Retrieved 2006-08-29.
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