Peter Bonilla, soc
Director of Photography
Selected Credits
DOCUMENTARIES
Soldiers’ Eyes
shot in Normandy, Paris and London, 2009 for the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings. (in post production)
Dir: Stratton Leopold
Client: The Greatest Generations Foundation.
Where's the Party?
Dir: David Lasdon (in post production)
Baseball, Dennis & the French (in post production)
Dir: Paul Croshaw
NOVA: Saved by the Sun
Dir: Steven Latham
NOVA: scienceNOW “Asteroid”
Dir: Julia Cort, PBS
Fuel
Dir: Josh Tickell
The Gift of Literacy
Dir: Paul Rogers, LA Cityview 35
Black Sky: The Race for Space and the sequel Black Sky: Winning the X Prize
Dir: Gail Willumsen, the Discovery Channel
Various NOVAs on PBS including:
Battle of the X Planes
The Killing Machines
Poisoned Winds of War
Secret Intelligence
The Spy Machines
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
(Feature) Dir: George Daugherty, Warner Bros.
Thank God They're Dead and Junkyard Wars
The Learning Channel
From Russia to Hollywood
(Feature) Dir: Frederick Keeve
Sworn to Secrecy
The History Channel
The Anti-Gravity Room
The Sci-Fi Channel
Survivors of the Holocaust
Visual History Foundation, winner of two Emmys
Roots in the Sand
Hart Films/PBS
Semester at Sea: Fall 2001 World Voyage
Director / Cameraman
4th Annual JMP Jazz and Blues Festival
LA Cityview 35
NARRATIVE FILMS
No Man's Land: The Rise of the Reeker
(Feature) Camera Operator, 2nd Unit
Dir.: David Payne
DP: Mike Mikens
The Substitute for Love (short film aired on BET in 2009)
Prod: Denise Sealy
Dir: Juan Platero
Panama
(Feature) Dir: Jorge Cano
Aerobicide
(Feature) Dir: David Pryor
The Follower
(Feature) Dir: Carl Clay
Rabbit
(Short Film) Dir: Keith Fialcowitz
The Thistle Hotel
(Short Film) Dir: Martha Wheelock
Ironman
(Feature) starring Bernard Fox of Titanic
New York Nights
(Feature) Camera Operator
Dir.: Simon Nuchtern
DP: Dennis Lewiston, B.S.C.
MUSIC VIDEOS
Jyve V
New Kids on the Block
Vesta
The Barkays
Steel Pulse
COMMERCIALS, CORPORATE & PSAs
Gary Null & Associates, the Cheesecake Factory, Wired Magazine, Citicorp, Louis Feraud, Avon, J.I. Case, Target, Aramco (Saudi Arabia), Navigational English with Raymond Burr, Britannica Films, National Geographic, Time/Life, U.S. Navy, Nissan, Entertainment Tonight, Paramount Television, RAI, ARD, LA Cityview 35, Lifetime Television, Telemundo, Lane Bryant, L.A. County Water Conservation, Fit 'n Fold Strider, Susan Powter, Genesis Spacemate, The Speed Channel, Digital Entertainment Network, Vivendi
AWARDS
Peabody Awards for Black Sky: The Race for Space and for
The Spy Machines
Two National Emmy Awards for
Survivors of the Holocaust
Emmy Award for
Emergency Preparedness PSA
NATOA Award (1st place) for
Fourth Annual JMP Jazz & Blues Festival
CINE Golden Eagle for
Problems of Conservation: Acid Rain
Special Venus Award, Houston International
Film Festival for Girl from India
Paul Robeson Award for Excellence in Independent Filmmaking for
The Follower