| Daniel Pearl | |
| Birth Place: | The Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Cinematographer |
| Years Active: | 1974–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, (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.
| 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 | 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 |