Peter Jessop Filmography

Occupation:
Cinematographer

  • No Place Like Home

    Crew: Cinematographer

    Actors: Susan O'Meara, Carl Bradshaw, The Countryman, P.J. Soles, Frank Marrero

    Synopsis: The Harder They Come director Perry Henzel returns to the Caribbean paradise which inspired that reggae-infused classic to tell this breezy tale of a worldly, New York producer who travels to Jamaica to lens a commercial, only to find her latest production thrown into question when her star player Read More

    2006

  • Jeeves & Wooster [TV Series]

    Crew: Cinematographer

    1990

  • Intimate Contact

    Crew: Cinematographer

    Actors: Claire Bloom, Daniel Massey

    Synopsis: After a brief business-trip fling, a white-collar executive (Daniel Massey) learns he has contracted AIDS, and he and his wife (Claire Bloom) are forced to come to grips with his mortality. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

    1987

  • Parker

    Crew: Cinematographer

    Actors: Bryan Brown, Cherie Lunghi, Kurt Raab, Bob Peck

    Synopsis: In this suspenseful thriller, David Parker (Bryan Brown) is a married businessman with three children, a mistress in Germany, and a brother dealing drugs -- a combination of relationships that will eventually prove fatal to several people. After David leaves his London home and family behind for a Read More

    1984

  • Blue Money

    Crew: Cinematographer

    Actors: Tim Curry, Debby Bishop, Billy Connolly, Dermot Crowley, Frances Tomelty

    Synopsis: An excellent vehicle to showcase the talents of Tim Curry, this comedy by Colin Bucksey casts Curry as Larry Gormley, an actor who has never really had the break he so desperately wants -- though whether or not his talent is up to the task is another question. Larry drives a cab in-between Read More

    1984

  • Real Life

    Crew: Cinematographer

    Actors: Rupert Everett, Cristina Raines, Catherine Rabett, James Faulkner, Isla Blair

    Synopsis: In this British romance, a lively London lad decides to create a little excitement by dreaming up a convincing story involving the theft of a Rembrandt; he then tells the story to a local newspaper. According to the imaginative imp, the painting was stolen by a motely gang who worked for a Read More

    1984

  • Nutcracker

    Crew: Cinematographer

    Actors: Joan Collins, Carol White, Paul Nicholas, Finola Hughes, William Franklyn

    Synopsis: In this sudsy drama, a Russian dancer defects and joins a London ballet school headed by a manipulative madam who uses the school as a front for her call-girl business. All of her employees are students whom she has forced to become prostitutes for prominent politicians. Meanwhile the Read More

    1982

  • The Monster Club

    Crew: Cinematographer

    Actors: Vincent Price, Donald Pleasence, John Carradine, Stuart Whitman

    Synopsis: This quaint horror anthology is loosely based on the works of horror novelist R. Chetwynd-Hayes -- who is portrayed by John Carradine as an active participant in his own tales. The author is invited by a suave vampire (Vincent Price) to accompany him to the title establishment, where he observes Read More

    1981

  • The Great Riviera Bank Robbery

    Crew: Cinematographer

    Synopsis: Why is it that some of the most outlandish movie plotlines are grounded in reality? The Great Riviera Bank Robbery is based on an actual occurrence in 1976. A fascist terrorist group, known as "The Chain", joins forces with a gang of professional criminals to pull off a heist. The target: a bank Read More

    1979

  • The Comeback

    Crew: Cinematographer

    Actors: Jack Jones, Pamela Stephenson, David F. Doyle, Bill Owen, Sheila Keith

    Synopsis: British sado-exploitation guru Pete Walker directed this mundane horror-mystery about an American pop star (Jack Jones) who, after a long hiatus, decides to return to England in an attempt to jump-start his career and finds himself immersed in a supernatural mystery involving the grisly murder of Read More

    1978

  • Schizo

    Crew: Cinematographer

    Synopsis: Frightmare director Pete Walker follows-up his 1976 shocker The Confessional with this grim tale of a beautiful figure skater who falls victim to a murderous stalker. Samantha Gray was just a young girl when her mother was murdered right before her eyes. Years later, Samantha (Lynne Frederick) has Read More

    1977

  • The Confessional

    Crew: Cinematographer

    Actors: Anthony Sharp

    Synopsis: British sleaze artist Pete Walker applies his characteristic sleazy, ultra-violent touch to this audacious, Catholic-bashing tale. A deranged, sex-mad priest (Anthony Sharpe) exploits the sanctity of his office as a means of harassing young women who confide their sins in his confessional Read More

    1975

  • House of Whipcord

    Crew: Cinematographer

    Synopsis: In this British exploitation film, an elderly husband and wife begin torturing young women whose behavior offends their puritan sensibilities. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

    1975

  • Frightmare

    Crew: Cinematographer

    Synopsis: This ghoulishly fun Grand Guignol horror piece from director Pete Walker features a tour-de-force performance by Sheila Keith as Dorothy Yates, who was committed to a mental hospital in 1957 for a series of cannibal-killings along with her devoted husband Edmund (Rupert Davies). They are judged Read More

    1974

  • The Harder They Come

    Crew: Cinematographer

    Actors: Jimmy Cliff

    Synopsis: Reggae star Jimmy Cliff is the principal reason that The Harder They Come was one of the first truly successful films to come out of Jamaica. Cliff plays Ivan, a young would-be singer who finds the going rough when he hits the big city of Kingston. Jailed for participating in a knife fight, Ivan Read More

    1972

  • The Legend of Spider Forest

    Crew: Cinematographer

    Synopsis: The Legend of Spider Forest is also known as Venom, though it bears no relation to the 1982 Klaus Kinski film of that title. Artist Simon Brent goes on working vacation to Bavaria. While in the forest, he meets an alluring young woman. She turns out to be the dreaded "Spider Goddess," who works Read More

    1971

  • Cool It, Carol!

    Crew: Cinematographer

    Actors: Janet Lynn, Robin Askwith, Jess Conrad, Stubby Kaye, Peter Murray

    Synopsis: Two teenagers leave their small village behind and travel to London to make a life for themselves in the big city. Joe (Robin Askwith) convinces his girlfriend Carol (Janet Lynn) he has a job waiting in the motor trade and other connections. They spend the night together in a hotel and are Read More

    1968

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