Edward J. Pei

Movies

Super Sweet 16: The Movie
Cinematography
Two best friends try to outdo each other as their respective sweet 16 parties approach.
Primeval
Director of Photography
A news team is sent to Burundi to capture and bring home a legendary 25-foot crocodile. Their difficult task turns potentially deadly when a warlord targets them for death.
Smile
Director of Photography
Introduced to a volunteer opportunity with the Doctor's Gift Program, Katie (Mika Boorem) signs up for a trip to China, where she meets Lin (Yi Ding), a girl with whom she shares a birthday. Lin has a facial deformity that discourages her from ever showing her face, but her friendship with Katie helps her start to see life in a new way.
Sexual Life
Director of Photography
As they seek romance and sexual gratification, the lives of eight Los Angeles natives — including a teenager, a wedding photographer and a hotel desk clerk — converge on a carousel of carnal encounters.
Feast of All Saints
Director of Photography
Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught between the world of white privilege and black oppression.
The Princess & the Marine
Cinematography
Based on a true story, American Marine Jason Johnson (Goselaar) is sent on assignment to the Emirate of Bahrain. While there, he meets and falls in love with a spirited, lovely young woman, Meriam (Nichols), without realizing she is really a member of the Bahraini Royal Family. Meriam, who does not wish to consent to an arranged marriage, knows her love affair with Jason is dangerous, as he is a Mormon Christian and she a Muslim. Her parents would never consent to their match, and so Meriam and Jason race against time to escape Bahrain and make it to the United States, where they can marry. If Meriam is sent back, however, her life may be in jeopardy.
Little Richard
Cinematography
The story of Little Richard Penniman, from his poor Southern upbringing to dealing with the trials and tribulations of being a Black singer in the 1950s, to his born-again phase and brief "retirement" from rock and roll.
The Disciples
Director of Photography
Four highly trained martial artists are dispatched to protect a high-profile baseball player from hired kidnappers.
As Time Runs Out
Director of Photography
A wealthy man races against time to save his kidnapped son whose abductor left him with a bomb set to detonate.
Border Line
Director of Photography
Allison Westlin, a Los Angeles-based immigration lawyer and single mother, investigates a murder with the help of private detective Mario Sparks and INS officer Dan McIvers. As the investigation continues and Westlin uncovers a human-smuggling ring, Westlin's nanny Maria jeopardizes her life to protect Westlin and her daughter.
Emma's Wish
Director of Photography
A lonely retirement home resident obtains a magical ring on her 75th birthday which grants her wish to again be young. Awakening the next morning she finds herself to be 40 years old again. She leaves the home and takes a position as a housekeeper for her daughter, who does not recognize her.
Little Girl Fly Away
Cinematography
Fact-based story about a woman whose life is shattered by a poetry-spouting stalker who manages to evade her police protectors.
The Long Island Incident
Director of Photography
On December 7, 1993, a gunman opened fire in a crowded commuter train on Long Island. This fact-based story focuses on the events that swell around Carolyn McCarthy, a woman whose husband is killed and her 26 year old son is severely wounded in the massacre. The result is she is forced out of her comfortable suburban existence and she becomes an out-spoken crusader against assault weapons. The film shifts from her perspective to the mind of the killer and finally to the media frenzy that surrounds both.
Overnight Delivery
Director of Photography
A man suspects his girlfriend of being unfaithful. So he sends her a letter, but than finds out that he was wrong. He has 24 hours to stop the package, prevent a disaster, and fall in love. The only problem is the delivery man will not stop until the package has been delivered.
Friends 'Til The End
Director of Photography
Heather and Suzanne were childhood friends, both singers, who have always been competing against each other. The insecure Suzanne, who usually lost all the competitions, grows emotionally disturbed and hyper-competitive and carrying a grudge against Heather. The young woman, under a false name, enrolls the same college where Heather goes, with the intention of destroying her life...
Panther
Director of Photography
Panther is a semi-historic film about the origins of The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The movie spans about 3 years (1966-68) of the Black Panther's history in Oakland. Panther also uses historical footage (B/W) to emphasize some points.
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Director of Photography
Lucy married at the turn of the last century, when she was fifteen and her husband was fifty. If Colonel William Marsden was a veteran of the "War for Southern Independence", Lucy became a "veteran of the veteran" with a unique perspective on Southern history and Southern manhood. Her story encompasses everything from the tragic death of a Confederate boy soldier to the feisty narrator's daily battles in the Home--complete with visits from a mohawk-coiffed candy-striper.
Only the Strong
Director of Photography
Former Green Beret Louis Stevens returns to his hometown of Miami after completing military service in Brazil, only to learn that his old high school has become a haven for gangs and drug dealers. After Stevens uses his capoeira skills to kick several drug dealers off of the school property, Kerrigan, one of Stevens' old teachers, sees the impact that Stevens has on the students. Kerrigan gives him the task of teaching Capoeira to a handful of the worst at-risk students at the school.
Getting Up and Going Home
Director of Photography
A middle-aged lawyer struggles to face his inner demons as he finds himself embroiled in affairs with three separate women.
The Sitter
Director of Photography
A delusional babysitter goes on a psychotic rampage, putting the little girl she is looking after in grave danger.
Night of the Warrior
Director of Photography
A kickboxer has an accounting problem with the mobster (Anthony Geary) who lent him money for a nightclub.
Howling VI: The Freaks
Director of Photography
A villainous carnival owner traps a young werewolf to include in his growing menagerie of inhuman exhibits.
To Have and to Hold
Director of Photography
Based on the best selling novel by American author Mary Johnston in 1900.