Peter Mignin was born and raised in downtown Chicago. He currently resides in Los Angeles. Mignin's concentrations are: cinematography, directing and editing. He graduated from Tulane University where he first crafted film production by editing digitally. In New Orleans, he directed/shot/edited a mini-documentary about Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. Mignin (Min-yin) decided to further pursue filmmaking at USC's school of cinematic-arts in Los Angeles. In L.A. he enrolled in summer classes concentrating on cinematography and screenwriting.

Mignin put a hold on L.A to complete a masters in Chicago, with a degree in Digital Cinema at DePaul University. While in school, Mignin directed photography on the short film "Otra Vida", runner up Chicago Latino Int. Film Festival. He also wrangled copper on the first 3-D MFA thesis in the world: "Li". (Director & stereographer: Ross Heran).

Immediately after film-school, Pete accepted an internship at Brooklyn Fireproof film studios in Bushwick, Brooklyn. In NYC he worked behind the scenes as an office-PA, and on-set as a PA/grip/electrician. His production work in New York includes the feature-film: The Boarding House, starring Nick Stahl and Alicia Witt. His production work on music-videos in New York City includes: The Ready Set, Phantogram, RaRaRiot, Freelance Whales, and The Joy Formidable.

Pete brought his skills to Los Angeles in 2011. His L.A. production work includes working for Joss Whedon, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Dominic Disaia, Gatorade, Nike and Hyundai. His feature-film production work includes: Much Ado About Nothing, Congratulations and The Mummy Resurrection. Mignin has worked on-set with the following Directors of Photography: Karl-Walter Lindenlaub, Robbie Greenberg, Gabriel Beristain, Julio Macat, Jay Hunter, Pete Biagi, Mike Ragen, Adam Bricker, Elie Smolkin, Matt Garrett, Kevin Hayden and Scott Thiele.

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