Peterman began his Hollywood career as a film loader for Hal Roach Studios and later became an animation cameraman and optical printer operator for company. For the 1966 science fiction film The Bubble, he worked as camera operator for Charles F. Wheeler, who would become an additional photographer on Star Trek: The Motion Picture. The Bubble also featured Vic Perrin and Marvin Chomsky as associate producer and art director. Peterman passed away of complications from a form of leukemia at his home in Palos Verdes Estates on 5 February 2011. He was 79 years old. [1]