{{about||the Australian athlete | Peyton Craig}} {{Short description|American musician and film producer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2013}}
'''Craig Peyton''' (born 1953) is an American vibraphonist, drummer, keyboardist, and film producer. His parents operated the Silvermine Arts Center in New Canaan, Connecticut where he developed an appreciation for art. He took lessons under Gary Burton for vibraphone.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Issacs |first=James |date=1977-03-22 |title=Cellars by Starlight |volume=6 |pages=4 |work=The Boston Phoenix |issue=12 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_boston-phoenix_1977-03-22_6_12/page/n43/mode/2up?q=%22Craig+Peyton%22}}</ref>
==Career== Peyton has worked with artists including James Brown, Melba Moore, Nona Hendryx, Levon Helm, and Dan Hartman. Peyton has written underscore music for ''Friends'', the Smithsonian, ''Nature'', alongside many TV productions and jingles.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}}
In 1991 Peyton founded ''EarthFlight Media'', a multi media production and music company that combined his passion for flying, filming and music. A five thousand-hour instrument rated pilot, Peyton learned the craft of aerial cinematography flying his aircraft, a Mooney 201, while filming a full-length music video to support his album, ''40 Degrees North''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hubler |first=Eric |date=April 12, 1998 |title=Vicarious Consumption: Making Short Work of Long Commutes |work=The New York Times |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C02E3DD123DF931A25757C0A96E958260 |access-date=February 10, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Edwards |first=Nicole |date=2002-12-13 |title=Red Hook photographer's work presents views from on high |pages=17 |work=Poughkeepsie Journal |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109899875/poughkeepsie-journal/}}</ref>
The Outdoor Life Network had Peyton fly throughout North America filming nature backdrops for a news info program.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}} Peyton produced a one-hour show for Speed Vision titled "The Rebirth of Civil Aviation".{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}} Peyton hosted BET's ''Jazz Central'' program, featuring many of his aerial "Visual Music" productions.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}}
Peyton's industrial work includes turnkey productions for major aviation companies. Peyton's aerial photography has contributed to many films, including ''The Island of Dr. Moreau'' (1996), ''Storm'' (1999), ''Along Came Polly'', ''The Punisher'' (2004) and ''What tнē #$*! D̄ө ωΣ (k)πow!?'' (2006),{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}} and music videos including Jay-Z, Beyoncé and TLC, as well as numerous TV and feature releases.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}}
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==External links== * [http://craigpeyton.com Official site] * [https://www.allmusic.com/artist/craig-peyton-mn0000129483 Craig Peyton] at AllMusic
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