Peter Suschitzky
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Peter Suschitzky BSC, A.S.C. (born April 6, 1940) cinematographer born in London, the son of the cinematographer Wolfgang Suschitzky BSC.[1] Among his most known work as director of photography are Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and the later films of David Cronenberg. Suschitzky succeeded Mark Irwin as Cronenberg's regular cinematographer when Irwin left during the pre-production of Dead Ringers (1988).[2]
Suschitzky won the 2008 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography for his work on Eastern Promises.
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[edit] Filmography
- Trinidad and Tobago (1964), directed by Geoffrey Jones
- It Happened Here (1966), directed by Kevin Brownlow, Andrew Mollo
- Privilege (1967), directed by Peter Watkins
- Charlie Bubbles (1967), directed by Albert Finney
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968), directed by Peter Hall
- Lock Up Your Daughters! (1969), directed by Peter Coe
- Gladiators (1969) directed by Peter Watkins
- A Touch of Love (1969) directed by Waris Hussein
- Figures in a Landscape (1970), directed by Joseph Losey
- Leo the Last (1970), directed by John Boorman
- Melody aka SWALK, (1971) directed by Waris Hussein
- Henry VIII and his Six Wives, (1972) directed by Waris Hussein
- The Pied Piper (1972), directed by Jacques Demy
- That'll Be the Day (1973), directed by Claude Whatham
- All Creatures Great and Small (1974), directed by Claude Whatham
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), directed by Jim Sharman
- Lisztomania (1975), directed by Ken Russell
- Valentino (1977), directed by Ken Russell
- Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), directed by Irvin Kershner
- Krull (1983), directed by Peter Yates
- Falling in Love (1984), directed by Ulu Grosbard
- In Extremis (1988), directed by Olivier Lorsac
- Where the Heart Is (1990), directed by John Boorman
- A Man and Two Women (1991), directed by Valérie Stroh
- The Public Eye (1992), directed by Howard Franklin
- The Vanishing (1993), directed by George Sluizer
- Fallen Angels (episodes I'll Be Waiting and The Frightening Frammis) (1993), directed by Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise respectively
- Immortal Beloved (1994), directed by Bernard Rose
- Mars Attacks! (1996), directed by Tim Burton
- The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), directed by Randall Wallace
- Red Planet (2000), directed by Antony Hoffman
- Shopgirl (2005), directed by Anand Tucker
- The Stone Council (2006), directed by Guillaume Nicloux
- NTV Sport Television(TR) (2010), directed by Peter Suschitzky
- After Earth (2013), directed by M. Night Shyamalan
[edit] Work with David Cronenberg
- Dead Ringers (1988)
- Naked Lunch (1991)
- M. Butterfly (1993)
- Crash (1996)
- eXistenZ (1999)
- Spider (2002)
- A History of Violence (2005)
- Eastern Promises (2007)
- A Dangerous Method (2011)
- Cosmopolis (2012)
[edit] References
- ^ cinematographers.nl. "Peter Suschitzky, BSC/ASC". http://www.cinematographers.nl/PaginasDoPh/suschitzky.htm.
- ^ Burgess, Steve, Salon.com (November 30, 1999). [In a recent interview which I conducted for a forthcoming book Suschitzky said he had nothing to do with the 1965 black and white film The War Game. He has been credited in error. http://www.salon.com/people/bc/1999/11/30/cronenberg/print.html "David Cronenberg"]. In a recent interview which I conducted for a forthcoming book Suschitzky said he had nothing to do with the 1965 black and white film The War Game. He has been credited in error. http://www.salon.com/people/bc/1999/11/30/cronenberg/print.html.
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