Peter Suschitzky
Peter Suschitzky , ASC (born July 25, 1941 in London ) is a British cameraman who is best known for his collaboration with the Canadian director David Cronenberg .
Life
The son of Wolfgang Suschitzky , an Austrian photographer and cameraman, grew up in London . Peter Suschitzky began his career in 1960 with German television. Back in England, he soon found work in documentary and industrial films. He made his debut as a cameraman for a feature film in 1962 on It Happened Here .
In addition to working for high-profile directors such as Peter Watkins , John Boorman and Ken Russell , Suschitzky also photographed large-scale productions such as The Empire Strikes Back . The regular collaboration with David Cronenberg began with Die Unzertrennlichen (1988).
Suschitzky received the Canadian Genie Award in 1989, 1992 and 1996 for his work on The Lovebirds, Naked Lunch and Crash . In 1991 he won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Camera for The Time of the Colorful Birds .
Filmography (selection)
- 1965: Mister Lewis - short film
- 1965: It Happened Here - Director: Kevin Brownlow , Andrew Mollo
- 1967: privilege (privilege) - Director: Peter Watkins
- 1967: A Successful Dud (Charlie Bubbles) - Director: Albert Finney
- 1968: The Charge of the Light Brigade - Director: Tony Richardson - Camera 2nd Unit
- 1968: A Midsummer Night's Dream - Director: Peter Hall
- 1969: A Touch of Love - Director: Waris Hussein
- 1969: Lock Up Your Daughters! - Director: Peter Coe
- 1969: Gladiatorerna - Director: Peter Watkins
- 1970: Leo the Last (Leo the Last) - Director: John Boorman
- 1970: In the sights of the Falcon (Figures in a Landscape) - Director: Joseph Losey
- 1971: Melody - Director: Waris Hussein
- 1972: The Pied Piper (The Pied Piper) - Director: Jacques Demy
- 1972: Henry VIII and His Six Wives (Henry VIII and His Six Wives) - Director: Waris Hussein
- 1975: The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Director: Jim Sharman
- 1975: Lisztomania - Director: Ken Russell
- 1977: Valentino - Director: Ken Russell
- 1980: The Empire Strikes Back (The Empire Strikes Back) - Director: Irvin Kershner
- 1983: Krull - Director: Peter Yates
- 1984: Falling in Love (Falling in Love) - Director: Ulu Grosbard
- 1988: Dead Ringers (Dead Ringers) - Director: David Cronenberg
- 1990: The time of colorful birds (Where the Heart Is) - Director: John Boorman
- 1991: Naked Lunch - Directed by David Cronenberg
- 1992: The Reporter (The Public Eye) - Director: Howard Franklin
- 1993: Without a Trace (The Vanishing) - Director: George Sluizer
- 1993: M. Butterfly - Director: David Cronenberg
- 1994: Ludwig van B. - My immortal beloved (Immortal Beloved) - Director: Bernard Rose
- 1996: Crash - Directed by David Cronenberg
- 1996: Mars Attacks! - Director: Tim Burton
- 1998: The Man in the Iron Mask (The Man in the Iron Mask) - Director: Randall Wallace
- 1999: eXistenZ - Director: David Cronenberg
- 2000: Red Planet - Directed by Antony Hoffman
- 2002: Spider - Director: David Cronenberg
- 2005: Shopgirl - Director: Anand Tucker
- 2005: A History of Violence - Directed by David Cronenberg
- 2007: Eastern Promises - Eastern Promises (Eastern Promises) - Director: David Cronenberg
- 2011: A Dangerous Method (A Dangerous Method) - Director: David Cronenberg
- 2012: Cosmopolis - Director: David Cronenberg
- 2013: After Earth - Director: M. Night Shyamalan
- 2014: Maps to the Stars - Director: David Cronenberg
- 2015: The fairy tale of fairy tales
literature
- Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 7: R - T. Robert Ryan - Lily Tomlin. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 560 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ For less, April 6, 1940 is given as the date of birth.
Web links
- Peter Suschitzky in the Internet Movie Database (English) - wrong place of birth there
- Biography and films
- The Suschitzkys. Family of picture makers , Ö1 Diagonal - radio for contemporaries , April 1, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Suschitzky, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , UK |