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Biography
Peter Suschitzky, A.S.C. (born July 25, 1941) is a cinematographer born in London, the son of the cinematographer Wolfgang Suschitzky BSC. Among his most known works as director of photography are 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), and has been the cinematographer for all of Cronenberg's films since.
Suschitzky won the 2008 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography for his work on Eastern Promises. He is featured in the book Conversations with Cinematographers, published by Scarecrow Press. He is married to Ilona Suschitzky.
In 2015 he was selected to be a member of the jury for the International Critics' Week section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.
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
- 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
- Tale of Tales (2015), directed by Matteo Garrone
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)
- Maps to the Stars (2014)