Peter Suschitzky

Quick Facts

Intro

British cinematographer

Places

United Kingdom Great Britain

Cinematographer

Work field

Film, TV, Stage & Radio

Gender

Male

Birth

25 July 1941 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Age

83 years

Family

Father:

Wolfgang Suschitzky

The details (from wikipedia)

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 (fr) (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