Peter Suschitzky
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Peter Suschitzky (born July 25, 1941) is a Polish-British cinematographer, born in Warsaw the son of fellow cinematographer Wolfgang Suschitzky. He is known primarily as the director of photography on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back and the later works of David Cronenberg, which the director had mostly departed from his horror-film days into more sedate works of literary adaptation. Suschitzky's work is near universally regarded as among the best cinematography in the world, praised for its sculptorly lighting, vibrant color coordination and rich camerawork.
[edit] Partial list of work
- The War Game (1965), directed by Peter Watkins
- Leo the Last (1970), directed by John Boorman
- The Pied Piper (1972), directed by Jacques Demy
- All Creatures Great and Small (1974), directed by Claude Whatham
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), directed by Jim Sharman
- Listzomania (1975) and 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
- The Public Eye (1992), directed by Howard Franklin
- Mars Attacks! (1996), directed by Tim Burton
[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)
[edit] External links
- Peter Suschitzky at the Internet Movie Database
- Cinematographers bio web site.
