Peter Suschitzky

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Peter Suschitzky, B.S.C., A.S.C. (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 succeeded Mark Irwin as Cronenberg's regular cinematographer when Irwin left during the pre-production of Dead Ringers (1988).

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. He won the 2008 Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography for his work on Eastern Promises.

[edit] Partial list of work

• The War Game (1965), directed by Peter Watkins
• Leo the Last (1970), directed by John Boorman
• Melody aka SWALK, (1971) directed by Warris Hussein
• 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
• Lisztomania (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)
• Eastern Promises (2007)

[edit] External links

• Peter Suschitzky at the Internet Movie Database
• Cinematographers bio web site.