Peter Suschitzky

Peter Suschitzky, B.S.C., A.S.C. (born July 25, 1941) is a Polish-British cinematographer born in Warsaw and raised in London, the son of the cinematographer Wolfgang Suschitzky.^[1] Among his most known work as director of photography are Star Wars Episode V: 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).^[2]

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

Filmography

• The War Game (1965), directed by Peter Watkins
• Leo the Last (1970), directed by John Boorman
• Melody aka SWALK, (1971) directed by Waris 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

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)

References

External links

• Peter Suschitzky at the Internet Movie Database

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