Питер Сушицкий: Британдық оператор және фотограф өмірі мен шығармалары

British cinematographer and photographer

Peter Suschitzky, A. S. C. (born 25 July 1941) is a British cinematographer and photographer. Among his most known works as director of photography are The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Empire Strikes Back, and Mars Attacks! 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, with the exception of Crimes of the Future (2022). He has also collaborated with directors John Boorman, Ken Russell, Bernard Rose, and Tim Burton. Suschitzky has been the recipient of four Genie Awards for Best Achievement in Cinematography, and a David di Donatello Award for Best Cinematography. 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 Critics' Week section of the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

Suschitzky was born in London, England, the son of BAFTA Award nominated cinematographer Wolfgang Suschitzky. His father was an Austrian of Jewish descent. Although music was his passion, he chose to pursue a career in cinematography while studying at Institut des hautes études cinématographiques in Paris, France. He became a clapper boy at age 19 and a camera operator at age 22. Among his first films as DP was It Happened Here, a mockumentary style World War II film about life in the United Kingdom, following a hypothetical Axis victory in World War II. The film was shot on handheld, 16mm film in order to give it a gritty, realistic look inspired by wartime newsreels. Due to the film's independent nature and unusual subject matter, its production lasted a total of eight years. In 1975, Suschitzky shot The Rocky Horror Picture Show, a comedy musical film that, while initially unsuccessful, has since become a massive cult film, with regular midnight screenings attended by dedicated, cosplaying fans. He shot the 1977 biopic Valentino for director Ken Russell, for which he received a nomination for a BAFTA Film Award for Best Cinematography. Three years later, he would lens the second entry in the long running Star Wars film series, The Empire Strikes Back, considered to be the best in the series. Suschitzky replaced Mark Irwin as director David Cronenberg's regular director of photography, beginning with the 1988 film Dead Ringers, for which he won a Genie Award for Best Cinematography. He would go on to win three more Genies in his collaborations with Cronenberg on the films Naked Lunch, Crash, and Eastern Promises.

Year Title Director Notes 1964 It Happened Here Kevin BrownlowAndrew Mollo With Kevin Brownlow 1966 The Christmas Tree Jim Clark1967 Privilege Peter Watkins Charlie Bubbles Albert Finney 1968 A Midsummer Night's Dream Peter Hall1969 Lock Up Your Daughters! Peter Coe Gladiators Peter Watkins A Touch of Love Waris Hussein1970 Figures in a Landscape Joseph Losey With Henri Alekan and Guy Tabary Leo the Last John Boorman 1971 Melody aka SWALKWaris Hussein1972 Henry VIII and his Six Wives The Pied Piper Jacques Demy 1973 That'll Be the Day Claude Whatham1975 The Rocky Horror Picture Show Jim Sharman LisztomaniaKen Russell 1977 Valentino 1980 The Empire Strikes Back Irvin Kershner 1983 Krull Peter Yates 1984 Falling in Love Ulu Grosbard1988 In Extremis Olivier Lorsac Dead Ringers David Cronenberg 1st collaboration with Cronenberg 1990 Where the Heart Is John Boorman1991 Un homme et deux femmes Valérie Stroh Naked Lunch David Cronenberg 1992 The Public Eye Howard Franklin1993 The Vanishing George Sluizer M. Butterfly David Croenenberg 1994 Immortal Beloved Bernard Rose1996 Mars Attacks! Tim Burton Crash David Cronenberg 1998 The Man in the Iron Mask Randall Wallace 1999 eXistenZ David Cronenberg 2000 Red Planet Antony Hoffman 2002 SpiderDavid Cronenberg2005 A History of Violence Shopgirl Anand Tucker 2006 The Stone Council Guillaume Nicloux 2007 Eastern PromisesDavid Cronenberg 2011 A Dangerous Method 2012 Cosmopolis 2013 After Earth M. Night Shyamalan 2014 Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg 2015 Tale of Tales Matteo Garrone