Peter Biziou
Peter Biziou | |
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| Born | 8 August 1944 |
| Years active | 1965–2005 |
| Parent | Leon Bijou |
Peter Biziou (born 8 August 1944 in Wales) is a British cinematographer.[1]
He received the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography for 1988s film Mississippi Burning, as well as another BAFTA nomination for the 1998s film The Truman Show.
Early life and career
[edit]Peter Biziou is the son of special effects cameraman and cinematographer Leon Bijou, best known for shooting Foxes in 1980.
He began his career in the mid-1960s where he worked on short films by Norman J. Warren and Robert Freeman.
In 1973 he began his collaboration with director Alan Parker, shooting the short films Footsteps (1974) and Our Cissy (1976), before working on Parker's feature film Bugsy Malone, while sharing credit with Michael Seresin.
Filmography
[edit]Short film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Fragment | Norman J. Warren | Interior photography |
| 1968 | Mini-midi | Robert Freeman | Documentary short |
| 1974 | Footsteps | Alan Parker | |
| Our Cissy | |||
| 1976 | Short Ends | Ester Anderson | |
| 1983 | The Bloody Chamber | Nick Lewin |
Feature film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Secret World | Paul Feyder Robert Freeman |
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| 1976 | Bugsy Malone | Alan Parker | With Michael Seresin |
| 1979 | Monty Python's Life of Brian | Terry Jones | |
| 1981 | Time Bandits | Terry Gilliam | |
| 1982 | Pink Floyd – The Wall | Alan Parker | |
| 1984 | Another Country | Marek Kanievska | |
| 1986 | 9½ Weeks | Adrian Lyne | |
| 1988 | A World Apart | Chris Menges | |
| Mississippi Burning | Alan Parker | ||
| 1990 | Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead | Tom Stoppard | |
| 1992 | City of Joy | Roland Joffé | |
| Damage | Louis Malle | ||
| 1993 | In the Name of the Father | Jim Sheridan | |
| 1994 | The Road to Wellville | Alan Parker | |
| 1995 | Richard III | Richard Loncraine | |
| 1998 | The Truman Show | Peter Weir | |
| 2002 | Unfaithful | Adrian Lyne | |
| 2004 | Ladies in Lavender | Charles Dance | |
| 2005 | Derailed | Mikael Håfström |
Documentary film
| Year | Title | Director | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Festival Express | Bob Smeaton | With Robert Fiore |
Awards and nominations
[edit]Academy Awards
| Year | Category | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Best Cinematography | Mississippi Burning | Won | [2] |
BAFTA Awards
| Year | Category | Title | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Best Cinematography | Mississippi Burning | Won | [3] |
| 1998 | The Truman Show | Nominated | [4] |
American Society of Cinematographers
| Year | Category | Title | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | Mississippi Burning | Nominated |
References
[edit]- ^ Vincent Canby (8 February 1991). "Movie Review - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - Review/Film; A Cockeyed Perspective On Elsinore". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
- ^ "1988 Oscars". Oscars.org. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ "1989 BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ "1999 BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
External links
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