Peter Biziou
Peter Biziou | |
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| Born | 8 August 1944 |
| Years active | 1965–2005 |
Peter Biziou (born August 8, 1944) is a retired British cinematographer.[1]
Early life and career
[edit]Biziou was born in Bangor, North Wales[2] in 1944; the son of special effects cameraman and cinematographer Leon Bijou, best known for shooting Foxes in 1980.
Biziou 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.
He received the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography for the 1988 film Mississippi Burning, as well as another BAFTA nomination for the 1998 film The Truman Show.
After working on Derailed, Biziou retired in 2005, and currently lives in southwest France.[3]
Filmography
[edit]Feature film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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| 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]| Year | Award | Category | Title | Result | Ref. |
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| 1988 | Academy Awards | Best Cinematography | Mississippi Burning | Won | [4] |
| American Society of Cinematographers | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography | Nominated | |||
| BAFTA Awards | Best Cinematography | Won | [5] | ||
| 1998 | The Truman Show | Nominated | [6] |
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.
- ^ https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/peter-biziou-bsc/
- ^ https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/peter-biziou-bsc/
- ^ "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.
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