Peter Biziou

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Peter Biziou
Born (1944-08-08) 8 August 1944 (age 81)
Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales
Years active1965–2005

Peter Biziou (born August 8, 1944) is a retired British cinematographer. [1]

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Early life and career

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. [2]

Filmography

Feature film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1969 Secret World Paul Feyder
Robert Freeman
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

YearTitleDirectorNote
2003 Festival Express Bob SmeatonWith Robert Fiore

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryTitleResultRef.
1988 Academy Awards Best Cinematography Mississippi Burning Won [3]
American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Nominated
BAFTA Awards Best Cinematography Won [4]
1998 The Truman Show Nominated [5]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 "Peter Biziou BSC". 25 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "1988 Oscars". Oscars.org . 5 October 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "1989 BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org . Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "1999 BAFTA Awards". awards.bafta.org . Retrieved 4 June 2023.


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