Peter Biziou

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Peter Biziou
Born (1944-08-08) 8 August 1944 (age 80)
Years active1965–2005
ParentLeon Bijou

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

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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

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

Short film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1965Fragment Norman J. Warren Interior photography
1968Mini-midi Robert Freeman Documentary short
1974Footsteps Alan Parker
Our Cissy
1976Short Ends Ester Anderson
1983The Bloody ChamberNick Lewin

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

Academy Awards

YearCategoryTitleResultRef.
1988 Best Cinematography Mississippi BurningWon [2]

BAFTA Awards

YearCategoryTitleResultRef.
1988 Best Cinematography Mississippi BurningWon [3]
1998The Truman ShowNominated [4]

American Society of Cinematographers

YearCategoryTitleResult
1988 Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Mississippi BurningNominated

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