Misha Suslov

Suslov was born in the USSR. In 1962 he graduated from the camera department of VGIK (workshop of Leonid Kosmatov).{{Cite book |title=To the history of VGIK. Book IV. |publisher=Documentation. Press. Memories. |year=1956–1965 |edition=— M.: VGIK, 2013 |pages=170}} For three years he worked on Moscow television, where the creative association "Ekran" was being created. He filmed pop performances by Joseph Kobzon, Maya Kristalinskaya, and Muslim Magomayev. He mastered the production of short feature films and television programs.{{Cite web |last=DNK |first=Корпорация |title=Михаил Суслов из Голливуда в Москву |url=https://dnk.ru/events/183240/ |access-date=13 April 2023 |website=dnk.ru |language=en}}

Then he moved to the Mosfilm studio. He participated in the creation of several films, among which the historical-revolutionary film The Sixth of July, directed by Yuli Karasik, which stands out for its strict ascetic style.{{Cite web |last=admin |date=30 October 2015 |title=10 отечественных операторов в зарубежном кино: от Кауфмана до Васьянова - |url=https://tvkinoradio.ru/review/article5000-10-otechestvennih-operatorov-v-zarubezhnom-kino-ot-kaufmana-do-vasyanova/ |access-date=13 April 2023 |language=ru-RU}}

Moving to the United States in 1976, in Hollywood, he worked mainly in the genres of action and crime drama, including Black Moon Rising and Champion.

Suslov worked with director John Hancock for Steal the Sky, Prancer, A Piece of Eden, Suspended Animation, The Looking Glass, and The Girls of Summer. Suslov's camerawork in the drama film Prancer added sincerity to the story of a girl finding a reindeer she believes is Santa's.{{Cite web |title='Prancer' puts winter solstice back in Christmas|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1989-11-17-8911163530-story.html |access-date=12 April 2023 |website=Orlando Sentinel|date=17 November 1989 }}

From the late 1990s, he worked regularly in Russia, including fruitfully collaborating with director Sergei Ursuliak, filming Long Farewell, Poirot's Failure, Liquidation, Isaev, Life and Fate, and And Quiet Flows the Don.{{cite web|url=http://portal-kultura.ru/articles/cinema/92640-operator-mikhail-suslov-dasha-ursulyak-posle-premery-prosnetsya-znamenitoy/|title=Оператор Михаил Суслов: Даша Урсуляк после премьеры проснется знаменитой|author=|date=19 March 2015|publisher=Культура|accessdate=30 March 2016|lang=|archive-date=15 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415033000/http://portal-kultura.ru/articles/cinema/92640-operator-mikhail-suslov-dasha-ursulyak-posle-premery-prosnetsya-znamenitoy/}}

Suslov died on 5 March 2024, at the age of 84.[https://smotrim.ru/article/3838975 Умер кинооператор Михаил Суслов] {{in lang|ru}}

• 2005 – Moskvin Prize at the film festival "Literature and Cinema" in Gatchina for the film Long Farewell
• 2008 – TEFI Award in the nomination the cinematographer of a television feature film/series for Liquidation
• 2013 – Professional award of the Association of Film and Television Producers in the field of television cinema in the nomination For the best camera work (TV series Life and Fate){{Cite web |date=16 April 2014 |title=Ассоциация продюсеров кино и телевидения |url=http://www.rusproducers.ru/page/17575 |access-date=13 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416101544/http://www.rusproducers.ru/page/17575 |archive-date=16 April 2014 }}
• 2015 – Professional award of the Association of Film and Television Producers in the field of television cinema in the nomination For the best camera work (TV series Quiet Don){{Cite web |last=Рябиков|first=Михаил |date=30 March 2016 |title=Лучшие сериалы 2015 года — «Ленинград 46», «Измены» и «Василиса» |url=https://www.kp.ru/daily/26510/3379369/ |access-date=13 April 2023 |website=kp.ru |language=ru}}

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