Peter Biziou

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|name = Peter Biziou

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|8|8|df=y}}

|years_active = 1965–2005

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Peter Biziou (born August 8, 1944) is a retired British cinematographer.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D0CE1DE113AF93BA35751C0A967958260 |title=Movie Review - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - Review/Film; A Cockeyed Perspective On Elsinore |author=Vincent Canby |author-link=Vincent Canby |date=8 February 1991 |work=The New York Times |access-date=25 May 2009}}

Early life and career

Biziou was born in Bangor, North Waleshttps://britishcinematographer.co.uk/peter-biziou-bsc/ 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.https://britishcinematographer.co.uk/peter-biziou-bsc/

Filmography

Feature film

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Year ! Title ! Director ! Notes
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 \|
rowspan=2\|1988 \| A World Apart \| Chris Menges \|
Mississippi Burning \| Alan Parker \|
1990 \| Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead \| Tom Stoppard \|
rowspan=2\|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 \|

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Year

! Title

! Director

! Notes

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

rowspan=2|1988

| A World Apart

| Chris Menges

Mississippi Burning

| Alan Parker

1990

| Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead

| Tom Stoppard

rowspan=2|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

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Year ! Title ! Director ! Note
2003 \| Festival Express \| Bob Smeaton \| With Robert Fiore

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Year

! Title

! Director

! Note

2003

| Festival Express

| Bob Smeaton

| With Robert Fiore

Awards and nominations

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Year ! Award ! Category ! Title ! Result ! Ref.
rowspan=3\|1988 \| Academy Awards \| Best Cinematography \|rowspan=3\|Mississippi Burning \| {{won}} \| {{cite web\|url= https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1989\|title= 1988 Oscars\|website= Oscars.org\|accessdate= June 4, 2023}}
American Society of Cinematographers \| Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography \| {{nom}} \|
rowspan=2\|BAFTA Awards \|rowspan=2\|Best Cinematography \| {{won}} \| {{cite web\|url= http://awards.bafta.org/award/1989/film\|title= 1989 BAFTA Awards\|website= awards.bafta.org\|accessdate= June 4, 2023}}
1998 \| The Truman Show \| {{nom}} \| {{cite web\|url= http://awards.bafta.org/award/1999/film\|title= 1999 BAFTA Awards\|website= awards.bafta.org\|accessdate= June 4, 2023}}

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Year

! Award

! Category

! Title

! Result

! Ref.

rowspan=3|1988

| Academy Awards

| Best Cinematography

|rowspan=3|Mississippi Burning

| {{won}}