Peter Suschitzky

Peter Suschitzky

84 (1941-07-25)
London, England

Peter Suschitzky (born 25 July 1941) is a British cinematographer and photographer. He has worked frequently with director David Cronenberg on films including Dead Ringers, Naked Lunch, Crash, eXistenZ, A History of Violence, and Eastern Promises. Among Suschitzky's other works as director of photography are The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Empire Strikes Back, and Mars Attacks!

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The Empire Strikes Back 1980 (8.4)

The epic saga continues as Luke Skywalker, in hopes of defeating the evil Galactic Empire, learns the ways of the Jedi from aging master Yoda. But Darth Vader is more determined than ever to capture Luke. Meanwhile, rebel leader Princess Leia, cocky Han Solo, Chewbacca, and droids C-3PO and R2-D2 are thrown into various stages of capture, betrayal and despair.
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After Earth 2013 (5.185)

One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his 13-year-old son, Kitai. When an asteroid storm damages Cypher and Kitai's craft, they crash-land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. As his father lies dying in the cockpit, Kitai must trek across the hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon. His whole life, Kitai has wanted nothing more than to be a soldier like his father. Today, he gets his chance.
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Mars Attacks! 1996 (6.414)

A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.