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Peter Biziou
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Biography
Peter Biziou (born August 8, 1944) is a retired British cinematographer. He served as director of photography on many notable films including Bugsy Malone, Monty Python's Life of Brian, Time Bandits, In the Name of the Father, The Truman Show, and Unfaithful. For his work on Mississippi Burning, he received both an Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography.
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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.
The Truman Show
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In the Name of the Father
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Time Bandits
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Another Country
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Unfaithful
Director of Photography
Life of Brian
Director of Photography
Damage
Director of Photography
The Road to Wellville
Director of Photography
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KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
Breaking the Frame: A Journey Through the Fourth Wall
It began with a gun, a bullet, and an audience leaping out of their seats. When Justus D. Barnes leveled his revolver at the camera in The Great Train Robbery (...
8 films
The University of British Cinema
From the dreaming spires of Cambridge to the redbrick campuses of the provinces, a journey through the British university film and what it reveals about class,...
8 films
The Quiet Art of the British Character Actor
Eight films that celebrate the scene-stealers, the scene-setters, and the soul of British cinema: the character actors who make every frame richer.
8 films
Anarchy in the UK
From Ealing's sly subversions to Python's surreal dismantling of authority, a journey through the films that taught Britain to laugh at itself.
7 films
When the Cartoon Fights Back: Slapstick Meets Liability
What happens when simulated harm, comic violence, or staged ordeals crash into real-world consequences? This collection explores the unsettling borderland where...
8 films
The Camera as Weapon
From Chris Hansen's sting operations to the blood sport of nightly news, this chain traces the moral rot at the heart of spectacle.
8 films
Unmasked: Living in the Aftermath of Exposure
The secret is out, and the thrill of anonymity is gone. This collection skips the suspense of a secret identity to focus on the unglamorous aftermath of total e...
7 films
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