Awards & Winners

Peter Biziou

Date of Birth 08-August-1944
Place of Birth Wales
(United Kingdom, United Kingdom, with Dependencies and Territories)
Nationality United Kingdom
Also know as Peter Biziou BSC
Profession Cinematographer
Peter Biziou BSC is a British cinematographer. Peter Biziou is the son of a special effects cameraman. 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. They shot the two shorts Footsteps and Our Cissy in 1974 and in 1976 Biziou got the opportunity to work on Parker's feature film Bugsy Malone. Bizious next works include Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Time Bandits and Pink Floyd - The Wall. Biziou won the Academy Award and the BAFTA Award for Alan Parker's film Mississippi Burning. He received a further BAFTA nomination for Peter Weir's film The Truman Show.

Awards by Peter Biziou

Check all the awards nominated and won by Peter Biziou.

1999


Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography The Truman Show

1990


BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography
Honored for : Mississippi Burning

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography Mississippi Burning

1988


Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Honored for : Mississippi Burning

Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
American Society of Cinematographers Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Theatrical Releases Mississippi Burning
Academy Award for Best Cinematography Mississippi Burning