Misha Suslov Explained

Mikhail Suslov
Caption:Suslov in 2012
Native Name Lang:ru
Birth Name:Mikhail Petrovich Suslov
Birth Date:1939 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Russian SFSR, USSR
Alma Mater:VGIK
Occupation:Cinematographer
Years Active:1963–2024

Mikhail Petrovich Suslov (Russian: Михаил Петрович Суслов; 23 March 1939 – 5 March 2024), also known as Misha Suslov (Russian: Миша Суслов), was a Russian cinematographer.[1] [2]

Life and career

Suslov was born in the USSR. In 1962 he graduated from the camera department of VGIK (workshop of Leonid Kosmatov).[3] 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.[4]

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 Yuliy Karasik, which stands out for its strict ascetic style.[5]

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.[6]

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.[7]

Suslov died on 5 March 2024, at the age of 84.[8]

Filmography

!Year!Title!Type!Role
1963Short StoriesTV movieCinematographer
1967ArenaFilmCinematographer
1968The Sixth of JulyFilmCinematographer
1972The SeagullFilmCinematographer
1972Musician's SisterFilmCinematographer
1973A Man at His PlaceFilmCinematographer
1973No Place to HideFilmCinematographer: Second unit
1977The Washington AffairFilmCinematographer
1980Smokey and the JudgeFilmCinematographer
1980Below the BeltFilmAdditional photographer
1982Truckin' Buddy McCoyFilmCinematographer
1983Strangers KissFilmCinematographer
1984On the LineFilmAdditional cinematographer
1984Very Close QuartersFilmCinematographer
1984Shattered VowsTV movieCinematographer
1985American PlayhouseTV seriesCinematographer
1986Black Moon RisingFilmDirector of photography
19863:15 the Moment of TruthFilmCinematographer
1986Nobody's FoolFilmCinematographer
1987The Verne Miller StoryFilmCinematographer
1987The Great O'GradyShortCinematographer
1988HothouseTV seriesCinematographer
1988Steal the SkyTV movieCinematographer
1989PrancerFilmDirector of photography
1989PeacemakerShortCinematographer
1990The Sleeping CarFilmDirector of photography: Second unit
1990Against the LawTV seriesCinematographer
1991The RunestoneFilmDirector of photography
1991Talkin' Dirty After DarkFilmCinematographer
1994PentathlonFilmCinematographer
1995Sacred CargoFilmCinematographer
1996Public EnemiesFilmCinematographer
1998Composition for Victory DayFilmCinematographer
2000A Piece of EdenFilmCinematographer
2001Suspended AnimationFilmCinematographer
2002Poirot's FailureTV seriesCinematographer
2004Long FarewellFilmCinematographer
2004Tairov's DeathFilmCinematographer
2007LiquidationTV mini seriesDirector of photography
2007IsaevTV mini seriesCinematographer
2009Life and FateFilmDirector of photography
2015The Looking GlassFilmCinematographer
2015And Quiet Flows the DonTV mini seriesCinematographer
2018BlackoutTV mini seriesCinematographer
2019Odessa StreamerTV movieDirector of photography
2020The Girls of SummerFilmCinematographer

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wharton . David . 22 May 1986 . Soviet Emigre Builds Film Career Based on Artistic Freedom . 12 April 2023 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
  2. Web site: Scheck . Frank . 28 October 2015 . 'The Looking Glass': Film Review . 12 April 2023 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
  3. Book: To the history of VGIK. Book IV. . Documentation. Press. Memories. . 1956–1965 . — M.: VGIK, 2013 . 170.
  4. Web site: DNK . Корпорация . Михаил Суслов из Голливуда в Москву . 13 April 2023 . dnk.ru . en.
  5. Web site: admin . 30 October 2015 . 10 отечественных операторов в зарубежном кино: от Кауфмана до Васьянова - . 13 April 2023 . ru-RU.
  6. Web site: ‘Prancer’ puts winter solstice back in Christmas. 12 April 2023 . Orlando Sentinel.
  7. Web site: Оператор Михаил Суслов: Даша Урсуляк после премьеры проснется знаменитой. 19 March 2015. Культура. 30 March 2016. 15 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160415033000/http://portal-kultura.ru/articles/cinema/92640-operator-mikhail-suslov-dasha-ursulyak-posle-premery-prosnetsya-znamenitoy/.
  8. https://smotrim.ru/article/3838975 Умер кинооператор Михаил Суслов
  9. Web site: 16 April 2014 . Ассоциация продюсеров кино и телевидения . 13 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140416101544/http://www.rusproducers.ru/page/17575 . 16 April 2014 .
  10. Web site: Рябиков. Михаил . 30 March 2016 . Лучшие сериалы 2015 года — «Ленинград 46», «Измены» и «Василиса» . 13 April 2023 . kp.ru . ru.

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