Misha Suslov (born March 23, 1939) is an American

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...

. He is best known for ''Prancer''.

Life

Suslov was born in the

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. In 1962 he graduated from the camera department of VGIK (workshop of L. Kosmatov). For three years he worked on Moscow television, where the creative association "Ekran" was being created. He filmed pop performances by

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Maya Kristalinskaya Maya Vladimirovna Kristalinskaya (russian: Ма́йя Влади́мировна Кристали́нская, links=no; 24 February 1932, Moscow – 19 June 1985, Moscow) was a Soviet-Russian singer. In 1957 she performed at the 6th World Festiv ...

, and Muslim Magomayev. He mastered the production of short feature films and television programs. Then he moved to the Mosfilm film studio. Participated in the creation of several films, among which the historical-revolutionary film ''

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'', directed by Yuliy Karasik stands out for its strict

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style. Moving to the USA in 1976, in Hollywood, he worked mainly in the genres of action and crime drama, including

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and ''Champion''. Suslov worked with director

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for ''

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'', ''Prancer'', ''

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'', ''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. Since the late 1990s, he has been working regularly in Russia, including fruitfully collaborating with director

Sergei Ursuliak Sergei Vladimirovich Ursuliak (russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Урсуля́к; born June 10, 1958, in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky) is a Russian filmmaker, screenwriter and actor, TV presenter. Filmography Director * '' Russian ...

, filming ''

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'', ''Poirot's Failure'', ''Liquidation'', ''Isaev'', ''Life and Fate,'' and ''And Quiet Flows the Don''.

Filmography

Awards

* 2005 - Prize for the best camera work. A. Moskvina at the film festival "Literature and Cinema" in Gatchina for the film ''

'' * 2008 -

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Award in the nomination "The operator of a television feature film/series" for ''Liquidation'' * 2013 - Professional award of the Association of Film and Television Producers in the field of television cinema in the nomination ''For the best camera work'' (TV series ''Life and Fate'') * 2015 - Professional award of the Association of Film and Television Producers in the field of television cinema in the nomination ''For the best camera work'' (TV series ''Quiet Don'')

References

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