Wolfgang Suschitzky
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Wolfgang Suschitzky, BSC (29 August 1912 – 7 October 2016), was a photographer and cinematographer perhaps best known for his collaboration with Paul Rotha in the 1940s and his work on Mike Hodges' 1971 film Get Carter. He was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary.
Andrew Pulver has described Suschtizky as "a living link to the prewar glory days of the British documentary movement." Steve Chibnall writes that Suschitzky "[developed] a reputation as an expert location photographer with a documentarist's ability to extract atmosphere from naturalistic settings." His photographs have been exhibited at the National Gallery, the Austrian Cultural Forum in London and The Photographer's Gallery, and appear in many international photography collections. He is the father of cinematographer Peter Suschitzky (born 1940), classical musician and writer Misha Donat, and Julia Donat. He turned 100 in August 2012.
Partial filmography
- World of Plenty (Paul Rotha, 1943)
- The World Is Rich (1947)
- No Resting Place (Paul Rotha, 1951)
- The Oracle (C.M. Pennington-Richards,1953)
- Cat and Mouse (Paul Rotha, 1958).
- The Bespoke Overcoat (1956)
- Snow (Geoffrey Jones, 1963)
- Sands of Beersheba (1966)
- Ulysses (Joseph Strick, 1967)
- Vengeance of She (Cliff Owen, 1968)
- Les Bicyclettes de Belsize (1968)
- The Small World of Sammy Lee (Ken Hughes 1963),
- Ring of Bright Water (Jack Couffer, 1969)
- Entertaining Mr. Sloane (Douglas Hickox, 1970)
- Get Carter (Mike Hodges, 1971)
- Living Free (Jack Couffer, 1972)
- Some Kind of Hero (1972)
- Theatre of Blood (1973)
- Moments (1974)
- Something to Hide (1976)
- Falling in Love Again (1980)
- Good and Bad at Games (TV series, 1983)
- The Young Visiters (1984)
- The Chain (Jack Gold, 1984)
