# Misha Suslov
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{{Short description|Russian cinematographer (1939–2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Mikhail Suslov
| caption = Suslov in 2012
| native_name = {{nobold|Михаил Суслов}}
| native_name_lang = ru
| image = Misha Suslov.jpg
| birth_name = Mikhail Petrovich Suslov
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1939|3|23}}
| birth_place = [Russian SFSR](/source/Russian_SFSR), [USSR](/source/USSR)
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2024|3|5|1939|3|23}}
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| education =
| alma_mater = [VGIK](/source/VGIK)
| occupation = Cinematographer
| years_active = 1963–2024
| predecessor =
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'''Mikhail Petrovich Suslov''' ({{langx|ru|Михаил Петрович Суслов}}; 23 March 1939 – 5 March 2024), also known as '''Misha Suslov''' ({{langx|ru|Миша Суслов}}), was a Russian cinematographer.[{{Cite web |last=Wharton |first=David |date=22 May 1986 |title=Soviet Emigre Builds Film Career Based on Artistic Freedom |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-05-22-vw-7261-story.html |access-date=12 April 2023 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}][{{Cite web |last=Scheck |first=Frank |date=28 October 2015 |title='The Looking Glass': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/looking-glass-film-review-834908/ |access-date=12 April 2023 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}]
== Life and career ==
Suslov was born in the [USSR](/source/Soviet_Union). In 1962 he graduated from the camera department of VGIK (workshop of Leonid Kosmatov).[{{Cite book |title=To the history of VGIK. Book IV. |publisher=Documentation. Press. Memories. |year=1956–1965 |edition=— M.: VGIK, 2013 |pages=170}}] For three years he worked on Moscow television, where the creative association "Ekran" was being created. He filmed pop performances by [Joseph Kobzon](/source/Joseph_Kobzon), [Maya Kristalinskaya](/source/Maya_Kristalinskaya), and [Muslim Magomayev](/source/Muslim_Magomayev_(musician)). He mastered the production of short feature films and television programs.[{{Cite web |last=DNK |first=Корпорация |title=Михаил Суслов из Голливуда в Москву |url=https://dnk.ru/events/183240/ |access-date=13 April 2023 |website=dnk.ru |language=en}}]
Then he moved to the [Mosfilm](/source/Mosfilm) studio. He participated in the creation of several films, among which the historical-revolutionary film ''[The Sixth of July](/source/The_Sixth_of_July)'', directed by [Yuli Karasik](/source/Yuli_Karasik), which stands out for its strict [ascetic](/source/Asceticism) style.[{{Cite web |last=admin |date=30 October 2015 |title=10 отечественных операторов в зарубежном кино: от Кауфмана до Васьянова - |url=https://tvkinoradio.ru/review/article5000-10-otechestvennih-operatorov-v-zarubezhnom-kino-ot-kaufmana-do-vasyanova/ |access-date=13 April 2023 |language=ru-RU}}]
Moving to the United States in 1976, in Hollywood, he worked mainly in the genres of action and crime drama, including [Black Moon Rising](/source/Black_Moon_Rising) and ''Champion''.
Suslov worked with director [John Hancock](/source/John_D._Hancock) for ''[Steal the Sky](/source/Steal_the_Sky)'', [''Prancer''](/source/Prancer_(film)), ''[A Piece of Eden](/source/A_Piece_of_Eden)'', [''Suspended Animation''](/source/Suspended_Animation_(film)), ''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](/source/Santa_Claus)'s.[{{Cite web |title='Prancer' puts winter solstice back in Christmas|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1989-11-17-8911163530-story.html |access-date=12 April 2023 |website=Orlando Sentinel|date=17 November 1989 }}]
From the late 1990s, he worked regularly in Russia, including fruitfully collaborating with director [Sergei Ursuliak](/source/Sergei_Ursuliak), filming ''[Long Farewell](/source/Long_Farewell)'', ''Poirot's Failure'', [''Liquidation''](/source/Liquidation_(miniseries)), ''Isaev'', ''Life and Fate,'' and ''And Quiet Flows the Don''.[{{cite web|url=http://portal-kultura.ru/articles/cinema/92640-operator-mikhail-suslov-dasha-ursulyak-posle-premery-prosnetsya-znamenitoy/|title=Оператор Михаил Суслов: Даша Урсуляк после премьеры проснется знаменитой|author=|date=19 March 2015|publisher=Культура|accessdate=30 March 2016|lang=|archive-date=15 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415033000/http://portal-kultura.ru/articles/cinema/92640-operator-mikhail-suslov-dasha-ursulyak-posle-premery-prosnetsya-znamenitoy/}}]
Suslov died on 5 March 2024, at the age of 84.[[https://smotrim.ru/article/3838975 Умер кинооператор Михаил Суслов] {{in lang|ru}}]
== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Type
!Role
|-
|1963
|''Short Stories''
|TV movie
|Cinematographer
|-
|1967
|''Arena''
|Film
|Cinematographer
|-
|1968
|''[The Sixth of July](/source/The_Sixth_of_July)''
|Film
|Cinematographer
|-
|1972
|[''The Seagull''](/source/The_Seagull_(1972_film))
|Film
|Cinematographer
|-
|1972
|''Musician's Sister''
|Film
|Cinematographer
|-
|1973
|''[A Man at His Place](/source/A_Man_at_His_Place)''
|Film
|Cinematographer
|-
|1973
|[''No Place to Hide''](/source/No_Place_to_Hide_(1973_film))
|Film
|Cinematographer: Second unit
|-
|1977
|''The Washington Affair''
|Film
|Cinematographer
|-
|1980
|''Smokey and the Judge''
|Film
|Cinematographer
|-
|1980
|''[Below the Belt](/source/Below_the_Belt_(1980_film))''
|Film
|Additional photographer
|-
|1982
|''Truckin' Buddy McCoy''
|Film
|Cinematographer
|-
|1983
|''[Strangers Kiss](/source/Strangers_Kiss)''
|Film
|Cinematographer
|-
|1984
|[''On the Line''](/source/On_the_Line_(1984_film))
|Film
|Additional cinematographer
|-
|1984
|''Very Close Quarters''
|Film
|Cinematographer
|-
|1984
|''Shattered Vows''
|TV movie
|Cinematographer
|-
|1985
|''[American Playhouse](/source/American_Playhouse)''
|TV series
|Cinematographer
|-
|1986
|''[Black Moon Rising](/source/Black_Moon_Rising)''
|Film
|Director of photography
|-
|1986
|''3:15 the Moment of Truth''
|Film
|Cinematographer
|-
|1986
|[''Nobody's Fool''](/source/Nobody's_Fool_(1986_film))
|Film
|Cinematographer
|-
|1987
|''The Verne Miller Story''
|Film
|Cinematographer
|-
|1987
|''The Great O'Grady''
|Short
|Cinematographer
|-
|1988
|[''Hothouse''](/source/Hothouse_(TV_series))
|TV series
|Cinematographer
|-
|1988
|''[Steal the Sky](/source/Steal_the_Sky)''
|TV movie
|Cinematographer
|-
|1989
|[''Prancer''](/source/Prancer_(film))
|Film
|Director of photography
|-
|1989
|''Peacemaker''
|Short
|Cinematographer
|-
|1990
|''The Sleeping Car''
|Film
|Director of photography: Second unit
|-
|1990
|[''Against the Law''](/source/Against_the_Law_(TV_series))
|TV series
|Cinematographer
|-
|1991
|''[The Runestone](/source/The_Runestone)''
|Film
|Director of photography
|-
|1991
|''[Talkin' Dirty After Dark](/source/Talkin'_Dirty_After_Dark)''
|Film
|Cinematographer
|-
|1994
|[''Pentathlon''](/source/Pentathlon_(film))
|Film
|Cinematographer
|-
|1995
|''Sacred Cargo''
|Film
|Cinematographer
|-
|1996
|[''Public Enemies''](/source/Public_Enemies_(1996_film))
|Film
|Cinematographer
|-
|1998
|''[Composition for Victory Day](/source/Composition_for_Victory_Day)''
|Film
|Cinematographer
|-
|2000
|''[A Piece of Eden](/source/A_Piece_of_Eden)''
|Film
|Cinematographer
|-
|2001
|[''Suspended Animation''](/source/Suspended_Animation_(film))
|Film
|Cinematographer
|-
|2002
|''Poirot's Failure''
|TV series
|Cinematographer
|-
|2004
|''[Long Farewell](/source/Long_Farewell)''
|Film
|Cinematographer
|-
|2004
|''Tairov's Death''
|Film
|Cinematographer
|-
|2007
|[''Liquidation''](/source/Liquidation_(miniseries))
|TV mini series
|Director of photography
|-
|2007
|''Isaev''
|TV mini series
|Cinematographer
|-
|2009
|''Life and Fate''
|Film
|Director of photography
|-
|2015
|''The Looking Glass''
|Film
|Cinematographer
|-
|2015
|''And Quiet Flows the Don''
|TV mini series
|Cinematographer
|-
|2018
|''Blackout''
|TV mini series
|Cinematographer
|-
|2019
|''Odessa Streamer''
|TV movie
|Director of photography
|-
|2020
|''The Girls of Summer''
|Film
|Cinematographer
|}
== Awards ==
* 2005 – Moskvin Prize at the film festival "Literature and Cinema" in [Gatchina](/source/Gatchina) for the film ''[Long Farewell](/source/Long_Farewell)''
* 2008 – [TEFI](/source/TEFI) Award in the nomination the cinematographer of a television feature film/series for [''Liquidation''](/source/Liquidation_(miniseries))
* 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'')[{{Cite web |date=16 April 2014 |title=Ассоциация продюсеров кино и телевидения |url=http://www.rusproducers.ru/page/17575 |access-date=13 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416101544/http://www.rusproducers.ru/page/17575 |archive-date=16 April 2014 }}]
* 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'')[{{Cite web |last=Рябиков|first=Михаил |date=30 March 2016 |title=Лучшие сериалы 2015 года — «Ленинград 46», «Измены» и «Василиса» |url=https://www.kp.ru/daily/26510/3379369/ |access-date=13 April 2023 |website=kp.ru |language=ru}}]
== References ==
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== External links ==
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