Sova, Peter

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SOVA, Peter

PERSONAL

Addresses:

Office—c/o Peter Sova Productions, 1492 Roses Brook Rd., South Kortright, NY 13842. Agent—Innovative Artists, 1505 Tenth St., Santa Monica, CA 90401.

Career:

Cinematographer.

Awards, Honors:

Vision Award in Cinematography, AFI Fest, 2000, for Gangster No. 1.

CREDITS

Film Cinematographer:

Short Eyes (also known as Slammer), Film League, 1977.

(And camera operator) Samba da criacao do mundo (documentary; also known as Samba of the Creation of the World), 1978.

Rockers, New Yorker Films, 1978.

Diner, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 1982.

Tin Men, Buena Vista, 1987.

Good Morning, Vietnam, Buena Vista, 1987.

Sing, TriStar, 1989.

Late for Dinner, Columbia, 1991.

Straight Talk, Buena Vista, 1992.

Bed & Breakfast, Hemdale Picture Corp., 1992.

Jimmy Hollywood, Paramount, 1995.

Feast of July, Buena Vista, 1995.

Sgt. Bilko (also known as Sergeant Bilko), Universal, 1996.

Donnie Brasco, TriStar, 1997.

The Proposition, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, 1998.

Gangster No. 1 (also known as Gangster Nr. 1), IFC Films, 2000.

Doctor Sleep (also known as Close Your Eyes and Hypnotic), First Look Pictures Releasing, 2002.

The Reckoning (also known as El misterio de wells and Morality Play), Paramount Classics, 2003.

Wicker Park, Metro–Goldwyn–Mayer, 2004.

Lucky Number Slevin (also known as Lucky Slevin), New Line Cinema, 2005.

Film Work:

Additional photographer, The Thin Blue Line (documentary), Miramax, 1988.

Interrotron photography, Fast, Cheap & Out of Control (documentary), Sony Pictures Classics, 1997.

Photographer: Leuchter interview, Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred J. Leuchter, Jr. (documentary; also known as Mr. Death), Lions Gate Films, 1999.

Film Appearances:

Cabbie, Straight Talk, Buena Vista, 1992.

Television Cinematographer; Series:

Baker's Dozen, CBS, 1982.

The Equalizer, CBS, 1985.

Thief, F/X, 2005.

Television Cinematographer; Miniseries:

Story of a Marriage, PBS, 1987.

Perfect Murder, Perfect Town: JonBenet and the City of Boulder, CBS, 2000.

Television Cinematographer; Movies:

Summer of My German Soldier, NBC, 1978.

A Doctor's Story, NBC, 1984.

Double Jeopardy, Showtime, 1992.

Fatherland, HBO, 1994.

Television Cinematographer; Pilots:

Nurse, CBS, 1980.

Adam's Apple, CBS, 1986.

Television Cinematographer; Specials:

"The Jolly Corner," American Short Story, PBS, 1975.

"Soldier's Home," American Short Story, PBS, 1977.

The Halloween That Almost Wasn't (also known as The Night Dracula Saved the World), ABC and HBO, 1979.

Barn Burning (also known as The American Short Story Collection: "Barn Burning"), Showtime, 1980.

Women of Russia (documentary), syndicated, 1981.

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