Peter Sova

Milan Peter Sova (September 25, 1944 – August 27, 2020)^[1] was a Czech-born American cinematographer.

Peter Sova
Born	September 25, 1944 Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Died	August 27, 2020 (aged 75) South Kortright, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1975–2019

Sova was born in Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (present-day Czech Republic).^[2] After training to be a machinist in Prague (then Czechoslovakia), Sova would emigrate to New York City, where he worked fixing cameras at ABC.^[3]

Sova's first work as cinematographer was on the 1977 film Short Eyes. Through his career he would collaborate frequently with Barry Levinson and Paul McGuigan, and would work with Mike Newell on the gangster film Donnie Brasco. He became a member of the American Society of Cinematographers in 1999.^[1]

He was married to his wife Elizabeth from 1988 until her death in 2018. They had one son together.^[2] Sova died in South Kortright, New York on August 27, 2020, at the age of 75.^[4]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1977	Short Eyes	Robert M. Young
1978	Rockers	Theodoros Bafaloukos
1982	Diner	Barry Levinson
1987	Tin Men
	Good Morning, Vietnam
1989	Sing	Richard Baskin
1991	Late for Dinner	W. D. Richter
1992	Bed & Breakfast	Robert Ellis Miller	Co-cinematographer with Peter Shea
	Straight Talk	Barnet Kellman
1994	Jimmy Hollywood	Barry Levinson
1995	Feast of July	Christopher Menaul
1996	Sgt. Bilko	Jonathan Lynn
1997	Donnie Brasco	Mike Newell
1998	The Proposition	Lesli Linka Glatter
2000	Gangster No. 1	Paul McGuigan
2002	Doctor Sleep	Nick Willing
2004	The Reckoning	Paul McGuigan
	Wicker Park
2006	Lucky Number Slevin
2008	The Strangers	Bryan Bertino
2009	Push	Paul McGuigan
2019	Driven to Abstraction	Daria Price	Documentary film Co-cinematographer with Daria Price, Martin Himmel, Peter Cayer and Palu Abadia

Television

TV movies

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1975	The Jolly Corner	Arthur Barron
1977	Soldier's Home	Robert Young
1978	Summer of My German Soldier	Michael Tuchner
1979	The Halloween That Almost Wasn't	Bruce Bilson
1980	Barn Burning	Peter Werner
	Nurse	David Lowell Rich
1984	A Doctor's Story	Peter Levin
1986	Adam's Apple	James Frawley
1992	Double Jeopardy	Lawrence Schiller	Co-cinematographer with Robert Carmichael
1994	Fatherland	Christopher Menaul

TV series

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1978	NBC Special Treat	Barra Grant	Episode "The Tap Dance Kid"
1986	The Equalizer	Donald Petrie	Episode "Dead Drop"
2000	Perfect Murder, Perfect Town	Lawrence Schiller	Miniseries
2006	Thief	Paul McGuigan	Miniseries Pilot episode

References

1. Williams, David E. (September 9, 2020). "In Memoriam: Peter Sova, ASC (1944–2020)". American Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
2. "Milan P. Sova 1944 - 2020". MacArthur Funeral Home & Hall & Peet Funeral Home. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
3. "Peter Sova, Cinematographer on 'Diner,' 'Donnie Brasco' and 'Lucky Number Slevin,' Dies at 75". Hollywood Reporter. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
4. Bruce Haring (10 September 2020). "Peter Sova Dies: Cinematographer On 'Diner' And 'Donnie Brasco' Was 75". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-09-10.

External links

• Peter Sova at the Internet Movie Database