Peter Firth the film adaptation of "Equus". The film was only a moderate box-office success, but earned Firth a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe award in the same category. Further film work quickly followed, most notably Roman Polanski's "Tess" (1979). In May 1981, he appeared on Broadway again in Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus" as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, replacing Tim Curry. Shaffer had offered him the role in the original London production, but he was unavailable due to film commitments. Other film work has included roles in "Diamonds on Wheels" (1973); "When You Comin' Back, Red
Peter Biziou Brian", "Time Bandits" and "Pink Floyd - The Wall". Biziou won the Academy Award and the BAFTA Award for Alan Parker's film "Mississippi Burning". He received a further BAFTA nomination for Peter Weir's film "The Truman Show". Peter Biziou Peter Biziou BSC (born 8 August 1944 in Wales) is a British cinematographer. Peter Biziou is the son of special effects cameraman and cinematographer Leon Bijou best known for shooting "Foxes" in 1980 . He began his career in the mid-1960s where he worked on short films by Norman J. Warren and Robert Freeman. In 1973 he began his collaboration with