Milan Peter Sova (September 25, 1944 â August 27, 2020) was a Czech-born American cinematographer.
Sova was born in Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (present-day Czech Republic).
After training to be a machinist in Prague (then Czechoslovakia), he would emigrate to New York City, where he worked fixing cameras at ABC.
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.
He became a member of the American Society of Cinematographers in 1999.
He was married to his wife Elizabeth from 1988 until her death in 2018. They had one son together.
Sova died at his home in South Kortright, New York on August 27, 2020, at the age of 75.
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