---
name: "Pete Kozachik"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/pete-kozachik"
fi1m_id: "pete-kozachik"
imdb_id: "nm0468757"
tmdb_id: 27486
wikidata_id: "Q3376380"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "28 March 1951"
died: "12 September 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T15:48:05.378851+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Pete Kozachik

## Identity

Pete Kozachik

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/pete-kozachik
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** pete-kozachik
- **IMDb ID:** nm0468757
- **TMDB ID:** 27486
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3376380
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Kozachik, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3376380, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0468757/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27486

Cinematographer. Born 28 March 1951 in Michigan, USA. Died 12 September 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 28 March 1951, Michigan, USA
- **Died:** 12 September 2023
- **Active:** 1993–2009
- **Frequently works with:** [Caroline Thompson](https://film.one/person/caroline-thompson.md), [Henry Selick](https://film.one/person/henry-selick.md), [Tim Burton](https://film.one/person/tim-burton.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (1), 2000s 78 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 72 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 3, Fantasy 3, Family 2, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $380m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Kozachik, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3376380, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0468757/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27486

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Coraline*](https://film.one/film/coraline.md) (85), [*The Nightmare Before Christmas*](https://film.one/film/the-nightmare-before-christmas.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Pete Kozachik (1951–2023) was an American cinematographer and visual effects artist specialising in stop-motion animation.

He served as director of photography on *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects. He later held the same role on *James and the Giant Peach* (1996), *Corpse Bride* (2005) and *Coraline* (2009).

Kozachik began his career in visual effects at Industrial Light & Magic before collaborating repeatedly with directors Henry Selick and Tim Burton. He was a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theasc.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Coraline* (2009), Fi1m 85, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/coraline.md)
- *Corpse Bride* (2005), Fi1m 72, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/corpse-bride.md)
- *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993), Fi1m 82, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-nightmare-before-christmas.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Coraline* (2009), Director of Photography — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/coraline.md)
- *Corpse Bride* (2005), Director of Photography, Visual Effects Supervisor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/corpse-bride.md)
- *James and the Giant Peach* (1996), Director of Photography
- *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993), Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-nightmare-before-christmas.md)
- *Slow Bob in the Lower Dimensions* (1991), Cinematography
- *Innerspace* (1987), Special Effects, Visual Effects Camera

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1994: Best Visual Effects (nominated), for *The Nightmare Before Christmas*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/pete-kozachik