Born: 26 June 26,1958, Lodz, Poland
Early days. He graduated from the Department of Film Sciences of the Lodz University. In 1988 he also graduated from the Cinematography Department of the Higher State School of Film, TV and Theater in Lodz.
Career. He was named Best European Cinematographer in 2002 at the European Film Awards for his work on The Pianist, for which he also won the Cιsar Award for Best Cinematography. He was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA for the same film. He also received a nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography from the American Society of Cinematographers for Ray. His credits include films both in and outside Poland. In addition to feature films he is also active in work on commercial films. In 1991 and 1997 he won the award for the best cinematographer at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia for the films Kroll and Pan Tadeusz. He also got Polish Film Award for Pan Tadeusz, The Pianist and The Massacre at Katyn.
Filmography Poland
Crossed Lines
Kroll
Listopad (French co-production)
Psy
Psy II
Nastasja (Japanese co-production)
The Poison Tasters (U.S. production. Filmed in Poland)
Bitter-Sweet
Taranthriller
Love Stories
Happy New York
House Chronicles
Demons of War by Goya
Father's Right
Pan Tadeusz (French co-production)
Big Animal
Reich
Edges of the Lord (U.S. co-production)
The Pianist (French, German, and British co-production)
The Revenge
Hamlet
Katyn
Sweet Rush
Walesa
Fimography outside Poland
L'aube ΰ l'envers (French short film)
Ray (U.S. production)
Oliver Twist (British, Czech, French and Italian production)
All the King's Men (U.S. and German production)
The Life Before Her Eyes (U.S. production)
New York, I Love You (segment directed by Brett Ratner) (U.S. and French production)
The New Tenants (U.S./Danish short film)
The Ghost Writer (French, German and British production)
Carnage (French, German, Polish and Spanish production)
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir (British, Italian and German production)
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