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Bruno Delbonnel was born in 1957 in Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. He is a cinematographer and director, known for The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021), A Very Long Engagement (2004) and Inside Llewyn Davis (2013).- Cinematographer
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Péter Szatmári was born on 16 November 1964 in Budapest, Hungary. He is a cinematographer and writer, known for Torzók (2001), Metaphorms (2019) and Womb (2010).- Cinematographer
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Robert Richardson has won three Academy Awards and earned seven Academy Award nominations for his cinematography. His work on director Oliver Stone's JFK earned him his first Oscar. His second and third came with The Aviator and Hugo directed by Martin Scorsese. These two films also garnered him BAFTA nominations for Best Cinematographer.
Prior to regularly collaborating with well-known directors like Oliver Stone and Quentin Tarantino, Richardson served an apprenticeship shooting second unit on Repo Man while filming television documentaries for PBS and the BBC. His work in television led Stone to hire Richardson to shoot both Salvador and Platoon. From there, he worked almost exclusively with Stone, filming Wall Street, Born on the Fourth of July and The Doors, while occasionally branching out to shoot films like John Sayles' Eight Men Out and City of Hope.
Richardson also shot Stone's Natural Born Killers, Nixon and U-Turn. He then began collaborating with Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino. Scorsese chose him as DP on 1999's Bringing Out the Dead, while Tarantino snapped him up for Kill Bill, Vol. 1 and Kill Bill, Vol. 2.
Richardson continued to make his mark as Tarantino's DP on 2012's Django Unchained and 2015's The Hateful Eight, as well as on Ben Affleck's 2016 film Live By Night. He shot Director Andy Serkis's 2017 Breathe starring Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy; 2018's Adrift for Director Balthasar Kormakur starring Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin for STX, and 2018's A Private War for Director Matthew Heineman starring Rosamund Pike. Richardson then shot Tarantino's 2020 hit Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, and 2021's Venom 2 for Sony/Director Andy Serkis.
Recent credits include 2022's Emancipation again with Fuqua for Apple Studios, 2023's Air directed by Ben Affleck for Amazon Studios, and The Equalizer 3 for Director Antoine Fuqua and for Columbia Pictures.- Cinematographer
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Robert Richardson has won three Academy Awards and earned seven Academy Award nominations for his cinematography. His work on director Oliver Stone's JFK earned him his first Oscar. His second and third came with The Aviator and Hugo directed by Martin Scorsese. These two films also garnered him BAFTA nominations for Best Cinematographer.
Prior to regularly collaborating with well-known directors like Oliver Stone and Quentin Tarantino, Richardson served an apprenticeship shooting second unit on Repo Man while filming television documentaries for PBS and the BBC. His work in television led Stone to hire Richardson to shoot both Salvador and Platoon. From there, he worked almost exclusively with Stone, filming Wall Street, Born on the Fourth of July and The Doors, while occasionally branching out to shoot films like John Sayles' Eight Men Out and City of Hope.
Richardson also shot Stone's Natural Born Killers, Nixon and U-Turn. He then began collaborating with Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino. Scorsese chose him as DP on 1999's Bringing Out the Dead, while Tarantino snapped him up for Kill Bill, Vol. 1 and Kill Bill, Vol. 2.
Richardson continued to make his mark as Tarantino's DP on 2012's Django Unchained and 2015's The Hateful Eight, as well as on Ben Affleck's 2016 film Live By Night. He shot Director Andy Serkis's 2017 Breathe starring Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy; 2018's Adrift for Director Balthasar Kormakur starring Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin for STX, and 2018's A Private War for Director Matthew Heineman starring Rosamund Pike. Richardson then shot Tarantino's 2020 hit Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which starred Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, and 2021's Venom 2 for Sony/Director Andy Serkis.
Recent credits include 2022's Emancipation again with Fuqua for Apple Studios, 2023's Air directed by Ben Affleck for Amazon Studios, and The Equalizer 3 for Director Antoine Fuqua and for Columbia Pictures.- Cinematographer
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Dick Pope was born in August 1947 in Bromley, Kent, England, UK. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for The Illusionist (2006), Mr. Turner (2014) and Vera Drake (2004).- Cinematographer
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Lubezki began his career in Mexican film and television productions in the late 1980s. His first international production was the 1993 independent film Twenty Bucks (1993), which followed the journey of a single twenty-dollar bill.
Lubezki is a frequent collaborator with fellow Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón. The two have been friends since they were teenagers and attended the same film school at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Together they have worked on six motion pictures: Love in the Time of Hysteria (1991), A Little Princess (1995), Great Expectations (1998), And Your Mother Too (2001), Children of Men (2006), and Gravity (2013). His work with Cuarón on Children of Men (2006), has received universal acclaim. The film utilized a number of new technologies and distinctive techniques. The "roadside ambush" scene was shot in one extended take utilizing a special camera rig invented by Doggicam systems, developed from the company's Power Slide system. For the scene, a vehicle was modified to enable seats to tilt and lower actors out of the way of the camera. The windshield of the car was designed to tilt out of the way to allow camera movement in and out through the front windscreen. A crew of four, including Lubezki, rode on the roof. Children of Men (2006) also features a seven-and-a-half-minute battle sequence composed of roughly five seamless edits.
Lubezki has been nominated for eight Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, winning three, for Gravity (2013), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), and The Revenant (2015). He is the first cinematographer in history to win three consecutive Academy Awards.- Cinematographer
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Roberto Schaefer, A.S.C., is a BAFTA-nominated Cinematographer who began his film career in Europe working for Martin Scorsese, Joe Pykta and Nestor Almendros. He eventually moved to Los Angeles to shoot for Director Chris Guest. Schaefer shot classic films for Guest such as Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show and For Your Consideration.
Soon thereafter, Schaefer and Director Marc Forster began an extensive collaboration, shooting nine films together including Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland, Stranger Than Fiction, Stay, The Kite Runner, Quantum of Solace, and Machine Gun Preacher. Schaefer has also collaborated with a variety of other directors including Lee Daniels for 2012's The Paperboy, Andrew Niccol for 2013's The Host, Don Cheadle for 2015's Miles Ahead, and Gideon Raff for 2019's Red Sea Diving Resort.
Other recent credits include 2021's Creation Stories directed by Nick Moran for Burning Wheel Productions and 2019's Rattlesnake directed by Zak Hilditch for Netflix.
Schaefer is fluent in Italian and resides in Los Angeles with his wife Caroline Eselin.- Cinematographer
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Roger Deakins is an English cinematographer best known for his work on the films of the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes, and Denis Villeneuve.
He is a member of both the American and British Society of Cinematographers.
Deakins' first feature film in America as cinematographer was Mountains of the Moon (1990). He began his collaboration with the Coen brothers in 1991 on the film Barton Fink. He received his first major award from the American Society of Cinematographers for his outstanding achievement in cinematography for the internationally praised major motion picture The Shawshank Redemption (1994).
He is also known for his work in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), No Country for Old Men (2007), True Grit (2010), Skyfall (2012), Sicario (2015), and Blade Runner 2049 (2017).
Deakins also worked as one of the visual consultants for Pixar's animated feature WALL-E.
In 2018 he won an Oscar for best cinematographer for his work in Blade Runner 2049.- Cinematographer
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Dion Beebe is an Australian-South African cinematographer. He is best known for his collaboration with Rob Marshall in the films Chicago (2002), Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), Nine (2009), Into the Woods (2014) and Mary Poppins Returns (2018);
Beebe also worked with Michael Mann in Collateral (2004) and Miami Vice (2006).
He studied cinematography at the Australian Film Television and Radio School from 1987 to 1989.
For his work on Memoirs of a Geisha he won an Oscar for best achievement in cinematography.- Cinematographer
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Paul Cameron, ASC's visually groundbreaking work as a director and a director of photography has helped shape the craft of cinematography in the 21st century. Cameron recently directed multiple episodes of "Special Ops: Lioness", created by Taylor Sheridan for Paramount+, as well as multiple episodes of HBO's acclaimed "Westworld" series. Previously, Cameron was Cinematographer on "Reminiscence", starring Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson, "21 Bridges", and "The Commuter", starring Liam Neeson. His other DP credits include: "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales", "Man on Fire", "Déjà Vu", "Collateral", "Dead Man Down", "Total Recall", "Swordfish", and "Gone in Sixty Seconds", among others. Cameron is on the Board of Governors for The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has won both Clio and AICP awards, and is represented by DDA.- Cinematographer
Emmanuel Kadosh is known for The Dybbuk of the Holy Apple Field (1997), One Small Step (2003) and Wake of Death (2004).- Camera and Electrical Department
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François Lartigue was born on 29 November 1949 in Paris, France. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for El 7º día (2004), The Night Caller (1975) and The Hunter Will Get You (1976).- Cinematographer
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Lubezki began his career in Mexican film and television productions in the late 1980s. His first international production was the 1993 independent film Twenty Bucks (1993), which followed the journey of a single twenty-dollar bill.
Lubezki is a frequent collaborator with fellow Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón. The two have been friends since they were teenagers and attended the same film school at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Together they have worked on six motion pictures: Love in the Time of Hysteria (1991), A Little Princess (1995), Great Expectations (1998), And Your Mother Too (2001), Children of Men (2006), and Gravity (2013). His work with Cuarón on Children of Men (2006), has received universal acclaim. The film utilized a number of new technologies and distinctive techniques. The "roadside ambush" scene was shot in one extended take utilizing a special camera rig invented by Doggicam systems, developed from the company's Power Slide system. For the scene, a vehicle was modified to enable seats to tilt and lower actors out of the way of the camera. The windshield of the car was designed to tilt out of the way to allow camera movement in and out through the front windscreen. A crew of four, including Lubezki, rode on the roof. Children of Men (2006) also features a seven-and-a-half-minute battle sequence composed of roughly five seamless edits.
Lubezki has been nominated for eight Academy Awards for Best Cinematography, winning three, for Gravity (2013), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), and The Revenant (2015). He is the first cinematographer in history to win three consecutive Academy Awards.- Cinematographer
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Rodrigo Prieto is a Mexican cinematographer. He is best known for Brokeback Mountain (2005), Babel (2006), Argo (2012), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and Silence (2016).
He also worked with Alejandro González Iñárritu on the acclaimed Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), and Biutiful (2010).
Pietro was nominated for two Academy Award for Best Cinematography, first in Brokeback Mountain and later in Silence.- Cinematographer
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Tak Fujimoto was born on 12 July 1939 in San Diego, California, USA. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for The Silence of the Lambs (1991), The Sixth Sense (1999) and Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977).- Cinematographer
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Janusz Kaminski is a Polish cinematographer and film director. He has established a partnership with Steven Spielberg, working as a cinematographer on his movies since 1993. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Schindler's List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998).
His other film's as an cinematographer includes Amistad (1997), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007), War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012), Bridge of Spies (2015), The BFG (2016), and Ready Player One (2018).- Cinematographer
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Michael Seresin is a New Zealand cinematographer, best known for several collaborations with the British director Alan Parker.
His work as a cinematographer also include films like Angel Heart (1987), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), and War for the Planet of the Apes (2017).
As a film director, Seresin directed Homeboy (1988), starring and written by Mickey Rourke.- Director
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John Andreas started out making short films on Super8, going on to win a national film-competition when 15 years old. That propelled him into following his passion for films and visual storytelling.
Before attending film school, John Andreas worked his way up in the camera-department, including working as assistant camera for 2 times Oscar-winning Swedish cinematographer-legend; Sven Nykvist, ASC. With Sven's recommendation-letter he got into the MFA program at American Film Institute (AFI), graduating in 1998.
Continuing his work as Director of Photography on many award winning features, including «Headhunters» (Morten Tyldum, 2011) and «King of Devil's Island» (Marius Holst, 2010) - John Andreas eventually transitioned to the directors chair. After first shooting the first episodes, then directing the season finale of Netflix-success «Occupied» (2015), his feature film directing debut came with «The Quake» (2018).[LINK=tt0384639]- Cinematographer
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Andrzej Szulkowski was born on 29 November 1962 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He is a cinematographer, known for What the Sun Has Seen (2006), Codzienna 2 m.3 (2005) and Wesele (2004).- Cinematographer
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Giorgos Arvanitis was born on 22 February 1941 in Dilofo, Kozani, Greece. He is a cinematographer and producer, known for The Swamp (1973), Such a Long Absence (1985) and Sti skia tou fovou (1988).- Cinematographer
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Guillaume Schiffman is known for The Artist (2011), OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) and Populaire (2012).- Cinematographer
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Adam Clark was born on 11 January 1970 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He is a cinematographer, known for Boy (2010), Vertical Limit (2000) and June (2021).- Cinematographer
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Born in Barcelona in 1981, Edu Grau is one of the youngest members of the American Society of Cinematographers. He is mostly known for his adaptable and beautiful style in very different movies such as A single man, Buried, The gift, Suffragette, Boy Erased, The Way Back and Passing as well as some European art-house like Honor de Cavalleria and Quién te cantará.
Edu (short for Eduard) specialized in Cinematography at ESCAC in Barcelona and the NFTS in London, before making his first feature as a director of photography at 23, Honor de Cavalleria, that was selected in Cannes Film Festival 2006. In 2008 Tom Ford felt in love with his reel and brought him to the US to shoot his big break A Single Man. Edu was 27. The movie, named by Vice one of the ¨30 most beautiful movies of all time¨, changed Edu's career and put him in the Global map of Cinematographers. He has worked since with some of the biggest stars and talents in the planet, with the likes of Nicole Kidman, Ryan Reynolds, Carey Mulligan, Meryl Streep, Lady Gaga, Ben Affleck, Emily Blunt, Penelope Cruz, Micheal Fassbender, Tessa Thompson, Rebecca Hall, David Oyelowo, Joel Edgerton, Charlize Theron, Sam Rockwell, Margot Robbie, Ruth Negga and Michelle Williams to name a few.
His range of directors is equally impressive, ranging from art-house cult auteurs like Albert Serra and Carlos Vermut to powerful visual powerhouses like Tom Ford, Gavin O'Connor and Sarah Gavron combined with actors turned directors like Joel Edgerton and Rebecca Hall. Throughout his work, he has shown an impressive capability to adapt to the director's visual language while keeping a strong beautiful style that supports the performance of the actors.
Edu Grau won the Bronze Frog at Camerimage 2011 for his cinematography of Buried, as well as being nominated for the Goya, Gaudí and CECC Awards. He was selected in Competition at Camerimage for his films A single man, Suffragette and A single shot and Animals. He was nominated for a Goya and a Gaudí Award for Quién te cantará, as well as winning the CECC Award in 2019. He combines features films with TV series and commercials.
Passing, his latest film by Rebecca Hall with Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, Bill Camp and Alexander Skarsgârd premiered in Sundance 2021 and was bought by Netflix, that is planning to release the B&W 4:3 movie in the awards season.- Camera and Electrical Department
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Maciej Sobieraj's feature works include Last Summer (dir. Ozan Açiktan) available on Netflix, Perfect Addiction (dir. Castille Landon) available on Amazon Prime, and Rojst Millenium (dir. Jan Holoubek) waiting for its premiere.
He was awarded the Golden Tadpole at the Camerimage International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography and the Best Cinematography Award at the New York Polish Film Festival for his short film COMA, which Maciej directed, and also served as the cinematographer.- Cinematographer
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Born on 3rd of November 1983 in Lodz. Graduate of Cinematography Department of The Polish National Film, Television and Theater School, (PWSFTviT) in Lodz.
Son of cinematographer Piotr Sobocinski and actress Hanna Mikuc a grandson of cinematographer Witold Sobocinski and actors Wanda Mikuc and Bohdan Mikuc, brother of cinematographer Michal Sobocinski- Cinematographer
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Arnau Valls Colomer was born on 13 September 1978 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is a cinematographer, known for The English (2022), Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018) and Official Competition (2021).- Cinematographer
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Awarded Cinematographer, Polish National Film School in Lodz cinematography department graduate. Director of photography of feature films, 15 short films, documentary films, music videos, multi-camera live concerts, and television advertisements for companies like Coca-Cola, ING, and McDonalds.
After winning several awards for his short films, including Silver tadpole award at Camerimage, he was noticed by production companies in Warsaw, and started working in commercials. Moved from low budget music videos, to low, than medium and recently big budget commercials. Being in his 20ties, already worked for major advertising agencies including Publicis, BBDO, Euro RSCG, Grey, and McKann Erickson.
In 2009 he shot his first feature film, nominated at Camerimage Festival. In 2012 he shot his second feature film, "Shameless" directed by Filip Marczewski and awarded European Civis Media Prize.
In 2009, together with Piotr Bujnowicz he formed Trailer and More, and started creating cinema movie trailers. In 2010 he was nominated for Golden Trailer Award, for his trailer for the film "General Nil". In 2011 for "Rosebud" trailer he won the Golden Trailer Award in Hollywood.
In 2012 shot a TV series with star cast. In 2015 shot a star-cast bollywood feature film "Bangistan" shot in Poland and India, awarded fiction short "breathe" and a academy award shortlisted documentary "End of the world". Fluent in English. Works internationally.- Cinematographer
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Péter Szatmári was born on 16 November 1964 in Budapest, Hungary. He is a cinematographer and writer, known for Torzók (2001), Metaphorms (2019) and Womb (2010).- Cinematographer
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Awarded Cinematographer, Polish National Film School in Lodz cinematography department graduate. Director of photography of feature films, 15 short films, documentary films, music videos, multi-camera live concerts, and television advertisements for companies like Coca-Cola, ING, and McDonalds.
After winning several awards for his short films, including Silver tadpole award at Camerimage, he was noticed by production companies in Warsaw, and started working in commercials. Moved from low budget music videos, to low, than medium and recently big budget commercials. Being in his 20ties, already worked for major advertising agencies including Publicis, BBDO, Euro RSCG, Grey, and McKann Erickson.
In 2009 he shot his first feature film, nominated at Camerimage Festival. In 2012 he shot his second feature film, "Shameless" directed by Filip Marczewski and awarded European Civis Media Prize.
In 2009, together with Piotr Bujnowicz he formed Trailer and More, and started creating cinema movie trailers. In 2010 he was nominated for Golden Trailer Award, for his trailer for the film "General Nil". In 2011 for "Rosebud" trailer he won the Golden Trailer Award in Hollywood.
In 2012 shot a TV series with star cast. In 2015 shot a star-cast bollywood feature film "Bangistan" shot in Poland and India, awarded fiction short "breathe" and a academy award shortlisted documentary "End of the world". Fluent in English. Works internationally.- Cinematographer
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Radek Ladczuk was born on 2 June 1976 in Szczecin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland. He is a cinematographer and director, known for The Nightingale (2018), The Babadook (2014) and Suicide Room (2011).- Cinematographer
Born in the Swedish countryside, Andréas moved to Stockholm in his late teens to work as a fashion photographer's assistant. After four rewarding years in studios and darkrooms, he resettled to the East European city of Prague. Here, he enrolled in the renowned national film and photography school FAMU, studying filmmaking and documentary photography. In 2001, after living in Prague and time spent in South America and around Europe, he started his cinematography studies at the Swedish national film school (Dramatiska Institutet) where he graduated in 2004. On set, Andréas is appreciated for his calm ways, paying great attention to the talents feeling comfortable and safe. His cinematography is intimate with great presence and he holds a special care for the simplicity and beauty of the natural light. His skills in handheld camera work is highly appreciated. Andréas is a father of two, living in Stockholm and has shot in a variety of European countries, the Latin America, the US and the Middle East. His mother tongue is Swedish and he is fluent in English, speaks Argentinian Spanish, some German and a little bit of Czech.- Cinematographer
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Lukasz Zal is an Academy Award-nominated cinematographer based in Poland. Cold War, directed by Pawel Pawlikowski, landed Lukasz Zal not only the Oscar nomination but also ASC Award, the Silver Frog Award for cinematography at the 2018 Camerimage Festival in Poland, as well as a nomination for BAFTA Award.
For the first time, Lukasz was nominated for the Academy Award in 2016 for Pawlikowski's Ida and was one of two cinematographers of an Oscar- nominated animation Loving Vincent (dir. Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman) in 2017.
Cinematographer on Dovlatov (dir. Aleksiej German Jr.), which premiered at the Berlinale 2018 and The Here After (dir. Magnus von Horn), which premiered at Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors' Fortnight) at Cannes Film Festival in 2015.
Most recently, Lukasz was responsible for the cinematography in Charlie Kaufman's film I'm Thinking of Ending Things, available on Netflix."Turysta"- Camera and Electrical Department
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Piotr Niemyjski was born on 11 September 1978 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He is a cinematographer, known for Fear of Falling (2011), Foreign Body (2014) and Eter (2018)."Koniec bajki"