About Me

I am a cinematographer and producer based in Poland, with over thirty years of experience in feature films, documentaries and international television. I studied cinematography at the Polish National Film School in Łódź (PWSFTviT), where I now teach as Senior Lecturer. I hold a doctorate in fine arts from PWSFTviT (2023).

I am a member of the Polish Film Academy, the Polish Filmmakers Association (SFP), the European Film Academy (EFA) and a co-founder of the Polish Society of Cinematographers (PSC).


SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY


DREAMS FULL OF SMOKE (Sny pełne dymu)
2023, Poland · directed by Dorota Kędzierzawska · feature film · 104 min
Cinematography, Set Design, Producer · production: Kid Film / Polish Film Institute / Black Photon / Camera Obscura

Award for Best Sound — Polish Feature Film Festival, Gdynia 2023
Grand Prix — Festival of Film, Theatre and Book Kozzi 2025


WARIACI
2023, Poland · directed by Jan Jakub Kolski · feature film · 100 min

Best Cinematographer "Jańcio Wodnik" — Prowincjonalia National Film Art Festival 2024


BARBARIANS (Barbaren)
2022, Germany · directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky · miniseries · Netflix / Gaumont
Cinematography episodes 1–6, Visual Concept


GIRLS TO BUY (Dziewczyny z Dubaju)
2021, Poland · directed by Maria Sadowska · feature film · 146 min


SPEEDWAY (Żużel)
2020, Poland · directed by Dorota Kędzierzawska · feature film · 100 min
Cinematography, Set Design, Editing, Producer, Compositing, Colour Grading · production: Kid Film

First use of motion capture in a Polish feature film.

Eagle, Polish Film Award — nomination, Best Cinematography 2022


TURNCOAT (Der Überläufer)
2020, Germany · directed by Florian Gallenberger · miniseries · 120 min
Cast: Jannis Niewöhner, Leonie Benesch, Katharina Schüttler, Ulrich Tukur
Production: Dreamtool Entertainment / FilmFernsehFonds Bayern / MFG Baden-Württemberg


ROJST. PROLOG
2018, Poland · directed by Jan Holoubek · short feature film
Cinematography


TEXAS RISING
2015, USA · directed by Roland Joffé · miniseries · 290 min
Cast: Bill Paxton, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Olivier Martinez
Production: ThinkFactory Media / History Channel / Sony Pictures Television

Gold World Medal — New York Festivals
Golden Reel Award — Best Sound Editing (TV)
Emmy nominations — Outstanding Sound Mixing / Sound Editing / Original Main Title Theme


THE SUITCASE (Walizka)
2013, Poland · animated film · screenplay


ANOTHER WORLD (Inny świat)
2012, Poland · directed by Dorota Kędzierzawska · documentary · 97 min
Cinematography, Editing, Producer · production: NInA / TVP Kultura / Kid Film

Eagle (Polish Film Award) — Best Documentary 2014


HATFIELDS & McCOYS
2012, USA · directed by Kevin Reynolds · miniseries · 290 min
Cast: Kevin Costner, Bill Paxton, Matt Barr
Production: ThinkFactory Media / History Channel / Sony Pictures Television

American Society of Cinematographers — nomination for Cinematography
5 Emmy Awards (including Outstanding Lead Actor, Sound Mixing, Sound Editing)
Satellite Award — Best Miniseries
Golden Eagle Award — Entertainment Drama


POLSKA ŚWIATŁOCZUŁA (Light-Sensitive Poland)
2011–ongoing · touring cinema project · founder & curator

Polish Film Institute Award — Best National Film Event 2011


TOMORROW WILL BE BETTER (Jutro będzie lepiej)
2010, Poland/Japan · directed by Dorota Kędzierzawska · feature film · 118 min
Cinematography, Set Design, Editing, Producer, Production Management
Production: Kid Film / Pioniwa Film / Non Stop Film Service / Film Illumination · co-financing: Polish Film Institute

First Polish feature film shot on RED One camera,
preceded by a year of technical preparation and direct consultations at RED Digital Cinema, Los Angeles.

Generation Kplus Grand Prix — Berlinale 2011
The Peace Film Award — Berlinale 2011
Audience Award — Moscow International Film Festival 2011
UNICEF Award — Cine Migrante, Argentina
Audience Award — Indonesia Film Festival
Prize for Humanity — Orenburg International Film Festival 2011
Grand Prix — Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Youth 2011
Award for Best Feature Film — Olympia International Festival, Athens
Children's Jury Award for Best Feature Film — Olympia International Festival, Athens
FICI Award — Madrid 2011 · Special Mention — Madrid 2011
Best Actor Award — Golden Rooster & Hundred Flowers Film Festival, China 2012
"Jańcio Wodnik" for Cinematography — Prowincjonalia
Special Jury Mention + Children's Jury Special Mention "Marcinek" — Ale Kino!, Poznań
Special Award — Film Directing Festival, Świdnica 2011


VENICE (Wenecja)
2010, Poland · directed by Jan Jakub Kolski · feature film · 35 mm
Production: Akson Film Studio / TVP / Tramway · co-financed by the Polish Film Institute

Award for Best Cinematography — Polish Feature Film Festival, Gdynia 2010
Golden Frog (Grand Prix) — Plus Camerimage International Festival of Cinematography 2010
Special Award for Best Cinematography — Cleveland International Film Festival 2011
Eagle (Polish Film Award) — Best Cinematography 2010


TIME TO DIE (Pora umierać)
2007, Poland · directed by Dorota Kędzierzawska · feature film · 104 min · black and white · 35 mm
Cinematography, Set Design, Editing, Producer
Production: Tandem Taren-To / Kid Film / Telewizja Polska · co-financing: Polish Film Institute

Eagle 2008 — nomination, Best Cinematography
Eagle 2008 — nominations: Best Film, Best Music, Best Screenplay, Best Editing
Eagle 2008 — Best Female Role (Danuta Szaflarska)
Award for Best Sound — Gdynia 2007 · Golden Clapper — Gdynia 2007
Journalists Award — Gdynia 2007
Award for Main Female Role — Gdynia 2007 (Danuta Szaflarska)
Award of the President of the Management Board of TVP — Gdynia 2007
Juta–Trieste Special Award 2008
Grand Prix — Tarnów Film Award
Grand Prix Audience Award — Trieste International Film Festival 2008
Grand Prix Audience Award — 51st San Francisco International Film Festival 2008
Audience Award — Trieste International Film Festival 2008
Special Jury Mention — Trieste 2008
IFEMA Grand Prix + Audience Award — Malmö 2008
Grand Prix — Berdyansk International Film Festival 2008
Best Actress + Best Cinematography — Berdyansk 2008
Audience Award — Leeds International Film Festival 2008
Wisconsin International Film Festival Audience Award 2008
Grand Prix — Noah's Ark Moscow International Film Festival 2009


WHAT IF IT HAPPENED (A gdyby tak się stało)
2007, Poland · directed by Paweł Łoziński · documentary


TRISTAN & ISOLDE
2005, USA/UK · directed by Kevin Reynolds · feature film · 125 min · 35 mm
Cast: James Franco, Sophia Myles · Screenplay: Dean Georgaris
Production: Ridley Scott, Jim Lemly (Scott Free / Apollo Media)


I AM (Jestem)
2005, Poland · directed by Dorota Kędzierzawska · feature film · 90 min · 35 mm
Cinematography, Editing, Producer
Production: Kid Film / TVP / Orka / Panavision Polska · co-financing: APF

First use of 3-perforation format (Panavision 3-perf) in Poland.

Award for Best Cinematography — Polish Feature Film Festival, Gdynia 2005
Award for Best Music — Gdynia 2005 · Award for Best Sound — Gdynia 2005
Audience Award — Gdynia 2005
Eagle 2006 (Polish Film Award) — Best Cinematography
Eagle 2006 — nominations: Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Female Role, Best Music, Best Screenplay
Main Prize in Polish Films Competition — Plus Camerimage 2005
Award for Best Polish Film — Warsaw Film Festival 2005
Award for Best Polish Film — Camerimage 2005
Hollywood Eagle — Polish Film Festival Los Angeles 2005
Warsaw Mermaid Award (Syrenka Warszawska) — Warsaw 2005
Award of the President of the Republic — Giffoni Film Festival 2005
Special Mention of Youth Jury — Berlin International Film Festival 2006
Best Cinematography — Ourense International Film Festival 2006
Best Feature Film — International Children's Film Festival, Taiwan
Audience Award — Free Zone Film Festival, Belgrade 2007
Best Cinematography — International Film Festival Zimbabwe 2009
Special Award — New York Polish Film Festival
Grand Prix "Golden Fish" — Optimistic Film Festival, Częstochowa


CHILDREN OF DUNE
2003, USA · directed by Greg Yaitanes · miniseries · 6 episodes × 60 min
Cast: Susan Sarandon, Alec Newman, Julie Cox, Ian McNeice, James McAvoy, Jessica Brooks
Production: Hallmark Entertainment / Sci Fi Channel

Emmy Award — Outstanding Special Visual Effects


NOTHING (Nic)
1998, Poland · directed by Dorota Kędzierzawska · feature film · 80 min · 35 mm
Cinematography, Editing, Producer, Stills
Production: Kid Film / TVP / APF

Three Polish firsts: bleach bypass process (TVP laboratory, Warsaw) ·
non-linear editing (Media 100 + KeyKode/Excalibur) · independent feature co-production with TVP.

Award for Best Cinematography — Polish Feature Film Festival, Gdynia 1998
Special Jury Award — Gdynia 1998 · Journalists' Award — Gdynia 1998
Award for Best Costumes — Gdynia 1998 · Toronto Film Festival Award — Gdynia 1998
Eagle (Polish Film Award) — Best Director 1999 (Dorota Kędzierzawska)
Eagle — nominations: Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Producer, Best Stage Design, Best Sound, Best Screenplay (1999)
Journalist's "Polityka's Passport" Award 1998
Best Screenplay Award — Eastern European Scriptwriting Foundation 1998
Award for Best Actress — Brussels International Film Festival 1999 (Anita Borkowska-Kuskowska)
Crystal Star — Brussels International Film Festival 1999
Emerging Master Award — Seattle International Film Festival 1999
Filmmusik Biennale Grand Prix — Bonn 1999
Krzysztof Kieślowski Award — Denver International Film Festival 1999
Award for Outstanding Achievements in the Art of Film — Denver 1999
Special Jury Prize + FIPRESCI Award — International Film Festival, Sochi 1999
Polish Film Award for Best Director — Warsaw 1999
Grand Prix — Tarnów Film Award 1999
Special Award "Silver Statuette of Leliwita" — Tarnów Film Award 1999
Audience Award — Białystok 1999


BRUTE (Bandyta)
1997, Poland · directed by Maciej Dejczer · feature film · 100 min · 35 mm


FÜR IMMER UND IMMER
1997, Germany · directed by Hark Bohm · feature film · 90 min · 35 mm


EVERYTHING CAN HAPPEN (Wszystko może się przytrafić)
1995, Poland · directed by Marcel Łoziński · documentary · 40 min · 35 mm

Voted best Polish documentary of the century — "100/100. An Era of Polish Documentary Film" (2016)

Golden Dragon — Kraków Film Festival 1995
Grand Prix — Baltic Film and Television Festival, Bornholm 1995
Golden Gate Award — San Francisco International Film Festival 1996


PROVOCATEUR (Prowokator)
1995, Poland · directed by Krzysztof Lang · feature film · 88 min · 35 mm


CENTURY OF CINEMA
1995, Poland · directed by Paweł Łoziński · documentary · 100 min · 35 mm
Production: British Film Institute


CROWS (Wrony)
1994, Poland · directed by Dorota Kędzierzawska · feature film · 67 min · 35 mm
Cinematography, Editing · production: OKO Film Studio / TVP / APF

First use of ARRI PAR lighting in Poland.

Golden Frog — Camerimage International Film Festival, Toruń 1994
(ex aequo · jury chaired by Vilmos Zsigmond)
Award for Best Young Cinematographer — Polish Feature Film Festival, Gdynia 1994
Poznańskie Koziołki for Cinematography — Ale Kino!, Poznań 1996


TIME FOR WITCHES (Pora na czarownice)
1993, Poland · directed by Piotr Łazarkiewicz · feature film · 110 min · 35 mm

Award of the President of the Committee for Radio and Television — Polish Feature Film Festival, Gdynia 1993
Peace Award — Trieste International Film Festival 1995


TARANTHRILLER
1993, Poland · directed by Mirosław Bembiński · TV feature film · 35 mm


89MM TO EUROPE (89 mm od Europy)
1993, Poland · directed by Marcel Łoziński · documentary · 16 min · 35 mm

Academy Award nomination — Best Short Documentary Film 1994
Grand Prix — Oberhausen International Short Film Festival 1993
Golden Dove — International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film 1994
Grand Prix — Montreal International Film Festival 1994
Awards: Marseille · Clermont-Ferrand · San Francisco · Sydney · Vila do Conde


BIRTHPLACE (Miejsce urodzenia)
1992, Poland · directed by Paweł Łoziński · documentary · 47 min · 35 mm

Grand Prix "White Cobra" — Media Festival "Człowiek w zagrożeniu" 1992
Award of the Polish Federation of Film Clubs — Lubuskie Lato Filmowe 1992
Grand Prix + Award of the European Cultural Foundation — "Vue Sur Les Docs", Marseille
1st Prize (Documentary) — Baltic Film and Television Festival, Bornholm