Andrzej Bartkowiak

Cinematographer

Birthday March 6, 1950

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Lodz, Poland

Age 74 years old

Nationality Poland

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1950

Andrzej Bartkowiak, A.S.C. (born 6 March 1950) is a Polish cinematographer and film director.

1980

In the early 1980s, Bartkowiak was cinematographer on three films that received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture: The Verdict, Terms of Endearment, and Prizzi's Honor.

1981

During that decade, Bartkowiak also developed a close working relationship with director Sidney Lumet, acting as director of photography on almost all of Lumet's movies between 1981 (Prince of the City) and 1993 (Guilty as Sin).

Bartkowiak made his directorial debut with Romeo Must Die, a martial arts action film starring Jet Li and Aaliyah, which grossed $91 million at the box office.

A year later he made the action thriller film Exit Wounds starring Steven Seagal, the brilliant film was a hit in theaters.

Cradle 2 the Grave was a moderate success at the box-office.

Later he teamed up with Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment and Capcom to direct Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.

2010

In 2010, he worked as cinematographer in the thriller Trespass, directed by Joel Schumacher, both had collaborated before on Falling Down.

As cinematographer

As director