Andrzej Bartkowiak

Andrzej Bartkowiak
Andrzej Bartkowiak, ASC (2005)
Born	1950 (age 61–62) Łódź, Poland
Occupation	Cinematographer Film director
Years active	1976–present
Spouse	Diane Venora (m. 1980–1989) «start: (1980)–end+1: (1990)»"Marriage: Diane Venora to Andrzej Bartkowiak" Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_Bartkowiak)

Andrzej Bartkowiak, A.S.C. (born 1950 in Łódź, Poland) is a Polish cinematographer and director.^[1]

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.

As cinematographer he has collaborated with several film directors such as Sidney Lumet, Joel Schumacher and Roger Donaldson.

Bartkowiak's made his directorial debut with Romeo Must Die a martial-arts action film starring Jet Li, which was a hugh hit at the box-office, a year later he made the action-comedy film Exit Wounds starring Steven Seagal, the film was a sleeper hit in theaters. Cradle 2 the Grave was poorly received by critics, however it considered a moderate success at the box-office.

Bartkowiak also directed the science fiction-horror video game adaptaion Doom, which was a disappointment at box-office and received negative reviews.

later he teamed up with Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment and Capcom to direct Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, which bombed at the box-office and universally panned by critics.

In 2010, he worked as cinematographer in the thriller Trespass, directed by Joel Schumacher (both have collaborated before in Falling Down). The project marks Bartkowiak's return to cinematography after more than a decade of work as filmmaker.

He will be directing a film known as "Dark Deal" to be released in 2011.^{[dated info]}

Filmography

Collaborations

During is first films, he collaborated a few times with the rapper DMX and the actors Anthony Anderson and Jet Li.

	Romeo Must Die	Exit Wounds	Cradle 2 the Grave
Jet Li	Y		Y
DMX	Y	Y	Y
Anthony Anderson	Y	Y	Y
Isaiah Washington	Y	Y
Tom Arnold		Y	Y

As cinematographer Andrzej has collaborated with several well-known film directors such as Sidney Lumet, Joel Schumacher and Roger Donaldson.

References

External links

• Andrzej Bartkowiak at the Internet Movie Database