Andrzej Bartkowiak


Andrzej Bartkowiak, A.S.C. is a Polish cinematographer and director.

Career

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. 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 and 1993.
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 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 .
In 2010, he worked as cinematographer in the thriller Trespass, directed by Joel Schumacher, both had collaborated before on Falling Down.

Filmography

As cinematographer

During his first films as a director he collaborated a few times with the rapper DMX and the actors Anthony Anderson, Jet Li and Isaiah Washington.
ArtistRomeo Must DieExit WoundsCradle 2 the Grave
Jet Li
DMX
Anthony Anderson
Isaiah Washington
Tom Arnold
Drag-On

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