Alex Zakrzewski
| Alex Zakrzewski |
| Occupation |
Television director and cinematographer |
| Years active |
1995–present |
Alexander "Alex" Zakrzewski is an American television director and cinematographer. He has directed episodes of The Wire, Numb3rs, Cold Case, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He has worked on several Tom Fontana produced shows including Oz, Homicide: Life on the Street and The Jury. He is currently married to Mariora Goschen, who was the model used on the cover of the self-titled Blind Faith album.
For The Wire he directed the ninth episode of the third season, "Slapstick", in 2004.[1][2] He returned in 2006 to direct the ninth episode of the fourth season, "Know Your Place".[3][4] Show runner David Simon first worked with Zakrzewski on Homicide and praised Zakrzewski's work on the restaurant scene between Howard "Bunny" Colvin and his students in the episode.[5]
Filmography
Director
| Year |
Show |
Episode |
Notes |
| 2011 |
Treme |
"Santa Claus, Do You Ever Get the Blues?" |
Season 2, episode 4[6] |
| 2010 |
Memphis Beat |
"One Night of Sin" |
Season 1, episode 5[7] |
| The Good Wife |
"Bad" |
Season 1, episode 13[8] |
| 2008 |
Life on Mars |
"Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadows" |
Season 1, episode 4 |
| Swingtown |
"Running on Empty" |
Season 1, episode 10 |
| Numb3rs |
"High Exposure" |
Season 5, episode 1 |
| "Pay to Play" |
Season 4, episode 17 |
| CSI: NY |
"Enough" |
Season 5, episode 6 |
| Cold Case |
"Shore Leave |
Season 6, episode 5 |
| "Bad Reputation" |
Season 5, episode 16 |
| 2007 |
Cane |
"One Man Is an Island" |
Season 1, episode 7 |
| Tell Me You Love Me |
"1.8" |
Season 1, episode 8 |
| Smith |
"Six" |
Season 1, episode 6 |
| The Unit |
"The Outsiders" |
Season 2, episode 19 |
| Cold Case |
"Thrill Kill" |
Season 5, episode 1 |
| "Stalker" |
Season 4, episode 24 |
| "8:03 AM" |
Season 4, episode 14 |
| Numb3rs |
"Tabu" |
Season 4, episode 8 |
| "Hollywood Homicide" |
Season 4, episode 2 |
| "Contenders" |
Season 3, episode 16 |
| 2006 |
"Two Daughters" |
Season 3, episode 2 |
| "Double Down" |
Season 2, episode 13 |
| Cold Case |
"The War at Home" |
Season 4, episode 2 |
| "Death Penalty: Final Appeal" |
Season 3, episode 20 |
| "Sanctuary" |
Season 3, episode 15 |
| The Unit |
"Off the Meter" |
Season 2, episode 7 |
| The Wire |
"Know Your Place"[3][4] |
Season 4, episode 8 |
| Saved |
"Cowboys & Independents" |
Season 1, episode 6 |
| 2005 |
Numb3rs |
"Judgment Call" |
Season 2, episode 1 |
| "Counterfit Reality" |
Season 1, episode 7 |
| The Wire |
"Slapstick"[1][2] |
Season 3, episode 9 |
| E-Ring |
"Christmas Story" |
Season 1, episode 11 |
| Close to Home |
"Double Life Wife |
Season 1, episode 7 |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent |
"Unchained" |
Season 5, episode 4 |
| "My Good Name" |
Season 4, episode 22 |
| 'Wanted |
Unknown episodes |
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| CSI: NY |
"Recycling" |
Season 1, episode 12 |
| Cold Case |
"Committed" |
Season 3, episode 5 |
| "Creatures of the Night" |
Season 2, episode 21 |
| "Revolution" |
Season 2, episode 14 |
| 2004 |
"The House" |
Season 2, episode 4 |
| "Resolutions" |
Season 1, episode 18 |
| CSI: NY |
"Three Generations Are Enough" |
Season 1, episode 8 |
| The Jury |
"Last Rites" |
Season 1, episode 5 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |
"Criminal" |
|
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent |
"Eosphoros" |
Season 4, episode 5 |
| "Fico Di Capo" |
Season 3, episode 19 |
| 2003 |
"Pravda" |
Season 3, episode 5 |
| "The Gift" |
Season 3, episode 3 |
| "Con-text" |
Season 2, episode 10 |
| 10-8: Officers on Duty |
"A Hard Day's Night" |
Season 1, episode 2 |
| The Handler |
Unknown episodes |
|
| Oz |
"Exeunt Omnes" |
|
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |
"Abomination" |
|
| "Futility" |
|
| "Appearances" |
|
| "Pandora" |
|
| 2002 |
"Disappearing Acts" |
|
| "Execution" |
|
| "Protection" |
|
| Oz |
"Impotence" |
|
| "Visitation" |
|
| Boomtown |
"Coyote" |
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| Hack |
Unknown episodes |
|
| Crossing Jordan |
"Acts of Mercy" |
|
| 2001 |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |
"Scourge" |
|
| Oz |
"Medium Rare" |
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| The Agency |
Unknown episodes |
|
| 2000 |
The Beat |
Unknown episodes |
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Cinematographer
References
- ^ a b "Slapstick". Alex Zakrzewski, Writ. David Simon (story), George P. Pelecanos (story and teleplay). The Wire. HBO. 2004-11-21. No. 9, season 3.
- ^ a b "The Wire episode guide - episode 34 Slapstick". HBO. 2004. http://www.hbo.com/thewire/episode/season2/episode34.shtml. Retrieved 2006-08-24.
- ^ a b "Know Your Place". Alex Zakrzewski, Writ. Ed Burns and Richard Price (story), Kia Corthron (teleplay). The Wire. HBO. 2004-11-12. No. 09, season 4.
- ^ a b "Episode guide - episode 46 Know Your Place". HBO. 2006. http://www.hbo.com/thewire/episode/season4/episode46.shtml. Retrieved 2006-11-15.
- ^ Jim King (2003). "3rd Exclusive David Simon interview". The Wire at AOL. http://members.aol.com/TheWireHBO/exclusive4-5.html. Retrieved 2007-11-05. Page 5
- ^ HBO. "Treme episode "Santa Claus, Do You Ever Get the Blues?" synopsis". http://www.hbo.com/treme/episodes/2/14-santa-claus-do-you-ever-get-the-blues/synopsis.html. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
- ^ "One Night of Sin". Alex Zakrzewski, Writ. Angelina Burnett. Memphis Beat. TNT. 2010-7-20. No. 5, season 1.
- ^ "Bad". Alex Zakrzewski, Writ. Ted Humphrey. The Good Wife. CBS. 2010-2-2. No. 13, season 1.
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