Andrzej Bartkowiak

Andrzej Bartkowiak
Bartkowiak at the premiere of Doom, October 2005
Born	1950 (age 64–65) Łódź, Poland
Occupation	Cinematographer Film director
Years active	1973–present

Andrzej Bartkowiak, A.S.C. (born 6 March 1950) is a Polish cinematographer^[1] and director.^[2]

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.

Bartkowiak made his directorial debut with Romeo Must Die a martial-arts action film starring Jet Li and Aaliyah, which was a huge hit at the box-office, a year later he made the action-comedy 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 Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.

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

Filmography

Collaborations

During his first films as a director 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 Bartkowiak has collaborated with several well-known film directors such as Sidney Lumet,^[1] Joel Schumacher and Roger Donaldson.

References

External links

• Andrzej Bartkowiak at the Internet Movie Database