Andrzej Bartkowiak

Andrzej Bartkowiak
Bartkowiak at the premiere of Doom, 2005
Born	(1950-03-06) 6 March 1950 (age 71) Łódź, Poland
Occupation	Cinematographer, director
Years active	1973–present
Spouse(s)	Diane Venora ​ ​ (m. 1980; div. 1989)​

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

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 (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.^[3] A year later he made the action thriller film Exit Wounds starring Steven Seagal, the film was a hit in theaters.^{[citation needed]} Cradle 2 the Grave was a moderate success at the box-office.^{[citation needed]}

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

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

Filmography[]

As cinematographer[]

• 3 by Cheever: The 5:48 (1979)
• Prince of the City (1981)
• Deathtrap (1982)
• The Verdict (1982)
• Daniel (1983)
• Terms of Endearment (1983)
• Garbo Talks (1984)
• Prizzi's Honor (1985)
• Power (1986)
• The Morning After (1986)
• Nuts (1987)
• Twins (1988)
• Family Business (1989)
• Q&A (1990)
• Hard Promises (1991)
• A Stranger Among Us (1992)
• Falling Down (1993)
• Guilty as Sin (1993)
• Speed (1994)
• A Good Man in Africa (1994)
• Losing Isaiah (1995)
• Species (1995)
• Jade (1995)
• The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
• Dante's Peak (1997)
• The Devil's Advocate (1997)
• U.S. Marshals (1998)
• Lethal Weapon 4 (1998)
• Gossip (2000)
• Thirteen Days (2000)
• Trespass (2011)
• Grey Lady (2017)

As director[]

• Romeo Must Die (2000)
• Exit Wounds (2001)
• Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)
• Doom (2005)
• Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)
• Maximum Impact (2017)
• Dead Reckoning (2020)

References[]

External links[]

• Andrzej Bartkowiak at IMDb