Andrzej Bartkowiak

Andrzej Bartkowiak, (born 6 March 1950) is a Polish cinematographer and film director, long based in the United States.

He became known for his partnership with director Sidney Lumet, shooting 11 of his films in the 1980s. Though he originally intended to become a painter, he developed an interest in filmmaking and enrolled in the Łódź Film School in 1970. He has cited the influence of painters, particularly Caravaggio and Goya, in his cinematography.

After two years of study, he left his studies, and moved to the United States and settled in New York City, where he lived for a time with Polish actress Elżbieta Czyżewska and David Halberstam.

Career Barkowiak worked as a cinematographer and director on dozens of television commercials and industrial films, for clients like IBM, Xerox, American Express, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, and Toyota. . Lumet approached Bartkowiak after being impressed by his day-for-night photography on the made-for-TV film The Five Forty-Eight. and received the Society's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2025.

In addition, Bartkowiak was friends with actor Bruce Willis during the 1980s. Willis credited Bartkowiak with securing his earliest extra acting work in The Verdict.

Filmography 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)

Cinematographer Film

Short film Year Title Director Notes 1999 Turkey. Cake. Sean Whalen 2022 Laughing at Fat People Stephen Kessler Documentary short

Television Year Title Director Notes 1979 The 5:48 James Ivory TV movie

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