Alex Zakrzewski

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Alex Zakrzewski
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Alexander Zakrzewski
Occupation(s)Television director, cinematographer
Years active1995–present

Alexander Zakrzewski is an American television director and cinematographer. He has directed episodes of Cold Case , Law & Order: Criminal Intent , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , Numb3rs and The Wire , as well as worked on several Tom Fontana produced shows including Homicide: Life on the Street , Oz and The Jury . Prior to his episodic work, he shot documentaries for independent film makers and the US Networks including several for Harpo Productions, where he developed a reputation for fluid hand held work.

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For The Wire Zakrzewski directed Season 3, Episode 9, "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, who first worked with Zakrzewski on Homicide: Life On the Street, praised Zakrzewski's work on The Wire's restaurant scene between Howard "Bunny" Colvin and his students in the episode. [5]

Filmography

Director

YearShowEpisodeNotes
2024 FBI "Family Affair"Season 6, episode 10
FBI: International "Magpie"Season 3, episode 3
2023 FBI "Obligation"Season 5, episode 18
FBI: International "Indefensible"Season 2, episode 13
"BHITW"Season 2, episode 10
Law & Order: Organized Crime "The Wild and the Innocent"Season 3, episode 15
2022 Bosch: Legacy "Message in a Bottle"Season 1, episode 3
"Plan B"Season 1, episode 5
FBI: Most Wanted "Reaper"Season 3, episode 18
FBI "Kayla"Season 4, episode 21
"Protective Details"Season 4, episode 16
2021 FBI: International "Trying to Grab Smoke"Season 1, episode 7
"The Soul of Chess"Season 1, episode 4
Bosch "Brazen"Season 7, episode 1
"Sabes Demasiado"Season 7, episode 3
"Jury's Still Out"Season 7, episode 5
"Workaround"Season 7, episode 7
2020 Bosch "Good People on Both Sides"Season 6, episode 2
Stumptown "The Dex Files"Season 1, episode 17
"Reality Checks Don't Bounce"Season 1, episode 10
2019 Bosch "Two Kinds of Truth"Season 5, episode 1
"Pill Shills"Season 5, episode 2
FBI "Codename: Ferdinand"Season 2, episode 8
The InBetween "The Length Of The River"Season 1, episode 6
City on a Hill "From Injustice Came the Way to Describe Justice"Season 1, episode 5
Reef Break "Pilot"Season 1, episode 1
2018 Bosch "Devil in the House"Season 4, episode 3
"The Coping"Season 4, episode 5
Daredevil "Upstairs/Downstairs"Season 3, episode 8
Animal Kingdom "The Center Will Hold"Season 3, episode 3
The Crossing "The Androcle Option"Season 1, episode 10
2017 Bosch "God Sees"Season 3, episode 3
"Blood Under the Bridge"Season 3, episode 5
Mercy Street "Unknown Soldier"Season 2, episode 5
2016 Bosch "Trunk Music"Season 2, episode 1
"The Thing About Secrets"Season 2, episode 2
"Follow the Money"Season 2, episode 8
The Man in the High Castle "Loose Lips"Season 2, episode 8
2015 Bosch "Chapter Seven: Lost Boys"Season 1, episode 7
"Chapter Nine: The Magic Castle"Season 1, episode 9
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]
Blue Bloods Season 1-TBD
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 LeaveSeason 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
2005Numb3rs"Judgment Call"Season 2, episode 1
"Counterfeit 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 WifeSeason 1, episode 7
Law & Order: Criminal Intent "Unchained"Season 5, episode 4
"My Good Name"Season 4, episode 22
Wanted Unknown episodes
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"
Hack Unknown episodes
Crossing Jordan "Acts of Mercy"
2001Law & Order: Special Victims Unit"Scourge"
Oz"Medium Rare"
The Agency Unknown episodes
2000 The Beat Unknown episodes

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