Alexander Gruszynski

Last updated
Alexander Gruszynski, A.S.C.
Born (1950-06-19) June 19, 1950 (age 74)
Occupation Cinematographer

Alexander Gruszynski (born June 19, 1950) is a Polish-American cinematographer, actor and film director. He attended the National Film School of Denmark, Copenhagen. [1]

Contents

In 1985 Gruszynski moved to America and is now a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.

Filmography

Feature film

Cinematographer

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1979Achilleshælen er mit våben Jytte Rex With Dirk Brüel and Jytte Rex
1980 Next Stop Paradise Jon Bang Carlsen
1981BelladonnaJytte Rex
1983Udenrigskorrespondenten Jørgen Leth
1984 Almost You Adam Brooks
The OasisSparky Greene
1985 Twisted Adam Holender
Ofelia kommer til byenJon Bang Carlsen
1987 Promised Land Michael Hoffman With Ueli Steiger
Under Cover John Stockwell
1988Time OutJon Bang Carlsen
Bad Dreams Andrew Fleming
1990 Tremors Ron Underwood
1991 Stone Cold Craig R. Baxley
1993 The Russian Singer Morten Arnfred
1994 Threesome Andrew Fleming
I Like It Like That Darnell Martin
The Pagemaster Joe Johnston Live-action scenes
1995 Angus Patrick Read Johnson
1996 The Craft Andrew Fleming
Maximum Risk Ringo Lam
1998 54 Mark Christopher
1999 Dick Andrew Fleming
2001 The Brothers Gary Hardwick
Prison Song Darnell Martin
Two Can Play That Game Mark Brown
2003 Deliver Us from Eva Gary Hardwick
The In-Laws Andrew Fleming
2006 Five Fingers Laurence Malkin
2007 Nancy Drew Andrew Fleming
This Christmas Preston A. Whitmore II
2008 Hamlet 2 Andrew Fleming
2009 Madea Goes to Jail Tyler Perry
I Can Do Bad All by Myself
2010KidnappetVibeke Muasya
For Colored Girls Tyler Perry
2012 Good Deeds
Madea's Witness Protection
2013 Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
Peeples Tina Gordon Chism
A Madea Christmas Tyler Perry
2014 Barefoot Andrew Fleming
The Single Moms Club Tyler Perry
2018 Ideal Home Andrew Fleming
Music, War and Love Martha Coolidge
2022Folklore AmericanaNell TeareShort film

Director

Television

TV movies

YearTitleDirector
1985 Surviving: A Family in Crisis Waris Hussein
Murder: By Reason of Insanity  [ es ] Anthony Page
1986Mafia Princess Robert L. Collins
A Fight for Jenny Gilbert Moses
1987 The Last Innocent Man Roger Spottiswoode
1989 Third Degree Burn
1990 By Dawn's Early Light Jack Sholder
1991 Cast a Deadly Spell Martin Campbell
1995 Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long Paul Monash

TV series

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1986 Everyman Jon Bang CarlsenEpisode "Phoenix Bird: The Tale of a Warrior"
1989 The Women of Brewster Place Donna Deitch Miniseries
2000 Grosse Pointe Andrew Fleming Episode "Pilot"
2009 Wallander Charlotte Brändström Episode "The Revenge"
2014 Bad Judge Andrew Fleming
Jake Szymanski
Linda Mendoza
4 episodes
2018 Insatiable Andrew FlemingEpisode "Pilot"
Conspiracy of SilenceCharlotte Brändström8 episodes
2020 Emily in Paris Andrew Fleming
Peter Lauer
3 episodes

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryTitleResult
1995 American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long Nominated
CableACE Award Best Cinematography in a Movie or MiniseriesNominated
1977 Bodil Awards Best Cinematographer JennyWon
1993 Camerimage Golden Frog The Russian Singer Nominated
1994 Independent Spirit Awards Best Cinematography I Like It Like That Nominated
2017 Cleveland International Film Festival Jury AwardTripolarNominated

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Janusz Kamiński</span> Polish cinematographer, film and television director

Janusz Zygmunt Kamiński is a Polish cinematographer and director.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rodrigo Prieto</span> Mexican cinematographer

Rodrigo Prieto Stambaugh, ASC, AMC, is a Mexican cinematographer and film director.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sven Nykvist</span> Swedish cinematographer

Sven Vilhem Nykvist was a Swedish cinematographer and filmmaker.

Frederick Elmes, ASC is an American cinematographer, known for his association with the independent film movement. He is a long-time collaborator of directors David Lynch, Ang Lee, Charlie Kaufman, Jim Jarmusch, and Todd Solondz. He has won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography twice, for Wild at Heart (1990) and Night on Earth (1991), and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series for The Night Of (2016).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Andrzej Bartkowiak</span> Polish cinematographer and film director

Andrzej Bartkowiak, ASC is a Polish cinematographer and film director based in the United States.

Dante Spinotti, ASC, AIC is an Italian cinematographer. He is known for his collaborations with directors such as Michael Mann, Michael Apted, Ermanno Olmi, Bruce Beresford, Curtis Hanson, and Brett Ratner. He received Academy Award nominations for L.A. Confidential (1997) and The Insider (1999), and won a BAFTA Award for The Last of the Mohicans (1992). He has also won two Italian David di Donatello Awards and two Nastro d'Argento Awards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Ballhaus</span> German cinematographer (1935–2017)

Michael Ballhaus, A.S.C. was a German cinematographer. He is known for his work with directors including Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Martin Scorsese, Mike Nichols, James L. Brooks, and Wolfgang Petersen. He was a member of both the Academy of Arts, Berlin, and the American Society of Cinematographers.

<i>Black Dawn</i> (2005 film) 2005 American film

Black Dawn is a 2005 American action film directed by Alexander Gruszynski in his feature film directorial debut. It was produced by, and stars, Steven Seagal, who reprises his role as Jonathan Cold. It is a follow-up to the 2003 film The Foreigner.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Seamus McGarvey</span> Irish cinematographer

Seamus McGarvey is a cinematographer from Armagh, Northern Ireland. He lives in Tuscany, Italy.

Takashi FujimotoASC is a retired American cinematographer. He is known for his collaborations with directors Jonathan Demme, M. Night Shyamalan and John Hughes. He is a Primetime Emmy Award winner, and a BAFTA and Satellite Award nominee. In 2016, he was named one of the 11 best cinematographers to have never won an Academy Award.

Walter C. Pfister is an American director and former cinematographer, who is best known for his work with filmmaker Christopher Nolan. Some of his collaborations with Nolan include Memento (2000), The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012), and Inception (2010). For his work on Inception, Pfister won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography and received a BAFTA Award nomination.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert Yeoman</span> American cinematographer

Robert David Yeoman, ASC is an American cinematographer, best known for his collaborations with directors Wes Anderson and Paul Feig. He was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and has won numerous other awards including an Independent Spirit Award.

Dean William Semler ACS ASC is an Australian cinematographer and film director. Over his career, he has worked as a cinematographer, camera operator, director, second unit director, and assistant director. He is a three-time recipient of the AACTA Award for Best Cinematography and an Academy Award winner. He is a member of both the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) and the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). In 2002 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dick Pope (cinematographer)</span> British cinematographer (1947–2024)

Richard Campbell Pope was a British cinematographer. He was known for his work with British film director Mike Leigh. Pope was a member of the British Society of Cinematographers and was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.

Phedon Papamichael, ASC is a Greek cinematographer and film director, known for his collaborations with directors James Mangold, Alexander Payne and Wim Wenders. He has twice been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography and the BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography. He has been a member of the American Society of Cinematographers since 2000.

Barry Ackroyd is an English cinematographer and director. Ackroyd has frequently worked with directors Ken Loach and Paul Greengrass. He worked on Kathryn Bigelow's 2008 war film The Hurt Locker, and with Greengrass on the critically acclaimed 2013 biographical thriller Captain Phillips, the former earning him a BAFTA Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography. In 2014, Ackroyd became the president of the British Society of Cinematographers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tamara Benitez</span> Filipina cinematographer

Tamara Benitez is a Filipina Cinematographer and camera operator, based in Metro Manila, Philippines. Known primarily for her underwater videography, Benitez has worked extensively for the ABS-CBN Corporation and under its production companies Star Cinema and VIVA Films, and has worked with such directors as Lav Diaz, Wenn Deramas, Sig Sanchez, Paolo Herras, and Martin Aviles. She has also worked with Cinematographer Arvin Viola on numerous occasions. Benitez is one of few female Cinematographers working in the cinema of the Philippines. In 2006 she was Director of Photography for the featured pictures Heremias and Lambanog, and in 2011 shot footage for the TV series Survivor India and served as Director of Photography for the TV series Where's Tony.

Ryszard Lenczewski is a Polish film and television cinematographer with more than thirty feature film credits. Lenczewski has been the cinematographer for four of director Paweł Pawlikowski's feature films. His work on Pawlikowski's Ida (2014) has been widely recognized, garnering nominations for both the Academy Award and the BAFTA Award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rachel Morrison</span> American cinematographer

Rachel Morrison is an American cinematographer and director. For her work on Mudbound (2017), Morrison became the first woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. She has twice worked with director Ryan Coogler, as cinematographer on the films Fruitvale Station (2013) and Black Panther (2018). Morrison's feature film directorial debut is the biographical sports drama The Fire Inside (2024).

Gruszynski is a surname.

References