Pawel Pogorzelski (born 1979) is a Polish-Canadian [1] cinematographer, known for his work with director Ari Aster.
Pogorzelski was born in 1979 in Włocławek, Poland but moved to Montreal with his family when he was 2. [2] He studied at Concordia University, receiving an undergraduate degree in media communication. [3] [4] He moved to Los Angeles in 2008, [2] where he studied at the American Film Institute Conservatory. [4]
Pogorzelski garnered critical acclaim for his work on the 2018 psychological horror film Hereditary , directed by Ari Aster. [5] They would work together again on the 2019 film Midsommar , for which he received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography at the 35th Independent Spirit Awards. [6] In 2021, he was the director of photography for the action film Nobody [7] and the Hulu horror film False Positive . [8] In 2023, he served as cinematographer for the DC Comics film Blue Beetle [9] and once again worked with Ari Aster on his surrealist tragicomedy horror film Beau Is Afraid . [10]
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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2015 | Patchwork | Tyler MacIntyre | |
2016 | We're Still Together | Jesse Klein | |
Boost | Darren Curtis | ||
2017 | Tragedy Girls | Tyler MacIntyre | |
2018 | Hereditary | Ari Aster | |
2019 | Midsommar | Nominated - Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography | |
2021 | Nobody | Ilya Naishuller | |
False Positive | John Lee | ||
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon | Ana Lily Amirpour | ||
2022 | Fresh | Mimi Cave | |
2023 | Beau Is Afraid | Ari Aster | |
Blue Beetle | Ángel Manuel Soto | ||
TBA | Holland, Michigan † | Mimi Cave | Post-production |
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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2020 | Homemade | Ana Lily Amirpour | Episode "Ride It Out" |
Year | Title | Director | Notes |
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2011 | The Strange Thing About the Johnsons | Ari Aster | |
2013 | Munchausen |
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