Pawel Pogorzelski

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Pawel Pogorzelski (born 1979) is a Polish-Canadian [1] cinematographer, known for his work with director Ari Aster.

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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 Beau Is Afraid . [10]

Filmography

Feature films

YearTitleDirectorNotes
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 CavePost-production

Television

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2020 Homemade Ana Lily Amirpour Episode "Ride It Out"

Short films

YearTitleDirectorNotes
2011 The Strange Thing About the Johnsons Ari Aster
2013 Munchausen

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