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Brant Fagan [Steadicam/'a' cam op] - AG - Ted Chu ['b' cam op] "Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor" [2011] |
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ALEXANDER GRUSZYNSKI ASC |
Born: 19 June 1950, Warsaw, Poland.
Education: Den Danske Filmskole/National Film School of Denmark, Copenhagen.
Career: Moved to the USA in 1985.
Ph commercials e.g. 'Real Farmers' [1991, d: Henry Corra; cph: Albert Maysles; for DuPont].
Was member of the DFF.
Awards: Bodil FF 'Special Award' [1978] for 'Jenny'; Camerimage 'Golden Frog' nom [1994] for 'Den russiske sangerinde'; Independent Spirit Award nom [1995] for 'I Like It Like That'; Cable Ace Award [1995] & ASC Award nom [1996] for 'Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long'.
Website: Alexander Gruszynski
FILMS |
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1976 |
Rotternes konge [Alexander Gruszynski] ?; doc/31m |
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1977 |
En fisker i Hanstholm/A Fisherman from Hanstholm [Jon Bang Carlsen] b&w; dram doc/64m; co-2uc; ph: Dirk Brüel; + scrpl |
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1977 |
Jenny [Jon Bang Carlsen] ?; doc/38m |
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1978 |
Achilleshælen er mit våben/The Achilles Heel Is My Weapon [Jytte Rex] c; cph: Dirk Brüel & J. Rex (s8 ph) |
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1978 |
Charlie Rivel - en film om en klovn [Jimmy Andreasen, Ebbe Preisler & Svend Abrahamsen] c; doc/44m; cph: Dirk Brüel, Morten Bruus-Petersen & Jimmy Andreasen |
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1978 |
En rig mand/A Rich Man [Jon Bang Carlsen] 16mm/c; doc/67m |
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1980 |
Næste stop paradis/Next Stop Paradise [Jon Bang Carlsen] c |
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1980 |
Tomas - et barn du ikke kan nå/Tomas - A Child Out of Reach [Mads Egmont Christensen & Lone Hertz] c; doc/93m; cph: Bille August |
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1981 |
Hotel of the Stars [Jon Bang Carlsen] c; doc/59m |
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1981 |
Belladonna [Jytte Rex] c |
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1981 |
Den hårde sandhed - krig og efterkrig i Tage Skou-Hansens romaner [Carsten Clante] ?; doc/49m |
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1981 |
Judith og Werner/Judith and Werner [Jytte Rex] c |
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1982 |
Udenrigskorrespondenten/Haïti Express [Jørgen Leth] c |
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1983 |
Fugl fønix/Phoenix Bird [Jon Bang Carlsen] 16mm/c; doc/49m |
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1983 |
Af jord er du kommet - på sporet af en dansk husmand [Nils Vest] 16mm/c; doc/45m; cph: Morten Bruus, Björn Blixt, Fritz Schrøder, Hasse Christensen & Barbara Adler |
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1983 |
Almost You [Adam Brooks] c |
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1984 |
Fremtidens børn/Children of the Future [Ove Nyholm] c; doc/53m; cph: Björn Blixt, Jan Weincke & Hasse Christensen |
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1984 |
The Oasis/A Savage Hunger [Sparky Greene] c; 2uc: Dariusz Wolski (+ 1st c.asst), Martin Schaer (+ 2nd c.asst), Kees van Oostrum & Peter Deming |
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1985 |
Ofelia kommer til byen/Hamlet/Ophelia Comes to Town [Jon Bang Carlsen] c; addph: Kim Hattesen |
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1985 |
Twisted [: A Step Beyond Insanity] [Adam Holender] c |
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1986 |
Under Cover [John Stockwell] c; addph: Michael Endler |
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1987 |
Promised Land/Young Hearts [Michael Hoffman] c; cph: Ueli Steiger; 2uc: Matthew Williams |
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1987 |
Time Out [Jon Bang Carlsen] c; hph: Mikael Salomon |
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1987 |
Bad Dreams [Andrew Fleming] c |
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1988 |
Eyes of an Angel/The Tender [Robert Harmon] p/c; 3uc; ph: Theo van de Sande |
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1989 |
Tremors [Ron Underwood] c; 2uc: Virgil L. Harper |
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1990 |
Christiania, du har mit hjerte [Nils Vest] c; doc/60m; cph: Dirk Brüel, Manuel Sellner, Freddy Tornberg & Gregers Nielsen |
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1990 |
Stone Cold [Craig R. Baxley] c; addph: Arthur Botham; aph: David L. Butler |
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1992 |
Den russiske sangerinde/Den ryska sångerskan/The Russian Singer [Morten Arnfred] c; 2uc: Jan Weincke |
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1992 |
The Pagemaster [Maurice Hunt & Joe Johnston] c; live action/anim; live action ph; vfx ph: Dennis Skotak; optical efx ph: Bob Hill |
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1993 |
Threesome [Andrew Fleming] c; addph: Jacek Laskus |
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1993 |
Livet vil leves... breve fra en mor [Jon Bang Carlsen] ?; doc/47m; cph: Mikael Salomon & Henrik Jungdahl |
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1993 |
I Like It Like That/Black Out [Darnell Martin] c |
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1994 |
Bødlen som offer [Jørgen Flindt Pedersen & Erik Stephensen] c; doc/27m; cph: Kim Frandsen |
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1994 |
Angus [Patrick Read Johnson] c |
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1995 |
The Craft [Andrew Fleming] c |
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1995 |
Haïti. Uden titel/Haïti. Untitled [Jørgen Leth] v+16mm+35mm-to-35mm/c; doc/78m; cph: J. Leth, Dan Holmberg & Tómas Gislason |
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1996 |
Maximum Risk/The Exchange/Bloodstone [Ringo Lam] s35/c; 2uc: Robert Fraisse & Tom Priestley Jr. |
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1997 |
Jane [Lyndall Hobbs] scheduled to start shooting in August; status unknown |
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1997 |
54 [Mark Christopher] c; 2uc: Kit Whitmore |
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1998 |
Dick [- The Unmaking of a President] [Andrew Fleming] c |
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1999 |
Prison Song [Darnell Martin] c |
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2000 |
The Brothers [Gary Hardwick] c |
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2000 |
Two Can Play That Game/How to Make Your Man Behave in 10 Days… Or Less [Mark Brown] c |
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2001 |
Drømmere - en film om Haitianske malere/Dreamers [Jørgen Leth] c; doc/58m; cph: Dan Holmberg, Bo Tengberg & Teit Jørgensen; filmed 1982-2001 |
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2001 |
Deliver Us from Eva [Gary Hardwick] c |
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2002 |
The In-Laws/Till Death Do Us Part [Andrew Fleming] c; 2uc: Glen Keenan; SpaceCam ph: Ron Goodman |
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2004 |
Vinyl [Richard Zelniker] scheduled for February, then September start; in development since 1999; status unknown |
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2004 |
Ghosts of Cité Soleil [Asger Leth & Milos Loncarevic] c; doc/88m; co-addph; ph: A. Leth, M. Loncarevic & Frederik Jacobi |
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2004 |
Five Fingers [Laurence Malkin] c |
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2005 |
Bright Midnight [Richard Zelniker] announced; status unknown |
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2006 |
Nancy Drew [Andrew Fleming] s35/c |
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2007 |
This Christmas [Preston A. Whitmore II] s35/c |
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2007 |
Hamlet 2 [Andrew Fleming] c |
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2008 |
Madea Goes to Jail [Tyler Perry] c |
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2009 |
I Can Do Bad All by Myself [Tyler Perry] c |
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2010 |
Kidnappet/Lost in Africa [Vibeke Muasya] c |
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2010 |
For Colored Girls [Tyler Perry] c; 2uc New York: Sergei Franklin; uncred aph: John Trapman |
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2010 |
Peeples/We the Peeples [Tina Gordon Chism] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; released in 2013 |
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2011 |
Good Deeds [Tyler Perry] HD (ARRI ALEXA)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/ c |
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2011 |
Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor [Tyler Perry] HD (ARRI ALEXA)/c |
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2012 |
Madea's Witness Protection [Tyler Perry] HD (ARRI ALEXA)-to-35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c |
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2012 |
Barefoot [Andrew Fleming] HD/c |
TELEVISION |
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1981 |
Din nabos søn [- fra rekrut til torturbøddel]/Your Neighbour's Son [Erik Stephensen & Jørgen Flindt Pedersen] doc/67m/16mm |
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1984 |
Surviving [: A Family in Crisis]/Tragedy [Waris Hussein] tvm |
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1985 |
Murder: By Reason of Insanity/My Sweet Victim/Death on a Day Pass [Anthony Page] tvm |
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1985 |
Mafia Princess [Robert Collins] tvm |
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1986 |
A Fight for Jenny [Gilbert Moses] tvm |
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1986 |
The Last Innocent Man [Roger Spottiswoode] tvm; 2uc: Stephen L. Posey |
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1988 |
Sports Illustrated: The Making of the Swimsuit Issue [Albert Maysles & Susan Frömke] special; non-doc ph |
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1989 |
The Women of Brewster Place [Donna Deitch] 2-part tvm |
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1989 |
Third Degree Burn [Roger Spottiswoode] tvm |
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1989 |
By Dawn's Early Light/Red Alert [Jack Sholder] tvm |
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1991 |
Cast a Deadly Spell [Martin Campbell] tvm |
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1994 |
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long [Thomas Schlamme] tvm |
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1997 |
Oz [pilot 'The Routine' dir by Darnell Martin] 56-part series, 1997-2003; 1st season, 1997; other ph: Glenn Kershaw & Jean de Segonzac |
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2000 |
Grosse Pointe [pilot dir by Andrew Fleming] 17-part series/s16, 2000-01; other ph: Russ Alsobrook (16 ep) |
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2002 |
Paranormal Girl [Andrew Fleming] pilot |
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2008 |
Wallander [ep #14 'Hämnden/The Revenge' dir by Charlotte Brändström] 26-part series/RED-to-HD, 2005-06 & 2009-10; 2nd season, 2009-10; was also released theatrically in January 2009 |
MISCELLANEOUS |
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1977 |
Aftenlandet/Evening Land [Peter Watkins; pseudo doc] appearance; ph: Joan Churchill & Fritz Schrøder |
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1978 |
92 minutter af i går [Carsten Brandt] co-c.asst; ph: Dirk Brüel |
FILMS AS DIRECTOR |
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1976 |
Rotternes konge [+ ph] see Films |
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2005 |
Black Dawn [feature] ph: Bruce McCleery |