Born: 13 November 1937, Kraków, Poland.

Education: [Architecture]; PWSFTviT, Lódz [graduated in 1964].

Career: Spent his early childhood in a Siberian labor camp where his family was deported in 1939. The family was allowed to return to Kraków in 1947 where he completed his primary education and began the study of architecture. During that period he developed an interest in photography and eventually in film, which led him to apply, and receive acceptance at the film school in Lódz. After graduating with a Master's degree in cinematography, he worked on several film productions in Poland. In 1966, he traveled to Montréal, Canada, on a tourist visa at the urging of his father who wanted him to see the world. He rode a Greyhound bus from Montréal to Manhattan and decided to stay in New York for a while. He subsequently got a job as a driver for a documentary production company. About three months later, he got a break when a cinematographer didn't show up for work. He segued from shooting documentaries to commercials and earned his first narrative credit for 'Midnight Cowboy' in 1968.

Ph numerous commercials. Directed the feature film 'Twisted [: A Step Beyond Insanity]' [1985; ph: Alexander Gruszynski].

Awards: ICG/Eastman Kodak Lifetime Achievement Award [2003]; Plus Camerimage Special Award for Polish Cinematographer for Immense Contribution to the Art of Film [2007].

1958        Na sniegu [Zbigniew Tolloczko; short] c.asst (+ asst dir); ph: Janusz Lomski

1959        Lampa/The Lamp [Roman Polanski; short/8m] c.asst; ph: Krzysztof Romanowski

1960        Czwarty do bridza [Edward Goldberg] b&w; short/2m

1960        Improwizacja/Trzej muzykanci/Picasso's Three Musicians [Andrzej Ramlau & Adam Holender] c; anim/5m

1961        Lapac zlodzieja/Catch a Thief [Krzysztof Zanussi] b&w; short/6m

1961        Drzazga [Mariusz Chwedczuk] b&w; short/?m

1961        Wyszedl z domu i nie wrócil [Stefan Bratkowski] b&w; short/10m

1961        Za oknem [Wladyslaw Ikonomow] b&w; short/8m

1962        Zabawa/Foul Play [Adam Holender & Andrzej Ramlau] ?

1963        Studenci/Students [Krzysztof Zanussi] b&w; short/14m

1968        Midnight Cowboy [John Schlesinger] c; + co-superv 25th anniversary restoration

1969        Puzzle of a Downfall Child [Jerry Schatzberg] c

1970        Shut Up... I'm Crying [Robert Siegler] c; short/?m

1971        J.W. Coop [Cliff Robertson] c; co-2uc; ph: Frank Stanley

1971        The Panic in Needle Park [Jerry Schatzberg] c

1972        Moonwalk One [Theo Kamecke] c; doc/96m; cph: Urs Furrer, James Signorelli, Jeri Sopanen, Ed Lynch, Alexander

                    Hammid, a.o.

1972        The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds [Paul Newman] c

1974        Man on a Swing [Frank Perry] c

1977        If Ever I See You Again [Joe Brooks] tao35/c; cph: Don Sweeney

1978        The Seduction of Joe Tynan/The Senator [Jerry Schatzberg] c

1978        Promises in the Dark [Jerome Hellman] c

1979        Simon [Marshall Brickman] c; addph: Dick Kratina & Fred Schuler

1980        The Idolmaker [Taylor Hackford] c

1985        The Boy Who Could Fly [Nick Castle] c; cph: Steven Poster (brought in 6 weeks into filming) & Neil Krepela (efx ph);

                    vfx ph: Peter Romano; optical ph: Charles Cowles & Alan Harding

1986        Street Smart [Jerry Schatzberg] c

1987        To Kill a Priest/Zabic ksiedza [Agnieszka Holland] c

1988        Sea of Love [Harold Becker] c; addph; ph: Ronnie Taylor

1988        The Dream Team [Howard Zieff] c

1993        Fresh [Boaz Yakin] c; 2uc: Bruce MacCallum & Bill Coleman

1994        Smoke [Wayne Wang] c

1994        Blue in the Face/Brooklyn Boogie [Wayne Wang & Paul Auster] c; ph in two 3-day shoots (July & October)

1995        Grace of My Heart [Allison Anders] c; 2uc; ph: Jean-Yves Escoffier

1995        I'm Not Rappaport [Herb Gardner] c; addph: Ralf D. Bode; aph: Don Sweeney

1995        Wide Awake [M. Night Shyamalan] p/c; addph: Madhu Ambat

1996        8 Heads in a Duffel Bag [Tom Schulman] c

1997        A Price Above Rubies [Boaz Yakin] c

2000        Strange Hearts/Rat in the Can/Roads to Riches [Michelle Gallagher] c

2001        Shortcut to Happiness/The Devil and Daniel Webster [Alec Baldwin] c

2002        Stateside/Sinners [Reverge Anselmo] p/c; cph: Tom Priestley Jr.; 2uc: Petr Hlinomaz

2004        Carlito's Way: Rise to Power [Michael Bregman] c

1977        The Other Side of Hell/The Next Howling Wind [Jan Kadar] tvm

1980        The Shadow Box [Paul Newman] tvm

1984        Threesome [Lou Antonio] tvm

1999        Falcone [pilot & ep #2 'Tightrope' dir by Gary Fleder] 9-part series, 2000; other ph: Steve Danyluk (7 ep)

1999        Mary & Rhoda [Barnet Kellman] tvm

1961        Bitwa o kozi dwór [Wadim Berestowski] still ph; ph: Tadeusz Wiezan

1963        Wiano/Dowry [Jan Lomnicki] co-c.op; ph: Kurt Weber

1966        Czterej pancerni i pies [Konrad Nalecki; 21-part tv-series] c.asst ep #1-8; ph: Romuald Kropat