Andrzej Bartkowiak was born in 1950 in Lodz, Poland. He studied at the Lodz Film School and emigrated to the United States in 1972. He began his career as a cinematographer, working in advertising and independent film. With director James Ivory, he directed a television adaptation of John Cheever's short story. In the 1980s, Bartkowiak worked with Sidney Lumet for The Next Morning, Family Matter. Fame to the operator brought the melodrama “The Language of Tenderness”, the crime drama “Honor of the
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Andrzej Bartkowiak was born in 1950 in Lodz, Poland. He studied at the Lodz Film School and emigrated to the United States in 1972. He began his career as a cinematographer, working in advertising and independent film. With director James Ivory, he directed a television adaptation of John Cheever's short story. In the 1980s, Bartkowiak worked with Sidney Lumet for The Next Morning, Family Matter. Fame to the operator brought the melodrama “The Language of Tenderness”, the crime drama “Honor of the Prizzi family”, the comedy “Twins”. In the 1990s, Andrzej Bartkowiak also successfully shot not only dramatic films ("The Mirror Has Two Faces", "Guilty Out of Suspicion"), but also spectacular action films ("Speed", "Guardians of the Law"), "horror" "Special", the film of disasters "Dante Peak". His name stands in the credits of the fourth film “Lethal Weapon”, and the mystical drama “The Devil’s Advocate”. In 2000, Andrzej Bartkowiak made his directorial debut, directing the thriller Romeo Must Die with kung fu star Jet Lee.