ANDRZEJ BARTKOWIAK  ASC

Born: 1950, Lódz, Poland.

Education: PWSFTviT, Lódz.

Career: Went to the USA in 1972. Ph the music video 'Beast of Burden' [1984, Allan Arkush; a: Bette Midler & Mick Jagger]. Active as director since 1999.

Awards: Camerimage 'Golden Frog' nom [1993] for 'Falling Down'.

FILMS

1976        Deadly Hero [Ivan Nagy] c

1980        Prince of the City [Sidney Lumet] c

1981        Deathtrap [Sidney Lumet] c

1982        The Verdict [Sidney Lumet] c

1982        Daniel [Sidney Lumet] c

1983        Terms of Endearment [James L. Brooks] c

1984        Garbo Talks [Sidney Lumet] c; + small part

1985        Prizzi's Honor [John Huston] c; Gabriel Figueroa was the scheduled doph, but he didn't get a work permit

1986        The Morning After [Sidney Lumet] c

1986        Power [Sidney Lumet] c

1987        Nuts [Martin Ritt] c

1988        Twins [Ivan Reitman] c; 2uc; Craig Denault

1988        Family Business [Sidney Lumet] c; replaced doph Carlo Di Palma

1990        Q & A [Sidney Lumet] c

1990        Off and Running [Edward Bianchi] c

1991        Hard Promises [Martin Davidson] c; 2uc: Peter Lyons Collister

1992        A Stranger Among Us/Close to Eden [Sidney Lumet] c

1992        Falling Down [Joel Schumacher] c

1992        Guilty as Sin [Sidney Lumet] c

1993        A Good Man in Africa [Bruce Beresford] c

1993        Speed [Jan de Bont] c; addph: David Drzewiecki (subway) & Garry Waller (elevator)

1994        Losing Isaiah [Stephen Gyllenhaal] c

1994        Species [Roger Donaldson] p/c; addph: Peter Deming (L.A.) & Mike Benson (Utah)

1995        Jade [William Friedkin] c

1995        The Mirror Has Two Faces [Barbra Streisand] c; cph: Dante Spinotti; 2uc: Richard Quinlan

1996        Dante's Peak [Roger Donaldson] p/c; 2uc: Raymond Stella; aph: Kurt Soderling

1996        The Devil's Advocate [Taylor Hackford] p/c; uncred addph: Steve Adcock

1997        U.S. Marshals [Stuart Baird] p/c; vfx ph: Peter Lyons Collister; replaced doph Donald Thorin

1997        Lethal Weapon 4 [Richard Donner] p/c; 2uc: Rick Bota; aph: Hans Bjerno

1998        Gossip [Davis Guggenheim] c; 2uc: Vern Nobles

1999        Turkey. Cake. [Sean Whalen] c; short/22m

1999        Thirteen Days [Which Shocked the World] [Roger Donaldson] b&w/c; Washington & Philippines ph: Christopher

                    Duddy; Newport, R.I. ph: Gary Capo; aph Newport & Philippines: Robert Mehnert

TELEVISION

1979        Three Cheever Stories/3 by Cheever [ep 'The Five Forty-Eight/The 5:48' dir by James Ivory] tvm/58m

FILMS AS DIRECTOR

1999        Romeo Must Die [ph: Glen MacPherson] 

2000        Exit Wounds [ph: Glen MacPherson]

2001        HRT [tv-pilot] ph: John S. Bartley

2002        Cradle 2 the Grave [ph: Daryn Okada]

2004        Doom [ph: Tony Pierce-Roberts]

2005        Escobar [announced]