IEC
#1: From interview [Image Chaser/Nikon, 2013]
#3: "Reservoir Dogs" [1991]
ANDRZEJ SEKULA
Born: 19 December 1954, Wroclaw, Poland. Moved to Great Britain in 1980.
Education: National Film and Television School [NFTS], Beaconsfield, UK [1985-88].
Career: Became still ph and c.asst in a Polish film studio and doph during his stay in the army. Studied in Great Britain. Came to the USA as part of a Panavision-sponsored group of European filmmakers.
Ph tv-doc's. Ph commercials dir by Allen Martinez, Joe Public [for Amazon], Simon Green, a.o. Ph music videos.
Formed Leonidas Films Inc., Beverly Hills, with Timothy Cavanaugh.
Also active as director [see below].
Appeared in the doc's 'Polscy operatorzy w Los Angeles' [1993, Pawel Hanczakowski; ph: Marek Beczek] & 'Pulp Fiction: The Facts' [2002].
Awards: As ph: BP Expo IFF 'Cinematography Award' [1992] for 'Honey and Venom'; BAFTA Film Award nom [1995] for 'Pulp Fiction'; Camerimage 'Golden Frog' nom [2000] for 'American Psycho'.
As dir: Fantasporto 'Critics' Award' [2003] for 'Hypercube: Cube 2'.
| FILMS | |
|---|---|
|
1989 |
Catch [Hossein Amini] 16mm/c; short/?m |
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1990 |
The Brooch Pin and the Sinful Clasp [Joanna Woodward] c; short/19m; prod NFTS |
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1990 |
Man from China [Zhang Tie Lin] c; short/45m |
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1990 |
Honey and Venom [Jun Mori] c; short/41m |
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1991 |
Revolver [Chester Dent] c; short/12m; prod NFTS |
|
1991 |
Reservoir Dogs [Quentin Tarantino] s35/c; 2uc: Alan Sherrod |
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1992 |
Three of Hearts [Yurek Bogayevicz] c; addph: Steven Finestone |
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1992 |
Across the Moon/Mojo Flats/Tehachapi [Lisa Gottlieb] c; addph: Alan Sherrod |
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1993 |
Bank Robber [Nick Mead] p/c; 2uc: Alan Sherrod |
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1993 |
Sleep with Me [Rory Kelly] c; addph: Alan Sherrod |
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1993 |
Pulp Fiction [Quentin Tarantino] p/c; 2uc: Alan Sherrod |
|
1994 |
Oleanna [David Mamet] c |
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1994 |
Hackers [Iain Softley] p/c; 2uc: Zoran Djordjevic |
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1994 |
Four Rooms [seg #4 'The Man from Hollywood' dir by Quentin Tarantino] c; other ph: Rodrigo Garcia (#1), Phil Parmet (#2) & Guillermo Navarro (#3) |
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1995 |
A Further Gesture/The Break [Robert Dornhelm] c; 2nd ph: Zoran Djordjevic; 2uc: Cían De Buitléar & John Sosenko |
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1996 |
Cousin Bette [Des McAnuff] p/c; 2uc: Zoran Djordjevic |
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1997 |
Stand-Ins [Harvey Keith] c |
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1997 |
Fait Accompli/VooDoo Dawn [Andrzej Sekula] c; cph (+ 2uc): Alan Caudillo |
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1998 |
New Jersey Turnpikes [Bryan Buckley] c; or ph Toshiaki Ozawa |
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1999 |
American Psycho [Mary Harron] s35/c; addph: David Daniel & Toshiaki Ozawa |
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2001 |
Hypercube: Cube 2/Cube 2: Hypercube [Andrzej Sekula] c; 2uc: Paul Boucher |
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2002 |
Falling in Love in Pongo Ponga [James Woods] c; short/10m |
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2003 |
Nomad: The Two Worlds [Russell James] c; uwph: Pete Romano |
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2003 |
Double Blade [Alexi Tan] c; short/13m |
|
2004 |
The Pleasure Drivers [Andrzej Sekula] s35/c; cph: Zoran Djordjevic |
[Left] with actor Michael Madsen - "Vice"
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2006 |
Vice [Raul Inglis] s35/c; 2uc: Mathias Herndl |
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2006 |
Vacancy [Nimród Antal] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Riggs Murdock |
|
2007 |
The Masking [Andrzej Sekula] pre-production; status unknown |
|
2007 |
The Celtic Knot [Andrzej Sekula] announced; still in development in 2014 |
|
2007 |
Gabe's Gambits [Andrzej Sekula] pre-production; status unknown |
[Right/camera] with actor Jean Reno - "Armored"
Photo by David Strick
|
2008 |
Armored [Nimród Antal] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c |
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2009 |
Trust [David Schwimmer] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c |
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2010 |
For the Love of Money [Ellie Kanner] RED (scope)-to-digital/c; 2uc: Dan Kanes |
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2011 |
Through The Lens [Cellin Gluck] HD (Nikon D800)/c; comm short/6m; addph: Andy Moon; for Nikon |
|
2012 |
Sleight of Hand [Brad Mirman (dropped out in 2013)] scheduled to start shooting in December; later June 2016 |
|
2013 |
Tokarev [Paco Cabezas] RED One (scope)/c |
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2014 |
Lord of Shanghai [Sherwood Hu] c; replaced announced (in 2008) doph Peter Pau |
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2015 |
Ms. Long Legs [Milo Addica] c; short/9m |
|
2015 |
I Am Wrath [Chuck Russell] c |
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2015 |
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage [Mario Van Peebles] HD/c; aph: Teddy Smith; uwph: Pete Romano |
|
2015 |
Intricacy [Paul Michael Glaser] pre-production |
| TELEVISION | |
|---|---|
|
1995 |
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1995 |
Original Sins/Acts of Contrition [Jan Egleson] tvm |
| FILMS AS DIRECTOR | |
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|
1997 |
Fait Accompli/VooDoo Dawn [+ cph] see Films |
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2001 |
Hypercube: Cube 2/Cube 2: Hypercube [+ ph] see Films |
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2003 |
Old Soldiers [+ scrpl/ph] status unknown |
|
2003 |
Escobar [feature] status unknown |
|
2004 |
Night Train [+ ph] first announced in 1998 with dir William Friedkin; scheduled for June 2004 start, but cancelled because the money fell through; scheduled for April 2006 start; status unknown |
#1: Dir "The Pleasure Drivers"
#2: Ph "The Pleasure Drivers"
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2004 |
The Pleasure Drivers [+ cph] see Films |
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2007 |
The Masking [+ ph] pre-production; see Films |
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2007 |
The Celtic Knot [+ ph] in development; see Films |
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2007 |
Gabe's Gambits [+ ph] pre-production; see Films |
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2013 |
Unstable [announced] |
