From interview [2009]

 

   


JERZY ZIELINSKI   ASC

 

Born: 8 January 1950, Szczecin, Poland, as Jerzy Karol Zielinski.

Education: PWSFTviT, Lódz [graduated in 1974].

Career: Ph commercials.

Was ph coach at the PWSFTviT, Lódz, e.g. 'Miriam' [1984, Djamel Benkhaled; ph: Marcin Isajewicz] & 'Ludzie normalni' [2010, Piotr Zlotorowicz; ph: Nicolas Villegas Hernandez].

Appeared in the doc 'Wiecej swiatla. Festiwal Operatorów Filmowych Camerimage '97' [1997, Piotr Lazarkiewicz; ph: Adam Sikora; 54m].

Awards: Gdansk-Gdynia Polish FF 'Best Cinematography Award' [1979] for 'Aria dla atlety'; Krakow FF 'Bronze Dragon' [1981] for 'Elementarz'; ASC TV Award nom [2009] for 'The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler'.

Website: Jerzy Zielinski


 

 FILMS AT THE PWSFTviT

1970

Argentyna [Radoslaw Piwowarski; short] c.asst; ph: Krzysztof Riege

1970

W tyl zwrot/W imieniu prawa [Raul Zermeno; short] co-c.asst; ph: Wojciech Kozlowski

1970

Drabina [Agnes Siedlecki] b&w; doc/8m

1971

Styl dowolny [Janusz Dymek] b&w; short/8m

1971

Szkola rodzenia/Oczekiwanie [Tadeusz Walendowski] b&w; doc/6m

1971

Wrazenie [Agnes Siedlecki; short] c.asst; ph: Jacek Zygadlo

1972

Cicha noc [Witold Starecki] b&w; short/7m

1972

Kowalski [Andrzej Rózycki; doc] c.asst; ph: Wlodzimierz Resiak

1972

Listopad/Glowy [Piotr Andrejew; short] c.asst; ph: Jacek Zygadlo

1972

Sila przebicia [Feliks Falk; short] c.asst; ph: Jacek Zygadlo

1973

Dzien kobiet [Tadeusz Walendowski; short] c.asst; ph: Wlodzimierz Resiak

1973

Sadze/I inni [Filip Bajon] b&w; short/13m; unfinished

1973

I inni [Filip Bajon] b&w; short/8m

 

 FILMS

1974

Srodek drogi [Piotr Andrejew] c; doc/19m

1975

Nowa ksiazka [Zbigniew Rybczynski] c; anim + live-action/10m; ph live-action

1975

Pan Polny [Piotr Andrejew] c; doc/17m; cph: Jacek Zygadlo

1975

Po omacku [Piotr Andrejew] b&w; doc/12m; cph: Zbigniew Rybczynski & Zbigniew Wichlacz

1975

Taki uklad [Piotr Andrejew] c; doc/19m; + co-scrpl

1975

Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont [Danuta Kepczynska] c; doc/9m

1976

Elementarz/ABC Book [Wojciech Wiszniewski] c; doc/8m

1976

Za ciosem [Piotr Andrejew] b&w; doc/18m

1977

Przychodzimy, odchodzimy... Czyli piwnica pod baranami [Anna Górna & Lubomir Zajac] c; doc/21m; cph: Jacek Petrycki

1978

...Sztygar na zagrodzie... [Wojciech Wiszniewski] b&w; doc/12m

1979

Aria dla atlety/Aria for an Athlete [Filip Bajon] c

1979

5-4/Piec czwartych [Hieronim Neumann] b&w; short/8m

1979

O umywaniu rak [Janusz Sijka] ?; doc/?m

1980

Pragnienie [Witold Starecki] c; doc/4m

1980

Czule miejsca/Tender Spots [Piotr Andrejew] b&w; cph: Ryszard Lenczewski

1980

Wizja lokalna 1901/Inspection of the Crime Scene 1901 [Filip Bajon] c

1981

Dreszcze/Creeps/Shivers [Wojciech Marczewski] c

1981

Limuzyna Daimler-Benz/The Consul [Filip Bajon] c

1983

Przeznaczenie [Jacek Koprowicz] c

1983

Cal [Pat O'Connor] c

1985

Medium/Déjà vu [Jacek Koprowicz] c; cph: Wit Dabal

1986

Flight of the Spruce Goose/Lot swierkowej gesi [Lech Majewski] c

1987

Valentino Returns [Peter Hoffman] c; addph: Jeffrey Jur

1987

Stars and Bars/Englishman in New York [Pat O'Connor] c

1988

January Man [Pat O'Connor] c

1988

In a Shallow Grave [Kenneth Bowser] c

1989

Fools of Fortune [Pat O'Connor] c; 2uc: Seamus Corcoran & Peter Dorney

 

With dir Wojciech Marczewski [right] - "Ucieczka z kina 'Wolnosc'"

 

1990

Ucieczka z kina 'Wolnosc'/Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema [Wojciech Marczewski] c; addph: Wit Dabal & Krzysztof Ptak

1991

Paradise [Mary Agnes Donoghue] c; wildlife ph: Peter Pilafian; + small part

1992

Swing Kids [Thomas Carter] c; 2uc: Tony Spratling

1992

The Secret Garden [Agnieszka Holland] c; co-addph; ph: Roger Deakins

1994

Houseguest [Randall Miller] c

1995

Powder [Victor Salva] c

1995

Little Surprises [Jeff Goldblum] c; short/36m

1995

That Darn Cat [Bob Spiers] c; 2uc (+ 2ud): Steve Boyum; remake of film (1965, Robert Stevenson; ph: Edward Colman)

1996

Washington Square [Agnieszka Holland] c

1996

Home Fries [Dean Parisot] c; 2uc: Henryk Cymerman; aph: Douglas S. Holgate

1998

Teaching Mrs. Tingle [Kevin Williamson] c; 2uc: Rick Bota

1998

The Third Miracle [Agnieszka Holland] c

1999

Galaxy Quest [Dean Parisot] p/c; 2uc (+ blue screen unit ph): David Boyd, David Drzewiecki & Robert LaBonge; vfx ph: Patrick Sweeney; miniature crash ph: Patrick Turner

2000

Who Is Cletis Tout? [Chris Ver Wiel] s35/c

2000

Bubble Boy [Blair Hayes] s35/c; 2uc: David Boyd & Lowell Peterson

2002

The Lizzie McGuire Movie/Ciao Lizzie! [Jim Fall] s35/c

2003

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie [Mark Osborne (live action seq) & Stephen Hillenburg] c; anim + live action; aph: Larry Blanford

2003

Me Again [Dean Parisot (replaced by Stephen Hopkins in 2004)] financial and contractual problems; status unknown

2003

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story [Rawson Marshall Thurber] s35/b&w-c; addph: Lloyd Ahern II & Barry Peterson

2003

The Assassination of Richard Nixon [Niels Mueller] s35-to-35mm/c; 2uc; ph: Emmanuel Lubezki

2004

Fun with Dick and Jane [Dean Parisot] s35/c; uncred addph: Briana Burke & Jeffrey Caruso; remake of film (1976, Ted Kotcheff; ph: Fred J. Koenekamp)

2007

The Lazarus Project [John Glenn] s35/c

2009

Golgotha [?] in development

2010

The Return of Captain Kidd/Blackbeard [Kern Konwiser] announced (HD/c; 2uc [+ 2ud]: Mark Vargo); status unknown

 

[Right] with dir Marek Koterski - "Baby sa jakies inne"

 

2011

Baby sa jakies inne/Man, Chicks Are Just Different [Marek Koterski] c

2011

Private Peaceful [Pat O'Connor] s16/c; 2uc: Stuart Biddlecombe

2013

Letnie przesilenie/Summer Solstice [Michal Rogalski] c

 

 TELEVISION

1976

Kradziez [Piotr Andrejew] tvm/59m

1976

Romans prowincjonalny [Krzysztof Wierzbianski] tvm/61m

1978

Wejscie w nurt [Barbara Sass-Zdort] tvm/48m

1978

Zielona ziemia [Filip Bajon] tvm/b&w/57m

1979

Klucznik/Housemaster [Wojciech Marczewski] tvm

1979

Sytuacje rodzinne [ep (49m) 'Niewdziecznosc' dir by Zbigniew Kaminski] 10-part series, 1976-79

1982

Pajeczyna [Witold Starecki] tvm/b&w/41m

1984

Asylum [Witold Starecki] doc/40m; ep BBC-tv series 'Forty Minutes'

1998

A.T.F. [Dean Parisot] tvm

2000

The Job [pilot dir by Dean Parisot] 19-part series, 2001-02; 1st season, 2001 (6 ep); other ph: John Thomas (5 ep)

2001

Monk [2-part pilot/s35 'The Monk and the Candidate' dir by Dean Parisot] 125-part series, 2002-09; 1st season, 2002; other ph: Nikos Evdemon & Jim Westenbrink

2008

The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler [John Kent Harrison] tvm/35mm-to-HD; ep #337 'Hallmark Hall of Fame'-series

2009

See Kate Run/I, Claudia [Dean Parisot] pilot/HD (Genesis); for ABC-tv

2012

Entry Level [Nicholas Stoller] pilot/HD; for CBS-tv

2013

Hatfields & McCoys [Michael Mayer] pilot/HD; for NBC-tv

2016

Miranda's Rights [Jennifer Getzinger] pilot; for NBC-tv

 

 MISCELLANEOUS

1973

Rozmowa [Piotr Andrejew; tvm/26m] c.op; ph: Zbigniew Rybczynski

1974

Jablka [Zbigniew Kaminski; tvm/28m] c.asst; ph: Ryszard Gajewski

1987

Na srebrnym globie/On the Silver Globe [Andrzej Zulawski] co-c.op; ph: Andrzej Jaroszewicz

2014

Król zycia/King of Life [dir; feature] ph: Jan Holoubek