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Mirosław Baszak is a Polish-born Canadian cinematographer. Baszak's work includes Pontypool, Trailer Park Boys: The Movie, Land of the Dead and The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day.
Baszak was born in Poland, where he acted and worked in theatre. He also studied history and theory at University of Łódź. In early 1980s he emigrated to Germany and then in 1983 to Canada. There he attended Ryerson University's film course in 1984. Since then he collaborated on over 30 Canadian and American feature films, as well as many commercials and music videos.
(2007)
(Second Unit Director of Photography)
(2004)
(Director of Photography)
(2012)
(Director of Photography)
Baszak was born in Poland, where he acted and worked in theatre. He also studied history and theory at University of Łódź. In early 1980s he emigrated to Germany and then in 1983 to Canada. There he attended Ryerson University's film course in 1984. Since then he collaborated on over 30 Canadian and American feature films, as well as many commercials and music videos.
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Pay the Ghost (2015)
, 1h34Directed by Uli Edel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Actors Nicolas Cage, Sarah Wayne Callies, Lyriq Bent, Veronica Ferres, Stephen McHattie, Christine Horne
Roles Second Unit Director of Photography
Rating52%
A professor, Mike Cole (Nicolas Cage) frantically searches for his son who was abducted during a Halloween parade. Next year when the parents are still looking for their son and starting to hear and see their son reaching out to them from the other world--the Professor sees his son on a passing bus, but upon chasing the bus down and gaining access, his son is not there. He disembarks and notices spray painted on a building, "pay the ghost," the phrase his son uttered before vanishing. He enters the building and finds homeless people living there. Unearthly screams of a woman are heard, and a blind homeless man calls for the others to mask their fires, explaining to Mike that the screams are heard every year before Halloween. Mike asks about the phrase, and is taken to a wall with more of the same phrases written on it. Engrossed by the wall and the homeless man, he does not notice the wall behind him shift into another world, and a demonic figure briefly appears behind him, then vanishes. The homeless man explains nothing, but quickly tells Mike to leave.
Flowers in the Attic (2014)
, 1h26Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality
Actors Kiernan Shipka, Heather Graham, Ellen Burstyn, Dylan Bruce, Chad Willett, Mason Dye
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61%
In the late 1950s, the Dollanganger family – 14-year-old Chris, 12-year-old Cathy, 4-year-old twins Carrie and Cory and their parents Christopher and Corrine – live happily together in Pennsylvania. Corrine works as a homemaker and their father in a sales department and is promoted to Vice President. Cathy worries that he'll be home less, but he gives her a promise ring with the assurance he will always love her. Their happy life changes on the day of their father's birthday when a police officer arrives to inform them that Christopher had died in a car accident, leaving the family devastated and heavily in debt. Four months later, Corrine announces they are going to go live with her wealthy parents in Virginia. Confused since having been told they had no living relatives, Corrine explains that she is estranged from her parents and changed her last name to conceal her true identity, which is Foxworth.
Carrie (2013)
, 1h40Directed by Kimberly Peirce
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about religion, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about school violence, Films about child abuse
Actors Chloë Grace Moretz, Julianne Moore, Judy Greer, Portia Doubleday, Alex Russell, Gabriella Wilde
Roles Second Unit Director of Photography
Rating58%
Alone in her home, the religion-obsessed Margaret White (Julianne Moore) gives birth to a baby girl. She at first intends to kill the infant, but changes her mind. As a teenager, her daughter Carrie (Chloë Grace Moretz), is a shy and isolated student at Ewen High School in Maine.
Stalkers (2013)
, 1h30Directed by Mark Tonderai
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Mena Suvari, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Drea de Matteo, Tahmoh Penikett, Lela Loren, April Telek
Roles Director of Photography
Rating51%
Lieutenant de police, Diane Harkin désire se consacrer aux affaires de harcèlement. Il y a une raison bien personnelle à ce choix : elle-même subit depuis quelques temps les menaces de son ex-mari. Récemment mutée à Seattle, elle commence donc une nouvelle vie avec son jeune fils. La première victime dont elle s'occupera, accompagnée de Julia Whitman, une brillante substitut au procureur, sera une jeune femme poursuivie par son ancienne maîtresse...
, 1h41Directed by Mark Tonderai
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Jennifer Lawrence, Max Thieriot, Gil Bellows, Nolan Gerard Funk, Elisabeth Shue, Allie MacDonald
Roles Director of Photography
Rating55%
A young psychotic girl murders her parents with a hammer in the middle of a stormy night.
The Bang Bang Club (2011)
, 1h46Origin South africa
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about journalists, Films about racism
Actors Taylor Kitsch, Ryan Phillippe, Malin Åkerman, Ashley Mulheron, Jessica Haines, Vusi Kunene
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68%
The film tells the remarkable and sometimes harrowing story of four young men and the extremes they went to in order to capture their pictures in the days prior to the downfall of Apartheid in South Africa.
, 1h45Directed by John Kent Harrison
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Winona Ryder, Barry Pepper, Kristi Angus, John Bourgeois, Rosemary Dunsmore, Ellen Dubin
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64%
In 1914, Lois Burnham, a college-educated woman from an affluent family, met and fell in love with Bill Wilson, a young man of modest means. They married in 1918, and after his return from World War I, the two set out to build a life together. While Lois worked as a nurse, Bill struggled to find his niche. Lois believed that Bill was destined for greatness, and despite his increasing reliance on alcohol, she showered him with love and support. Eventually, Lois persuaded a friend’s husband to hire Bill at his financial firm. By 1927, Bill was working on Wall Street and the couple was living a luxurious lifestyle. But despite Lois’s valiant efforts to control his drinking, Bill’s alcoholism spiraled out of control. Soon his job, their lifestyle and their dreams were all gone.
Pontypool (2009)
, 1h33Directed by Bruce McDonald
Origin Canada
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films based on science fiction novels, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Stephen McHattie, Georgina Reilly, Rick Roberts, Harant Alianak, Boyd Banks, Tony Burgess
Roles Camera Operator
Rating64%
In the small town of Pontypool, Ontario, former shock jock turned radio announcer Grant Mazzy drives through a blizzard on his way to work. When poor visibility forces him to stop his car, an underdressed woman appears on the road, startling him. Grant calls out to her, but she disappears into the storm, ominously repeating his words and visibly disturbing him. Grant eventually arrives at the radio station, where he works with technical assistant Laurel-Ann Drummond, who has recently worked in Afghanistan, and station manager Sydney Briar, a divorcée who is very critical toward Mazzy's shock jock style.
, 1h58Directed by Troy Duffy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Films about religion, Buddy films, Gangster films
Actors Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Clifton Collins, Jr., Julie Benz, Billy Connolly, Judd Nelson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61%
After the McManus brothers, Connor and Murphy (Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus), and their father, Noah (a.k.a. "Il Duce") (Billy Connolly), assassinated Joe Yakavetta, they fled to Ireland. Eight years later, their uncle Sibeal (Mairtin O'Carrigan), a priest, arrives to inform them that a renowned Boston priest was murdered by a mysterious assassin who attempted to frame the Saints by using their ritual assassination style. In response, the brothers dig up their old gear and weapons and depart for the United States.
300 (2007)
, 1h55Directed by Zack Snyder
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films about animals, Superhero films, Political films
Actors Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, Vincent Regan, David Wenham, Rodrigo Santoro
Roles Second Unit Director of Photography
Rating75%
One year after the famed Battle of Thermopylae, Dilios, a hoplite in the Spartan Army, begins his story by depicting the life of Leonidas I from childhood to kingship via Spartan doctrine. Dilios's story continues and Persian messengers arrive at the gates of Sparta demanding "earth and water" as a token of submission to King Xerxes; the Spartans reply by killing and kicking the messengers into a well. Leonidas then visits the Ephors, proposing a strategy to drive back the numerically superior Persians through the Hot Gates; his plan involves building a wall in order to funnel the Persians into a narrow pass between the rocks and the sea. The Ephors consult the Oracle, who decrees that Sparta will not go to war during the Carneia. As Leonidas angrily departs, a messenger from Xerxes appears, rewarding the Ephors for their covert support.
Shake Hands with the Devil (2007)
, 1h53Directed by Roger Spottiswoode
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Politique, Political films
Actors Roy Dupuis, Deborah Kara Unger, James Gallanders, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Michel Mongeau, Tom McCamus
Roles Director of Photography
Rating75%
Le général Roméo Dallaire (Roy Dupuis) est envoyé en octobre 1993 comme commandant de la Force de maintien de la paix des Nations unies des l'Organisation des nations unies au Rwanda (MINUAR) afin, entre autres, d’aider ce pays à maintenir la fragile paix entre les forces du Front patriotique rwandais (FPR) et les Forces armées rwandaises (FAR). Cette force internationale ne comporte que quelques centaines d'hommes, principalement canadiens, belges, ghanéens et bangladais. À la suite de la mort du président du Rwanda, Juvénal Habyarimana, dont l'avion s'écrase dans la nuit du 6 au 7 avril 1994, les branches extrémistes gouvernementales Hutu procèdent, à l’aide notamment du groupuscule Interahamwe (« Ceux qui attaquent ensemble »), à l’élimination systématique des Tutsi et des Hutu modérés du Rwanda.
Land of the Dead (2005)
, 1h33Directed by George A. Romero
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Horror, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Simon Baker, Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento, Robert Joy, John Leguizamo, Eugene Clark
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61%
Years after a zombie apocalypse, survivors have set up outposts across the United States, one of which, in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, contains a feudal-like government. Bordered on two sides by rivers and on the third by an electric fence, the city has become a sanctuary, with the rich and powerful living in a luxury high-rise called Fiddler's Green while the rest of the population subsists in squalor. The city's ruler Paul Kaufman (Dennis Hopper) has sponsored Dead Reckoning, a heavily armored vehicle that can travel through the zombie-infested areas with ease. Armed with remote-controlled heavy machine guns and video cameras, Dead Reckoning functions as a moving fireworks launch base, on the premise that zombies are fascinated by fireworks and will stare at them, ignoring their environment. Riley Denbo (Simon Baker), designer and commander of Dead Reckoning, has recently retired. Unlike Kaufman, Riley is respected for his work in protecting the city from danger, as well as for bringing critical food and medical supplies which the citizens can no longer acquire safely themselves.
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
, 1h40Directed by Zack Snyder
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, Mekhi Phifer, Kevin Zegers, Ty Burrell
Roles Director of Photography
Rating71%
After finishing a long shift, nurse Ana returns to her suburban neighborhood and her husband, Luis. Caught up in a scheduled date night, they miss an emergency news bulletin. The next morning, a neighborhood girl enters their bedroom and kills Luis, who immediately reanimates as a zombie and attacks Ana. She flees in her car but crashes and passes out. Upon waking, Ana joins with Police Sergeant Kenneth Hall, electronics salesman Michael, petty criminal Andre and his pregnant wife, Luda. They break into a nearby mall and are attacked by a zombified security guard, who scratches Luda. They are also confronted by three living guards — C.J., Bart, and Terry — who make them surrender their weapons in exchange for refuge. They split into groups to secure the mall and then go to the roof, where they see another survivor, Andy, who is stranded alone in his gun store across the zombie-infested parking lot.
The Gospel of John (2003)
, 3hDirected by Philip Saville
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Films about virginity
Actors Christopher Plummer, Henry Ian Cusick, Stuart Bunce, Daniel Kash, Alan Van Sprang, Richard Lintern
Roles Director of Photography
Rating77%
Le cinéaste anglais Philip Saville dirige le récit religieux "l'Évangile de Jean", une production de la compagnie canadienne Visual Bible International. Ce drame de trois heures essaye de suivre avec précision l'Évangile tel que Jean l'a écrit, au cours du premier siècle.
Picture Claire (2001)
, 1h31Directed by Bruce McDonald
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action
Actors Juliette Lewis, Gina Gershon, Mickey Rourke, Callum Keith Rennie, Peter Stebbings, Tracy Wright
Roles Director of Photography
Rating55%
Claire (Juliette Lewis) is a woman from Quebec who gets in trouble with the vengeful heroin dealers she helped finger. They retaliate by burning her out of her apartment. Frightened and in need of refuge, she heads to Toronto for to stay with ex-lover photographer Billy Stuart (Kelly Harms). She speaks only French, she understands little English and speaks even less, she finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time all too often. Claire