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Sławomir Idziak is a Author, Director of Photography and Cinematography Polonais born on 25 january 1945 at Katowice (Pologne)
Sławomir Idziak ([swaˈvɔmir ˈid͡ʑak]; born 25 January 1945 in Katowice, Poland) is a Polish cinematographer, having worked on over forty Polish and foreign films.
He has made fourteen films with Krzysztof Zanussi, including Kontrakt (The Contract), The Constant Factor and The Year of the Quiet Sun. He worked on all the early films of Krzysztof Kieślowski, including his television, feature film and foreign debuts. The two collaborated on A Short Film About Killing, The Double Life of Véronique and Three Colors: Blue.
He has made films with such directors as Ridley Scott, John Sayles, Michael Winterbottom and John Duigan, and has also written and directed two films himself. He worked on Winterbottom's film I Want You, where he won an Honourable Mention at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival.
He moved to more mainstream films such as Gattaca (1997), Proof of Life (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), and King Arthur (2004). In 2002, he was nominated for an Academy Award as well as a BAFTA for 'Best Cinematography' in the film Black Hawk Down.
Idziak was the director of photography for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's popular fantasy series, directed by David Yates. He is also Director of Photography for Battle of Warsaw 1920 - the first of his films, and the first ever Polish-language feature film, to be shot in 3D.
Sławomir Idziak teaches at film schools in Berlin, London and Copenhagen, and also conducts seminars in cinematography in other countries. He is currently working on a Virtual Film Studio Web site called Film Spring Open which gives users an opportunity to present work to global audiences and to make films online. Participants can share ideas, exchange equipment or write scripts together. The aim is to create an international community of filmmakers who will support each other, make films together and will care about the advertising and distribution of their films.
(2007)
(Director of Photography)
(2004)
(Director of Photography)
(2002)
(Director of Photography)
(1993)
(Co-Writer)
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He has made fourteen films with Krzysztof Zanussi, including Kontrakt (The Contract), The Constant Factor and The Year of the Quiet Sun. He worked on all the early films of Krzysztof Kieślowski, including his television, feature film and foreign debuts. The two collaborated on A Short Film About Killing, The Double Life of Véronique and Three Colors: Blue.
He has made films with such directors as Ridley Scott, John Sayles, Michael Winterbottom and John Duigan, and has also written and directed two films himself. He worked on Winterbottom's film I Want You, where he won an Honourable Mention at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival.
He moved to more mainstream films such as Gattaca (1997), Proof of Life (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), and King Arthur (2004). In 2002, he was nominated for an Academy Award as well as a BAFTA for 'Best Cinematography' in the film Black Hawk Down.
Idziak was the director of photography for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth film adaptation of J.K. Rowling's popular fantasy series, directed by David Yates. He is also Director of Photography for Battle of Warsaw 1920 - the first of his films, and the first ever Polish-language feature film, to be shot in 3D.
Sławomir Idziak teaches at film schools in Berlin, London and Copenhagen, and also conducts seminars in cinematography in other countries. He is currently working on a Virtual Film Studio Web site called Film Spring Open which gives users an opportunity to present work to global audiences and to make films online. Participants can share ideas, exchange equipment or write scripts together. The aim is to create an international community of filmmakers who will support each other, make films together and will care about the advertising and distribution of their films.
Biography
Tout au long de ses 40 ans de carrière, il a œuvré sur plus de 70 films dans 19 pays, dont La Double Vie de Véronique et Trois couleurs : Bleu de Krzysztof Kieślowski, Bienvenue à Gattaca d'Andrew Niccol, La Chute du faucon noir de Ridley Scott, ou encore 'Harry Potter et l'Ordre du Phénix de David Yates. Il a été lauréat de nombreux prix, notamment dans les festivals de Berlin et de Venise, et a obtenu des nominations aux BAFTA, César et Oscars. Sa vaste expérience, à la fois comme cinéaste et conférencier, l'a poussé à ouvrir de nouvelles portes dans l'éducation au cinéma en créant la fondation Film Spring Open. L'antenne française se trouve à Cabestany dans le sud de la France et est gérée par le réalisateur Florent Pallares.Best films
(2007)(Director of Photography)
(2004)(Director of Photography)
(2002)(Director of Photography)
(1993)(Co-Writer)
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Add to a movie listThree Colors: Blue (1993)
, 1h40Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, Emmanuel Finkiel
Origin France
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about immigration, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Emmanuelle Riva, Julie Delpy, Florence Pernel, Guillaume de Tonquédec
Roles Co-Writer
Rating77%
Julie (Juliette Binoche), wife of the famous composer Patrice de Courcy, must cope with the death of her husband and daughter in an automobile accident she herself survives. While recovering in the hospital, Julie attempts suicide by overdose, but cannot swallow the pills. After being released from the hospital, Julie, who it is suggested wrote (or helped to write) much of her husband's famous pieces, destroys what is left behind of them, finishes an affair she has been having during her marriage, and closes up the house she lived in with her family. She takes an apartment in Paris without telling anyone, leaving behind all her clothes and possessions, and taking only a chandelier of blue beads that the viewer assumes belonged to her daughter.
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A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015)
, 1h38Directed by Natalie Portman
Origin Israel
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Natalie Portman, Makram J. Khoury, Dina Doron, Ohad Knoller
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59%
L'histoire du film débute en 1945, l'année de la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, juste avant la Guerre israélo-arabe de 1948-1949. Une famille juive d'Europe migre vers la Palestine encore mandataire du Royaume-Uni afin d'éviter les persécutions. Le couple de Fania et d'Arieh Oz ne s'entend plus. Tandis qu'Arieh est plutôt confiant pour son avenir, Fania est traumatisée par la guerre et le fait d'avoir dû fuir son pays. Tous les deux ne restent ensemble que grâce à leur fils de 10 ans, Amos. Il découvre la poésie et la littérature selon un certain point de vue, expliqué par sa mère. Au fil du temps, constatant que la nouvelle vie dont elle rêvait ne voit pas le jour, Fania devient de plus en plus triste et finit même par se suicider, laissant à son fils une certaine vision de la littérature qui l'influencera dans ses écrits toute sa vie. L'histoire se termine en 1953, cinq ans après la proclamation de l'État d’Israël, quand Amos, maintenant âgé de 18 ans, s'en va habiter dans un kibboutz.
Measuring the World (2012)
, 1h59Directed by Detlev Buck
Origin German
Genres Drama
Actors Florian David Fitz, Albrecht Schuch, Jérémy Kapone, Vicky Krieps, Katharina Thalbach, David Kross
Roles Director of Photography
Rating57%
Alexander von Humboldt et Carl Friedrich Gauss veulent découvrir le monde au début du XIX siècle. Leurs méthodes sont bien différentes : Le naturaliste Humboldt voyage à l'étranger afin de mesurer le monde tandis que le mathématicien Gauss reste à la maison pour calculer.
Battle of Warsaw 1920 (2011)
, 1h50Directed by Jerzy Hoffman
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama, War, Musical theatre, Historical
Actors Daniel Olbrychski, Borys Szyc, Natasza Urbańska, Marian Dziędziel, Bogusław Linda, Olga Kabo
Roles Director of Photography
Rating44%
Le poète polonais Jan Krynicki (Borys Szyc), à la veille de son départ au combat avec l'armée polonaise comme uhlan (lancier), épouse l’actrice Ola Raniewska (Natasza Urbańska). Le mariage est célébré par l’abbé Ignacy Skorupka (Łukasz Garlicki).
, 2h18Directed by David Yates
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Harry Potter, Ghost films, Children's films
Actors Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis
Roles Director of Photography
Rating75%
Harry Potter is forced to defend himself against charges of using magic while underage, and in the presence of his Muggle cousin Dudley, after the two are attacked by Dementors. The Order of the Phoenix, a secret organisation founded by Albus Dumbledore, inform the now pending expulsion Harry that the Ministry of Magic is oblivious to Lord Voldemort's return; under the Ministry's influence, The Daily Prophet has launched a smear campaign towards Harry and Dumbledore following Harry's encounter with Voldemort at the end of the previous year. This encounter had a huge psychological effect on Harry – he has nightmares not only about what happened in the graveyard but also about the Department of Mysteries at the Ministry of Magic. While at the Order's headquarters, Harry's godfather, Sirius Black, mentions that Voldemort is after an object which he did not have last time.
King Arthur (2004)
, 2h6Directed by Antoine Fuqua
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about magic and magicians
Actors Clive Owen, Keira Knightley, Ioan Gruffudd, Mads Mikkelsen, Joel Edgerton, Ray Winstone
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
Arthur (Clive Owen) is portrayed as a Roman cavalry officer, also known as Artorius Castus, the son of a Roman father and a Celtic mother, who commands a unit of Sarmatian auxiliary cavalry in Britain at the close of the Roman occupation in 467 A.D. Arthur is loyal to Rome and a devout Catholic, but follows the teachings of Pelagianism, which many consider heretical. He and his men guard Hadrian's Wall against the Woads, a group of native Britons who are rebels against Roman rule, led by the mysterious Merlin (Stephen Dillane).
Black Hawk Down (2002)
, 2h23Directed by Ridley Scott
Origin USA
Genres War, Action, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Josh Hartnett, Eric Bana, Tom Hardy, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, William Fichtner
Roles Director of Photography
Rating76%
In 1993, following the ousting of the central government and start of a civil war, a major United Nations military operation in Somalia is authorized with a peacekeeping mandate. After the bulk of the peacekeepers are withdrawn, the Mogadishu-based militia loyal to Mohamed Farrah Aidid have declared war on the remaining UN personnel. In response, U.S. Army Rangers, Delta Force counter-terrorist operators, and 160th SOAR aviators are deployed to Mogadishu to capture Aidid, who has proclaimed himself president of the country.
The Last September (2000)
, 1h43Directed by Deborah Warner
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, Keeley Hawes, Tom Hickey, David Tennant, Lambert Wilson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59%
Preface Although The Last September was first published in 1929, a preface was written for this text decades later to be included in the second American edition of this novel. Concerned that readers unfamiliar with this particular chapter of Anglo-Irish history would not fully comprehend the anxieties of these times, Bowen takes great pains to explain the particulars of both her writing process and the political reasons for the unsettled atmosphere felt throughout the text, palpable even in its most seemingly serene moments. Of all her books, Bowen notes, The Last September is "nearest to my heart, [and it] had a deep, unclouded, spontaneous source. Though not poetic, it brims up with what could be the stuff of poetry, the sensations of youth. It is a work of instinct rather than knowledge—to a degree, a ‘recall’ book, but there had been no such recall before.” While Bowen's own beloved family home, Bowen's Court, remained untouched throughout "The Troubled Times" this preface explores the ramifications for witnesses of “Ambushes, arrests, captures and burning, reprisals and counter-reprisals” as "The British patrolled and hunted; the Irish planned, lay in wait, and struck.” "I was the child of the house from which Danielstown derives" Bowen concludes, “nevertheless, so often in my mind's eye did I see it [Bowen’s Court] burning that the terrible last event in The Last September is more real than anything I have lived through.”
Paranoid (2000)
, 1h36Directed by John Duigan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Jessica Alba, Iain Glen, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ewen Bremner, Mischa Barton, Gina Bellman
Roles Director of Photography
Rating40%
The film begins at a fashion show, where Chloe Keene (Jessica Alba) takes the catwalk. She returns home to her boyfriend Toby (Oliver Milburn) and tells him what a great time she had in New York. The phone rings, but no one is on the other end, and she tells her friend she will change her number. After this, she goes to a shoot, where she meets her other boyfriend, Ned (Gary Love), who offers to take her out to a reunion of his former band. She goes home, and lies to Toby that she will be visiting someone in Brighton.
Proof of Life (2000)
, 2h15Directed by Taylor Hackford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Monde imaginaire, Political films
Actors Meg Ryan, Russell Crowe, David Morse, David Caruso, Gottfried John, Flora Martínez
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
Alice Bowman (Meg Ryan) moves to the (fictional) South American country of Tecala because her husband, Peter (David Morse), has been hired to assist with building a dam. Though Alice is unhappy at this most recent move, she agrees to stay. When Peter is in the city one day, a convoy of automobiles (including his) is ambushed by guerrilla rebels of the Liberation Army of Tecala (ELT). Believing that Peter actually works for an oil pipeline company, ELT soldiers abduct him and lead him into the country's jungles.
Love & Rage (2000)
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Daniel Craig, Greta Scacchi, Stephen Dillane, Valerie Edmond, Donal Donnelly
Roles Director of Photography
Rating51%
James Lynchehaun (Daniel Craig) works at the estate of Agnes MacDonnell (Greta Scacchi), a wealthy Englishwoman in late 1800s Ireland. Agnes considers her privacy important, but shows flashes of a high-spirited nature among those she trusts, and enjoys scandalizing the locals by being a divorced woman who smokes, drinks, and rides horses astride on her vast property. When James discovers that a local land agent has been cheating Agnes, he shares the information with her. She's grateful to him and they get to know each other a bit better, leading in time to a romantic relationship. James is younger than her, and beneath her social status, but Agnes is a woman who thrives on being seen as scandalous, so she enters into the affair with James with relish and delight. He's a wild man, as well as a bit of a con artist, appearing at the estate in disguise and meeting Agnes dressed as a priest. Agnes doesn't appear to mind this, and at times she actively welcomes it. The fact that they both seem to delight in taunting "proper" society seems to please her that much more.
Men with Guns (1998)
, 2h7Directed by John Sayles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Federico Luppi, Damián Delgado, Damián Alcázar, Mandy Patinkin, Kathryn Grody, Alejandro Springall
Roles Director of Photography
Rating75%
Dr. Fuentes (Federico Luppi) is a medical professor/doctor near his retirement and his wife has recently died. He taught a group of seven -he views this as one of his greatest accomplishments- that trains young people to provide health care to impoverished citizens in the outlying hill country, where small agricultural communities struggle to survive. It is not until he begins his journey that he discovers a world much different than the one he had imagined existing for his students as he finds himself encountering guerrillas and soldiers.
I Want You (1998)
, 1h27Directed by Michael Winterbottom
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Rachel Weisz, Alessandro Nivola, Labina Mitevska, Ben Daniels, Luka Petrušić, Carmen Ejogo
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
Martin (Nivola) is an ex-convict who returns home and finds that Helen (Weisz), his former girlfriend, is involved with someone else. Despite this, he pursues her.
Gattaca (1997)
, 1h46Directed by Andrew Niccol
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Social science fiction, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about computing, L'usurpation d'identité, Films set in the future, Films about disabilities, Political films, Cyberpunk films, Dystopian films, Escroquerie
Actors Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Alan Arkin, Loren Dean, Gore Vidal
Roles Director of Photography
Rating76%
In "the not-too-distant future", eugenics is common. A genetic registry database uses biometrics to classify those so created as "valids" while those conceived by traditional means and more susceptible to genetic disorders are known as "in-valids". Genetic discrimination is illegal, but in practice genotype profiling is used to identify valids to qualify for professional employment while in-valids are relegated to menial jobs.
Commandments (1997)
, 1h28Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Aidan Quinn, Courteney Cox, Anthony LaPaglia, Peter Jacobson, Scott Sowers, Louis Zorich
Roles Director of Photography
Rating55%
Ever since Seth Warner's (Aidan Quinn) wife died two years ago, his life has gone to pieces. In his rage he affronts God who seemingly responds by killing his dog. So Seth sets out to break all of the ten commandments. Moving in with his sister-in-law, Rachel (Courteney Cox), and her reporter-husband, Harry (Anthony LaPaglia), he systematically starts breaking each of the commandments, increasingly aided by Harry.