Sławomir Idziak

Sławomir Idziak

Sławomir Idziak (born January 25, 1945 in Katowice ) is a Polish cameraman.

Life

Idziak studied camera directing at the Łódź Film School in the 1960s . In the 1970s he worked with Krzysztof Kieślowski and quickly gained international recognition. For Three Colors: Blue , he won the 1993 Camera Award at the Film Festival in Venice . He was nominated for an Oscar for his work on Black Hawk Down .

Filmography (selection)

• 1976: The Scar (Blizna) : Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski
• 1980: The Conductor (Dyrygent) : Director: Andrzej Wajda (with John Gielgud , Krystyna Janda and Andrzej Seweryn )
• 1981: From a distant land (Z dalekiego kraju) : Director: Krzysztof Zanussi (with Sam Neill )
• 1982: The Temptation: Director: Krzysztof Zanussi (with Maja Komorowska and Helmut Griem )
• 1984: The Bachmeier case - No time for tears : Director: Hark Bohm (with Uwe Bohm and Marie Colbin )
• 1984: A year of the dormant sun (Rok spokojnego słońca) : Director: Krzysztof Zanussi (with Maja Komorowska and Scott Wilson )
• 1984: Jagger and Spaghetti : Director: Karsten Wichniarz (with Peter Buchholz and Stephan Schwartz )
• 1985: Paradigma (Paradygmat) : Director: Krzysztof Zanussi (with Benjamin Völz , Vittorio Gassman and Marie-Christine Barrault )
• 1988: A short film about killing (Krótki film o zabijaniu) : Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski (with Mirosław Baka )
• 1988: Yasemin : Director: Hark Bohm (with Ayşe Romey and Uwe Bohm)
• 1991: The Two Lives of Veronika (La Double vie de Véronique) : Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski (with Irène Jacob )
• 1993: Drei Farben: Blau (Trois couleurs: Bleu) : Director: Krzysztof Kieślowski (with Juliette Binoche )
• 1993: World Champion: Director: Zoran Solomun (with Alexander Meier and Grit Hornig)
• 1995: Tears of Stone (Tár úr steini) , camera with Sigurður Sverrir Pálsson . Director: Hilmar Oddsson (with Þröstur Leó Gunnarsson , Ruth Ólafsdóttir , Heinz Bennent )
• 1995: A Bend in the Road (The Journey of August King)
• 1996: Men's pension : Director: Detlev Buck (with Til Schweiger , Marie Bäumer and Heike Makatsch )
• 1997: Gattaca : Director: Andrew Niccol (with Ethan Hawke , Uma Thurman and Jude Law )
• 1997: Hombres armados - Men With Guns (Men with Guns) , directed by John Sayles
• 1998: I Want You : Directed by Michael Winterbottom (with Rachel Weisz )
• 2000: LiebesLuder : Director: Detlev Buck (with Mavie Hörbiger , Simon Schwarz and Anke Engelke )
• 2000: Proof of Life : Directed by Taylor Hackford (with Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe )
• 2001: Black Hawk Down : Directed by Ridley Scott (with Josh Hartnett and Ewan McGregor )
• 2004: King Arthur : Director: Antoine Fuqua (with Clive Owen )
• 2007: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , directed by David Yates
• 2012: The measurement of the world : Director: Detlev Buck
• 2015: A story of love and darkness (יפור על אהבה וחושך / Sipur al ahava ve choshech) : Director: Natalie Portman

Awards and nominations (selection)

• 1993: Camera award at the film festival in Venice for Three Colors: Blue
• 2002: Nomination for Best Camera at the Oscars for Black Hawk Down
• 2004: Marburg Camera Prize
• 2015: German Camera Prize for his life's work

Web links

• Sławomir Idziak in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• To say goodbye to Prof. Slawomir Idziak Academy of Media Arts Cologne on the occasion of the farewell lecture by Slawomir Idziak, professor of feature film directing, on January 7, 2010

literature

• Andreas Kirchner, Michael Neubauer, Karl Prümm, Peter Riedel (eds.): An architect of sensuality - the color worlds of the cameraman Slawomir Idziak . Schüren, Marburg 2007, ISBN 3-89472-409-9