Cinematographer, documentary film director and photographer.
He graduated Cinematography Art in Krzysztof Kieslowski's Film School in Katowice, Poland and documentary course at Andrzej Wajda's School.
Creator of music videos, feature films and documentaries, including The Dam (2018), The end of the Season (2019), The Pawnshop (2022), The Kiosk (2023), Postcards From The Verge (2023) which were at many prestigious film festivals.
He has worked across the globe, undertaking projects in South America, Asia and Europe.
He worked as a camera operator for Jonathan Glazer's latest film: The Zone of Interest (2023), winner of the Grand Prix at the Cannes festival.
He is working with Łukasz Żal as his camera operator and 2nd unit dop on films and commercial projects.
He is ambitious, creative and looking for new challenges. For each film, he looks for his own, original visual language and is open for experiments. His documentary background and experience make him a mature creator who approaches each topic with unique perspective.
Winner of individual awards, including:
YOUTH AND FILM - Best Cinematography - "Postcards from the Verge" for "full of tenderness and poetic photos taken in extreme conditions using minimal resources"
FIPADOC - The Tënk Award - New Talent
CAMERIMAGE - 3 times nominated for Golden Frog
JAN MACHULSKI's Awards - 5 times nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Film, Best Documentary Film, Best Director
OKFA - Grand Prix - "The Rush"
FREEDOM FILM FESTIVAL - Grand Prix - "Under the sail"
OKIEM MŁODYCH - Special Jury Prize - "The Rush" - "for an expressive narrative created by full use of all elements of film art, creating an original and artistic image of the characters and their world"
PRZEŹROCZA - "New Eye" - New Talent Award
TWO SHORES - "The end of the season" - II Prize
Awards for the films:
CANNES Film Festival - Grand Prize of the Festival - "The zone of Interest"
FIPRESCI Prize for Cinematography and Directing - "The zone of Interest"
DOCS AGAINST GRAVITY - Grand Prix - "The Pawnshop"
POLISH AWARDS- "Orzeł" - Best Documentary "The Pawnshop"
YOUNG AND FILM - Jantar for Best Short Documentary - "Postcards from the Verge"
VISIONS DU REEL International Film Festival Nyon - Audience Award - "Pianoforte"
KRAKOV MOUNTAIN Film Festival - Grand Prix - "Postcards from the Verge"
WANDA RUTKIEWICZ Mountaineering Film Festival - Grand Prix - "Postcards from the Verge"
GOLD STREAM - Grand Prix - for "synthetic look with the patient eye of the camera into the interior of a person in a limited space" - "The Kiosk"
MUSIC & CINEMA, Marseille - Grand Prize for the Best Original Score and Best Film Award in Feature Film Competition - "The Pawnshop"
ASTRA FILM SIBIU International Film Festival - Best Documentary Award - "The Pawnshop"
SOUND & IMAGE International Festival, China - Jury Prize for Best Documentary - "The Dam"
NEW HORIZONS, Wrocław - Prize of Zuzanna Kolska - "The Dam"
GO SHORT - International Film Festival, Netherlands - Grand Prix for Short Documentary - "The Dam"
YOUNG AND FILM, Koszalin - Grand Prix for Short Documentary - "The Dam"
UP TO 21, Warsaw - Grand Prix - "The Dam"
OKFA, Konin - Grand Prix - "The Dam"
MOSKIT Prize in the Film category
awarded by K-MAG Magazine - "The Pawnshop"
awarded by K-MAG Magazine - "The Pawnshop"
"Away commercial" dir. FKA Twigs, Jordan Hemingway, Thailand
"Postcards from the Verge" Chile
"The world is not (a) mine" Bolivia
"The zone of interest" dir. Jonathan Glazer
"Postcards from the Verge" Chile
"The zone of interest" dir. Jonathan Glazer, dop. Łukasz Żal
"Be somebody" dir. Michał Toczek
"Be somebody" dir. Michał Toczek
"The zone of interest" dir. Jonathan Glazer, dop. Łukasz Żal
"Away commercial" dir. FKA Twigs, Jordan Hemingway, Thailand
"The zone of interest" dir. Jonathan Glazer, dop. Łukasz Żal
