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"News of the World", in fact. DARIUSZ WOLSKI, a graduate of the Cinematography Department of the Łódź Film School, nominated for cinematography for the film "News of the World", dir. Paul Greengrass.
This is yet another Oscar nomination for a cinematography graduate of our School.
So far this honour has been achieved by:
Piotr Sobociński ("Three Colours. Red", dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1994) Sławomir Idziak ("Black Hawk Down", dir. Ridley Scott, 2002)
Paweł Edelman ("Pianist", dir. Roman Polański, 2003), at present lecturer and vice-dean of the Dept.
Ryszard Lenczewski, at present Professor and lecturer at the Dept., together with Łukasz Żal ("Ida", dir. Paweł Pawlikowski, 2015)
Hoyte Van Hoytema ("Dunkirk", dir. Christopher Nolan, 2018)
Łukasz Żal ("Cold War", dir. Paweł Pawlikowski, 2019)
And how can we fail to mention the extraordinary phenomenon of the Łódź-Polish-World School of Cinematography? The Film School in Łódź! As many as 6 nominations! Unfortunately, none of them turned into an Oscar, will the 7th turn out to be the lucky one?
We'll find out on April 25, during the 93rd Oscar Gala.
DARIUSZ WOLSKI
Born in Warsaw, in 1956.
In 1976-79, he studied at the Cinematography Department of the Film School in Łódź.
In 1979, he moved to New York and worked on documentaries and independent low-budget productions.
The breakthrough was working as a deputy cinematographer on the film "Heart".
Then, he moved to Los Angeles, where he collaborated with, among others, David Fincher.
He has also made over a hundred music videos, including music videos for musicians such as: David Bowie, Elton John, Neil Young, Eminem, Aerosmith and Sting.
Dariusz Wolski was also the cinematographer on films produced by Roger Corman: "Nightfall" and "Land of Little Rain".
He is a very recognized and respected cinematographer in Hollywood. He worked as DOP with directors such as: Ridley Scott, Rob Marshall, Tony Scott, Gore Verbinski and Tim Burton, on their films, including: "Mexican", "Pirates of the Caribbean" (the entire series), "Sweeney Todd", "Alice in Wonderland", "Prometheus", "The Advocate", "The Martian" or "All the Money in the World".
In 2004, he became a member of the American Film Academy.
This is the first Oscar nomination for Dariusz Wolski.
The other nominees in this category are: Sean Bobbitt for "Judas and the Black Messiah", Erik Messerschmidt for "Mank", Joshua James Richards for "Nomadland" and Phedon Papamichael for "Chicago Seven".
In the photo: Dariusz Wolski, source: www.press.pl / (screen https://youtu.be/fdlzOfcGspI)
Congratulations and fingers crossed!!!
Piotr Sobociński ("Three Colours. Red", dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1994) Sławomir Idziak ("Black Hawk Down", dir. Ridley Scott, 2002)
Paweł Edelman ("Pianist", dir. Roman Polański, 2003), at present lecturer and vice-dean of the Dept.
Ryszard Lenczewski, at present Professor and lecturer at the Dept., together with Łukasz Żal ("Ida", dir. Paweł Pawlikowski, 2015)
Hoyte Van Hoytema ("Dunkirk", dir. Christopher Nolan, 2018)
Łukasz Żal ("Cold War", dir. Paweł Pawlikowski, 2019)
And how can we fail to mention the extraordinary phenomenon of the Łódź-Polish-World School of Cinematography? The Film School in Łódź! As many as 6 nominations! Unfortunately, none of them turned into an Oscar, will the 7th turn out to be the lucky one?
We'll find out on April 25, during the 93rd Oscar Gala.
DARIUSZ WOLSKI
Born in Warsaw, in 1956.
In 1976-79, he studied at the Cinematography Department of the Film School in Łódź.
In 1979, he moved to New York and worked on documentaries and independent low-budget productions.
The breakthrough was working as a deputy cinematographer on the film "Heart".
Then, he moved to Los Angeles, where he collaborated with, among others, David Fincher.
He has also made over a hundred music videos, including music videos for musicians such as: David Bowie, Elton John, Neil Young, Eminem, Aerosmith and Sting.
Dariusz Wolski was also the cinematographer on films produced by Roger Corman: "Nightfall" and "Land of Little Rain".
He is a very recognized and respected cinematographer in Hollywood. He worked as DOP with directors such as: Ridley Scott, Rob Marshall, Tony Scott, Gore Verbinski and Tim Burton, on their films, including: "Mexican", "Pirates of the Caribbean" (the entire series), "Sweeney Todd", "Alice in Wonderland", "Prometheus", "The Advocate", "The Martian" or "All the Money in the World".
In 2004, he became a member of the American Film Academy.
This is the first Oscar nomination for Dariusz Wolski.
The other nominees in this category are: Sean Bobbitt for "Judas and the Black Messiah", Erik Messerschmidt for "Mank", Joshua James Richards for "Nomadland" and Phedon Papamichael for "Chicago Seven".
In the photo: Dariusz Wolski, source: www.press.pl / (screen https://youtu.be/fdlzOfcGspI)
Congratulations and fingers crossed!!!