Andrzej Sekuła

Andrzej Sekuła
Born (1954-12-19) 19 December 1954 (age 70)
Occupation(s)Cinematographer, director

Andrzej Sekuła (born 19 December 1954) is a Polish cinematographer and film director. He was cinematographer on Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary's films Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction.[1]

Career

Sekuła was born in Wrocław, Poland in 1954.

He began as a still photographer for a Polish film studio, and served his compulsory conscription in the Polish army as a film cameraman, shooting army exercises that were organized for people like Soviet president Leonid Brezhnev and Romanian president Nicolae Ceausescu. He described the shots as good training and like that out of Apocalypse Now.[2] He worked for a while as a television documentary cameraman.

He became interested in cinematography after seeing the work of Oswald Morris in Moulin Rouge and Fiddler on the Roof. He decided to move to England to study at the National Film School under the tutelage of Morris from 1985 to 1988. After that he shot commercials around Europe.

Yearning for Hollywood, he emigrated to Los Angeles in the late 1980s.[2] After working on several short films, he shot his first feature-length theatrical film in the form of Quentin Tarantino's directorial debut Reservoir Dogs.[2] He would go on to shoot Tarantino's 1994 Best Picture-nominated Pulp Fiction.[3] He made his directorial debut with the 1998 thriller Fait Accompli. Other films shot by him include American Psycho, Hackers, Vacancy, and Armored.

Filmography

Short film

Year Title Director Notes
1989 Catch Hossein Amini
1991 The Brooch Pin and the Sinful Clasp Joanna Woodward With Cathy Greenhalgh
Revolver Chester Dent
1995 The Man from Hollywood Quentin Tarantino Segment of Four Rooms
2002 Falling in Love in Pongo Ponga James Woods
2015 Ms. Long Legs Milo Addica
2023 Purring Metal Hugo Comte

Feature film

Year Title Director Notes
1992 Reservoir Dogs Quentin Tarantino
1993 Three of Hearts Yurek Bogayevicz
Bank Robber Nick Mead
Damascus Becky Johnston
1994 Sleep with Me Rory Kelly
Across the Moon Lisa Gottlieb
Pulp Fiction Quentin Tarantino
Oleanna David Mamet
1995 Hackers Iain Softley
1997 A Further Gesture Robert Dornhelm With Zoran Djordjevic
Stand-ins Harvey Keith
1998 Cousin Bette Des McAnuff
Fait Accompli Himself
2000 American Psycho Mary Harron
2002 Cube 2: Hypercube Himself
2006 The Pleasure Drivers With Zoran Djordjevic
2007 Vacancy Nimród Antal
2008 Vice Raul Inglis
2009 Armored Nimród Antal
2010 Trust David Schwimmer
2012 For the Love of Money Ellie Kanner
2014 Rage Paco Cabezas
2016 I Am Wrath Chuck Russell
2016 Shanghai Wang Sherwood Hu
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage Mario Van Peebles
2018 Speed Kills Jodi Scurfield
2020 Shanghai Wang: Luan Shi Jia Ren Sherwood Hu
2022 What the Fish! Alyse McCamish
2023 The Ritual Killer George Gallo
Place of Bones Audrey Cummings

TV movies

Year Title Director
1995 Original Sins Jan Egleson
Body Language George Case

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Title Result
1994 BAFTA Awards Best Cinematography Pulp Fiction Nominated
2000 Camerimage Golden Frog American Psycho Nominated
2003 Fantasporto Critic's Award Cube 2: Hypercube Won
Best Film Award Nominated

References

  1. ^ "Andrzej Sekula | Cinematographer, Director, Camera and Electrical Department". IMDb. Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  2. ^ a b c Pizzello, Stephen (6 April 2018). "From Rags to Reservoir Dogs". American Cinematographer. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  3. ^ "World-famous cinematographer in Turkey to shoot film for TRT". Daily Sabah. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2023.