Janusz Kamiński
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Janusz Zygmunt Kamiński (born 27 June 1959) is a two time Oscar winning Polish-born cinematographer and film director who has photographed all of Steven Spielberg's movies since 1993's Schindler's List.
Kamiński was born in Ziebice, Poland. He left Poland at the age of 21, after Jaruzelski imposed martial law in 1981 to suppress the Solidarity movement. He emigrated to the United States and attended Columbia College in Chicago from 1982 to 1987, and took up film making as a profession before transferring to the AFI Conservatory, where he graduated with an M.F.A. degree.
He has won the Academy Award for best cinematography twice in the 1990s, for Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan. Works with Lighting Director David Devlin.
He was married to actress Holly Hunter from 20 May 1995 to 21 December 2001.
Married ABC reporter Rebecca Rankin on 16 February 2004.
Kamiński was the cinematographer on Stephen Sommers's The Adventures of Huck Finn directorial test at the Disney Ranch.
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[edit] Filmography
[edit] Cinematographer
- Indiana Jones 4 (2007) (announced)
- Untitled Steven Spielberg/Abraham Lincoln Project (2007) (announced)
- Munich (2005)
- War of the Worlds (2005)
- Jumbo Girl (2004)
- The Terminal (2004)
- Catch Me If You Can (2002)
- Minority Report (2002)
- Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- Amistad (1997)
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
- Jerry Maguire (1996)
- How to Make an American Quilt (1995)
- Tall Tale (1995)
- Little Giants (1994)
- Schindler's List (1993)
- Class of '61 (1993)
- The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993)
- Trouble Bound (1993)
- Mad Dog Coll (1992)
- Wildflower (1991)
- Cool as Ice (1991)
- Killer Instinct (1991)
- Pyrates (1991)
- Grim Prairie Tales (1990)
- The Rain Killer (1990)
- The Terror Within II (1990)
[edit] Film Director
- Lost Souls (2000)
[edit] Other
- Armageddon (1998)
- Love, Cheat & Steal (1993)
- One False Move (1992)
- Pyrates (1991)
- To Die Standing (1990)
- Watchers II (1990)
- Stripped to Kill II: Live Girls (1989)
- Dance of the Damned (1988)
- Nothing in Common (1986)
[edit] References
- KAMINSKI, Janusz International Who's Who. accessed September 4, 2006.
