Janusz Kamiński worked in film at a period when the medium itself was still changing shape.
The record lists Janusz Kamiński as Polish cinematographer.
Janusz Kamiński was born at Ziębice in 1959. His recorded nationality is Poland. He trained at AFI Conservatory.
By this period cinema was global and fragmented: independent finance, festival circuits and television drama competing for the same talent.
Janusz Kamiński is credited as cinematographer, film director and camera operator.
His name is attached above all to long-term collaboration with Steven Spielberg, being his regular cinematographer since 1993. The screen flattens effort: a performance that took months reads as a few unhurried minutes.
Formal recognition came in the shape of the Academy Award for Best Cinematography (1994) and BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography (1994).
That the work was made from Poland shaped it: national industries differ in what they finance, who they cast and which audiences they can reach.
Janusz Kamiński is still working, and the shape of the career is not yet settled.
Achievements
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography — 1994
- BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography — 1994
- Worked as cinematographer, film director and camera operator
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