# Andrzej Bartkowiak

Andrzej Bartkowiak, ASC (born 6 March 1950) is a Polish cinematographer and film director based in the United States.
He became known in the 1980s for his partnership with director Sidney Lumet, shooting 11 of his films between 1981 and 1993.
He later became known as a director of action films, including the Jet Li vehicles Romeo Must Die (2000) and Cradle 2 the Grave (2003), and the video game adaptations Doom (2005) and Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009).

## Life and career

Bartkowiak was born and raised in Łódź, and studied at the Łódź Film School from 1970 to 1972.
After graduating, he moved to the United States and settled in New York City, where he worked as a cinematographer and director on dozens of television commercials and industrial films, for clients like IBM, Xerox, American Express, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, and Toyota. He also worked for several years in Italy.
He shot his first feature, the independent feature Deadly Hero, in 1975.

### Cinematography

He achieved prominence in the early 1980s through a close association with director Sidney Lumet, beginning with the Oscar-nominated 1981 film Prince of the City. He shot almost of all of Lumet's films, 11 in total, between 1981 and 1993. He also worked with other prominent directors, like John Huston, James L. Brooks, James Ivory, Martin Ritt and William Friedkin.
Three of his films in the 1980s—The Verdict (1982, dir. Lumet), Terms of Endearment (1983, dir. Brooks), and Prizzi's Honor (1985, dir. Huston)—were Academy Award nominees for Best Picture.
In 2010, he worked as cinematographer in the thriller Trespass, directed by Joel Schumacher, both had collaborated before on Falling Down.
Bartkowiak is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.

### Directing

Bartkowiak made his directorial debut with Romeo Must Die, a martial arts action film starring Jet Li and Aaliyah, which grossed $91 million at the box office. A year later he made the action thriller film Exit Wounds starring Steven Seagal, the film was a hit in theaters. Cradle 2 the Grave was a moderate success at the box-office.
Later he teamed up with Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment and Capcom to direct Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.
In 2017, he directed the Russian-American co-production film Maximum Impact, starring Alexander Nevsky, Kelly Hu, Mark Dacascos, Tom Arnold, and Danny Trejo.
In 2020, he directed the film Dead Reckoning, with KJ Apa and India Eisley.

## Personal life

Barkowiak was married to actress Diane Venora between 1980 and 1989. They have one daughter, Madzia. He also has a son, named Marco.

## Filmography
### Cinematographer

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1975 | Deadly Hero | Iván Nagy | |
| 1979 | 3 by Cheever: The 5:48 | James Ivory | TV movie |
| 1981 | Prince of the City | Sidney Lumet | |
| 1982 | Deathtrap | Sidney Lumet | |
| 1982 | The Verdict | Sidney Lumet | |
| 1983 | Daniel | Sidney Lumet | |
| 1983 | Terms of Endearment | James L. Brooks | |
| 1984 | Garbo Talks | Sidney Lumet | |
| 1985 | Prizzi's Honor | John Huston | |
| 1986 | Power | Sidney Lumet | |
| 1986 | The Morning After | Sidney Lumet | |
| 1987 | Nuts | Martin Ritt | |
| 1988 | Twins | Ivan Reitman | |
| 1989 | Family Business | Sidney Lumet | |
| 1990 | Q&A | Sidney Lumet | |
| 1991 | Off and Running | Ed Bianchi | |
| 1992 | Hard Promises | Martin Davidson | |
| 1992 | A Stranger Among Us | Sidney Lumet | |
| 1993 | Falling Down | Joel Schumacher | |
| 1993 | Guilty as Sin | Sidney Lumet | |
| 1994 | Speed | Jan de Bont | |
| 1994 | A Good Man in Africa | Bruce Beresford | |
| 1995 | Losing Isaiah | Stephen Gyllenhaal | |
| 1995 | Species | Roger Donaldson | |
| 1995 | Jade | William Friedkin | |
| 1996 | The Mirror Has Two Faces | Barbra Streisand | with Dante Spinotti |
| 1997 | Dante's Peak | Roger Donaldson | |
| 1997 | The Devil's Advocate | Taylor Hackford | |
| 1998 | U.S. Marshals | Stuart Baird | |
| 1998 | Lethal Weapon 4 | Richard Donner | |
| 1999 | Turkey. Cake. | Sean Whalen | Short film |
| 2000 | Gossip | Davis Guggenheim | |
| 2000 | Thirteen Days | Roger Donaldson | |
| 2011 | Trespass | Joel Schumacher | |
| 2017 | Grey Lady | John Shea | |
| 2020 | A Zebra-Riding Boy | Chen Juzhi Fan Xiaotian | |
| 2022 | Laughing at Fat People | Stephen Kessler | Documentary short, With Zsolt Kadar and Nickolas Dylan Rossi |

### Director

* Romeo Must Die (2000)
* Exit Wounds (2001)
* Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)
* Doom (2005)
* Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009)
* Maximum Impact (2017)
* Dead Reckoning (2020)