Pawel Pogorzelski
Canadian cinematographer
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Pawel Pogorzelski (born 1979) is a Polish-Canadian[1] cinematographer, known for his work with director Ari Aster.
Pogorzelski was born in 1979 in Włocławek, Poland but moved to Montreal with his family when he was 2.[2] He studied at Concordia University, receiving an undergraduate degree in media communication.[3][4] He moved to Los Angeles in 2008,[2] where he studied at the American Film Institute Conservatory.[4]
Pogorzelski garnered critical acclaim for his work on the 2018 psychological horror film Hereditary, directed by Ari Aster.[5] They would work together again on the 2019 film Midsommar, for which he received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography at the 35th Independent Spirit Awards.[6] In 2021, he was the director of photography for the action film Nobody[7] and the Hulu horror film False Positive.[8] In 2023, he served as cinematographer for the DC Comics film Blue Beetle[9] and once again worked with Ari Aster on his surrealist tragicomedy horror film Beau Is Afraid.[10]
Filmography
Feature films
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Patchwork | Tyler MacIntyre | |
| 2016 | We're Still Together | Jesse Noah Klein | |
| Boost | Darren Curtis | ||
| 2017 | Tragedy Girls | Tyler MacIntyre | |
| 2018 | Hereditary | Ari Aster | |
| 2019 | Midsommar | Nominated - Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography | |
| 2021 | Nobody | Ilya Naishuller | |
| False Positive | John Lee | ||
| Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon | Ana Lily Amirpour | ||
| 2022 | Fresh | Mimi Cave | |
| 2023 | Beau Is Afraid | Ari Aster | |
| Blue Beetle | Ángel Manuel Soto | ||
| 2025 | Holland | Mimi Cave | |
| The Woman in the Yard | Jaume Collet-Serra | ||
| 2027 | Karoshi † | Takashi Doscher | Post-production |
Television
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Homemade | Ana Lily Amirpour | Episode "Ride It Out" |
Short films
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | The Strange Thing About the Johnsons | Ari Aster | |
| 2013 | Munchausen |