PLUS CAMERIMAGE SPECIAL AWARD TO THE POLISH CINEMATOGRAPHER

Daria Piskorz · November 4, 2009

Plus Camerimage Special Award to the Polish Cinematographer for Immense Contribution to the Art of Film goes to Dariusz Wolski.

Dariusz Wolski, ASC, (born 1956 in Warsaw) is a Polish cinematographer who is greatly respected abroad. He undoubtedly rose to fame thanks to the American super-production Pirates of the Caribbean, for which he was the cinematographer and Gore Verbinski the director. It was a great critical success receiving various prizes but also a box-office hit with an army of fans. The unique, gloomy atmosphere of the camerawork, which had first been fully used in the film adaptation of the comic book The Crow (dir. Alez Proyas), became Wolski's hallmark. His talent was recognised by Tim Burton, one of the most original contemporary directors. After their successful collaboration on Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street he hired Wolski for his next film project – Alice in Wonderland (2010).

Selected filmography:

# Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, 2007, dir. Tim Burton

# Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, 2007, dir. Gore Verbinski

# Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, 2006, dir. Gore Verbinski

# Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, 2003, dir. Gore Verbinski

# Bad Company, 2002, dir. Joel Schumacher

# The Mexican, 2001, dir. Gore Verbinski

# A Perfect Murder, 1998, dir. Andrew Davis

# Dark City, 1998, dir. Alex Proyas

# The Fan, 1996, dir. Tony Scott

# Crimson Tide, 1995, dir. Tony Scott

# The Crow, 1994, dir. Alex Proyas