Nationality Polish Name Janusz Kaminski | Years active 1986–present Role Cinematographer | |
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Full Name Janusz Zygmunt Kaminski Born June 27, 1959 (age 64) ( 1959-06-27 ) Ziebice, Poland Alma mater Columbia College Chicago (B.A., 1987)
AFI Conservatory (M.F.A., 1987) Occupation Cinematographer, film director Spouse Rebecca Rankin (m. 2004–2010), Holly Hunter (m. 1995–2001) Parents Jadwiga Celner, Marian Kaminski Education AFI Conservatory, Columbia College Chicago Awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography Movies Schindler\'s List, Saving Private Ryan, War Horse, Bridge of Spies, Lincoln Similar People Michael Kahn, Holly Hunter, Rick Carter, Steven Zaillian, Kathleen Kennedy | ||
Janusz kaminski on the art of cinematography
Janusz Zygmunt Kamiński ([ˌjanuʂ kaˈmiɲskʲi]; born June 27, 1959) is a Polish cinematographer and film director who started his career in the United States. He rose to fame in the 1990s with Schindler's List (1993). He has established a partnership with Steven Spielberg, working as a cinematographer on his movies since 1993. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan (1998). In recent years, Kamiński has also moved into the field of directing.
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Life and career
Kamiński was born in Ziębice, Poland, the son of mother, Jadwiga Celner, and father, Marian Kaminski. He emigrated at the age of 21—after Prime Minister Jaruzelski imposed martial law in 1981—to the United States.
He attended Columbia College in Chicago from 1982 to 1987, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree, taking up film making as a profession before transferring to the AFI Conservatory, where he graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree.
Kamiński was first discovered by Steven Spielberg in 1991. After seeing the television film Wildflower, Spielberg hired Kamiński to shoot Class of '61, a television film in which Spielberg served as producer.
He twice won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in the 1990s, for Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan. He has been nominated four additional times for Amistad, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, War Horse and Lincoln. In 2010, he was awarded the Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal by the AFI Conservatory.
Kamiński was married to actress Holly Hunter from 1995 until 2001. He married ABC reporter Rebecca Rankin in 2004. They divorced in 2010.
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