Andrzej Bartkowiak

Andrzej Bartkowiak, A.S.C. (born 6 March 1950) is a Polish cinematographer and director.

In the early 1980s, Bartkowiak was cinematographer on three films that received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture: The Verdict, Terms of Endearment, and Prizzi's Honor. During that decade, Bartkowiak also developed a close working relationship with director Sydney Lumet, acting as director of photography on almost all of Lumet's movies between 1981 (Prince of the City) and 1993 (Guilty as Sin).

Bartkowiak made his directorial debut with Romeo Must Die a martial-arts action film starring Jet Li and Aaliyah, which was a huge hit 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 2010, he worked as cinematographer in the thriller Trespass, directed by Joel Schumacher, both had collaborated before on Falling Down.

In December 2011, Hannibal Production hired Bartkowiak to direct an action-adventure $16 million budgeted film Beneath the Deep, which was scripted by Armand Speca. While Richard Rionda Del Castro produced the film.

During his first films as a director he collaborated a few times with the rapper DMX and the actors Anthony Anderson, Jet Li and Isaiah Washington.

	Romeo Must Die	Exit Wounds	Cradle 2 the Grave
Jet Li	Y		Y
DMX	Y	Y	Y
Anthony Anderson	Y	Y	Y
Isaiah Washington	Y	Y
Tom Arnold		Y	Y
Drag-On		Y	Y

As cinematographer Bartkowiak has collaborated with several well-known film directors such as Sidney Lumet, Joel Schumacher and Roger Donaldson.