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Pawel Pogorzelski (b. 1979)

Alias:
Павел Погоржельский

Birthplace:
Wloclawek, Poland

Born:
July 30, 1979

Biography from TheMovieDB

Pawel Pogorzelski (born 1979) is a Polish-Canadian 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. He studied at Concordia University, receiving an undergraduate degree in media communication. He moved to Los Angeles in 2008, where he studied at the American Film Institute Conservatory.  Pogorzelski garnered critical acclaim for his work on the 2018 psychological horror film Hereditary, directed by Ari Aster. 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. In 2021, he was the director of photography for the action film Nobody and the Hulu horror film False Positive. In 2023, he served as cinematographer for the DC Comics film Blue Beetle and once again worked with Ari Aster on his surrealist tragicomedy/horror Beau Is Afraid.

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Film Production

Camera Operator:
2013  Defending Santa
2015  Patchwork

Cinematography:
2013  Defending Santa
2014  The Baddest Part
2015  Patchwork
2020  Ride It Out
2021  False Positive
2022  Horror Anthology Volume 1

Colorist:
2013  Defending Santa
2014  The 10 Year Plan
2014  The Baddest Part
2015  Patchwork
2020  Ride It Out
2021  False Positive
2022  Horror Anthology Volume 1

Director of Photography:
2005  Sigma
2011  The Strange Thing About the Johnsons
2013  Defending Santa
2013  Munchausen
2014  Basically
2014  The 10 Year Plan
2014  The Baddest Part
2015  Patchwork
2015  Slips
2016  We're Still Together
2016  iFeel
2017  Boost
2017  The Comedian
2017  Tragedy Girls
2018  Hereditary
2019  Home Videos
2019  Midsommar
2020  Ride It Out
2021  False Positive
2021  Nobody
2022  Fresh
2022  Horror Anthology Volume 1
2022  Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
2023  Beau Is Afraid
2023  Blue Beetle
2025  Holland
2025  The Woman in the Yard

Producer:
2005  Sigma
2011  The Strange Thing About the Johnsons
2013  Defending Santa
2013  Munchausen
2014  Basically
2014  The 10 Year Plan
2014  The Baddest Part
2015  Patchwork
2015  Slips
2016  We're Still Together
2016  iFeel
2017  Boost
2017  The Comedian
2017  Tragedy Girls
2018  Hereditary
2019  Home Videos
2019  Midsommar
2020  Ride It Out
2021  False Positive
2021  Nobody
2022  Fresh
2022  Horror Anthology Volume 1
2022  Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon
2023  Beau Is Afraid
2023  Blue Beetle
2025  Holland
2025  The Woman in the Yard

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TV Production

Director of Photography:
2020  Homemade

Producer:
2020  Homemade

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