Alexander Gruszynski (born June 19, 1950) is a Polish-American cinematographer, actor and film director.
Filmography Documentary film Year Title Director Notes 1976 Your Neighbor's Son Jørgen Flindt PedersenErik Stephensen 1979 En rig mand Jon Bang Carlsen 1980 Tomas - et barn du ikke kan nå Mads Egmont ChristensenLone Hertz With Bille August1981 Hotel of the Stars Jon Bang Carlsen Sindslidelser Lars Engels 1984 Fugl Fønix Jon Bang Carlsen 1991 Christiania - du har mit hjerte Nils Vest With Dirk Brüel, Gregers Nielsen, Manuel Sellner and Freddy Tornberg 1995 Haiti. Uden titelJørgen Leth With Tómas Gislason, Dan Holmberg and Jørgen Leth 2002 Drømmere With Dan Holmberg, Teit Jørgensen, Bo Tengberg 2016 Déjà Vu Jon Bang Carlsen Shared credit with Jon Bang Carlsen
Documentary short Year Title Director Notes 1977 Jenny Jon Bang Carlsen 1982 Danmark: Dit og mit Jørgen Vestergaard With Rolf Rønne 2020 Instrument of Hope Mikael Salomon With Iain Marcks
Feature film Cinematographer Year Title Director Notes 1979 Achilleshælen er mit våben Jytte Rex With Dirk Brüel and Jytte Rex 1980 Next Stop Paradise Jon Bang Carlsen 1981 Belladonna Jytte Rex 1983 Udenrigskorrespondenten Jørgen Leth1984 Almost You Adam Brooks The Oasis Sparky Greene1985 Twisted Adam Holender Ofelia kommer til byen Jon Bang Carlsen1987 Promised Land Michael Hoffman With Ueli Steiger Under Cover John Stockwell1988 Time Out Jon Bang Carlsen Bad Dreams Andrew Fleming 1990 Tremors Ron Underwood 1991 Stone Cold Craig R. Baxley 1993 The Russian Singer Morten Arnfred1994 Threesome Andrew Fleming I Like It Like That Darnell Martin The Pagemaster Joe Johnston Live-action scenes 1995 Angus Patrick Read Johnson1996 The Craft Andrew Fleming Maximum Risk Ringo Lam 1998 54 Mark Christopher 1999 Dick Andrew Fleming2001 The Brothers Gary Hardwick Prison Song Darnell Martin Two Can Play That Game Mark Brown2003 Deliver Us from Eva Gary Hardwick The In-Laws Andrew Fleming 2006 Five Fingers Laurence Malkin2007 Nancy Drew Andrew Fleming This Christmas Preston A. Whitmore II 2008 Hamlet 2 Andrew Fleming2009 Madea Goes to JailTyler Perry I Can Do Bad All by Myself2010 Kidnappet Vibeke Muasya For Colored GirlsTyler Perry2012 Good Deeds Madea's Witness Protection2013 Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor Peeples Tina Gordon Chism A Madea Christmas Tyler Perry2014 Barefoot Andrew Fleming The Single Moms Club Tyler Perry2018 Ideal Home Andrew Fleming I'll Find You Martha Coolidge
Director Black Dawn (2005) (Direct-to-video)
Television TV movies Year Title Director1985 Surviving: A Family in Crisis Waris Hussein Murder: By Reason of Insanity Anthony Page1986 Mafia Princess Robert L. Collins A Fight for Jenny Gilbert Moses 1987 The Last Innocent ManRoger Spottiswoode 1989 Third Degree Burn 1990 By Dawn's Early Light Jack Sholder 1991 Cast a Deadly Spell Martin Campbell 1995 Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long Paul Monash
TV series Year Title Director Notes 1986 Everyman Jon Bang Carlsen Episode "Phoenix Bird: The Tale of a Warrior" 1989 The Women of Brewster Place Donna Deitch Miniseries 2000 Grosse Pointe Andrew Fleming Episode "Pilot" 2009 Wallander Charlotte Brändström Episode "The Revenge" 2014 Bad Judge Andrew FlemingJake SzymanskiLinda Mendoza 4 episodes2018 Insatiable Andrew Fleming Episode "Pilot" Conspiracy of Silence Charlotte Brändström 8 episodes 2020 Emily in Paris Andrew FlemingPeter Lauer 3 episodes
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Title Result1995 American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement in CinematographyKingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long CableACE Award Best Cinematography in a Movie or Miniseries 1977 Bodil Awards Best Cinematographer Jenny 1993 Camerimage Golden Frog The Russian Singer 1994 Independent Spirit Awards Best Cinematography I Like It Like That 2017 Cleveland International Film Festival Jury Award Tripolar
References
External links Alexander Gruszynski at the Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers