Andrzej Sekuła (; born 19 December 1954) is a Polish cinematographer and film director.
Career He began as a still photographer for a Polish film studio, and served his compulsory conscription in the Polish army as a film cameraman, shooting army exercises that were organized for people like Soviet president Leonid Brezhnev and Romanian president Nicolae Ceausescu. He described the shots as good training and like that out of Apocalypse Now. He worked for a while as a television documentary cameraman.
Sekuła became interested in cinematography after seeing the work of Oswald Morris in Moulin Rouge and Fiddler on the Roof. He decided to move to England to study at the National Film School under the tutelage of Morris from 1985 to 1988. After that he shot commercials around Europe.
Yearning for Hollywood, Sekuła emigrated to Los Angeles in the late 1980s. After working on several short films, he shot his first feature-length film, Reservoir Dogs, made by Quentin Tarantino in his directorial debut before reteaming with Tarantino for his Best Picture-nominated film Pulp Fiction.
Sekuła made his directorial debut with the 1998 thriller Fait Accompli. He then directed Cube 2: Hypercube and The Pleasure Drivers.
Filmography
Feature film Year Title Director Notes 1992 Reservoir Dogs Quentin Tarantino1993 Three of Hearts Yurek Bogayevicz Bank Robber Nick Mead Damascus Becky Johnston1994 Sleep with Me Rory Kelly Across the Moon Lisa Gottlieb Pulp Fiction Quentin Tarantino Oleanna David Mamet 1995 Hackers Iain Softley1997 A Further Gesture Robert Dornhelm With Zoran Djordjevic Stand-ins Harvey Keith1998 Cousin Bette Des McAnuff Fait Accompli Himself 2000 American Psycho Mary Harron 2002 Cube 2: HypercubeHimself 2006 The Pleasure Drivers With Zoran Djordjevic 2007 Vacancy Nimród Antal 2008 Vice Raul Inglis 2009 Armored Nimród Antal 2010 Trust David Schwimmer 2012 For the Love of Money Ellie Kanner 2014 Rage Paco Cabezas 2016 I Am Wrath Chuck Russell2016 Lord of Shanghai Sherwood Hu USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage Mario Van Peebles 2018 Speed Kills Jodi Scurfield 2020 Lord of Shanghai II Sherwood Hu 2022 What the Fish! Alyse McCamish2023 The Ritual Killer George Gallo Place of Bones Audrey Cummings 2026 Breaking Cover Adrian Bol
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Title Result 1994 BAFTA Awards Best Cinematography Pulp Fiction 2000 Camerimage Golden Frog American Psycho 2003Fantasporto Critic's AwardCube 2: Hypercube Best Film Award
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