Dariusz Wolski

Dariusz Adam Wolski (born 7 May 1956 in Warsaw) is a Polish film and music video cinematographer.

Dariusz Wolski
Born	Dariusz Adam Wolski (1956-05-07) 7 May 1956 Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
Alma mater	Łódź Film School
Years active	1981–present
Organization	American Society of Cinematographers

He is known for his work as the cinematographer on the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Alex Proyas' cult classics The Crow and Dark City, and had collaborated on many recent movies directed by Ridley Scott.

He has been a member of the American Society of Cinematographers since 1996 and a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 2004.

Wolski has worked on several music videos with artists such as Elton John, Eminem, David Bowie, Sting, Aerosmith, and Neil Young.

Personal life

Wolski was born on May 7, 1956. He attended film school in Łódź, Poland and moved to the United States in 1979 at age 23. Soon after, he began working as a camera assistant on low-budget films in New York City and Los Angeles, which eventually led him to work as a cinematographer on films such as Pirates of the Caribbean, Prometheus, The Martian and others.

Filmography

Film

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1988	Nightfall	Paul Mayersberg
1993	Romeo Is Bleeding	Peter Medak
1994	The Crow	Alex Proyas
1995	Crimson Tide	Tony Scott
1996	The Fan
1998	A Perfect Murder	Andrew Davis
	Dark City	Alex Proyas
2001	The Mexican	Gore Verbinski
2002	Bad Company	Joel Schumacher
2003	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Gore Verbinski
2005	Hide and Seek	John Polson
2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Gore Verbinski	Shot back-to-back
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Tim Burton
2008	Eagle Eye	D.J. Caruso
2010	Alice in Wonderland	Tim Burton
2011	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	Rob Marshall
	The Rum Diary	Bruce Robinson
2012	Prometheus	Ridley Scott
2013	The Counselor
2014	Exodus: Gods and Kings
2015	The Martian
	The Walk	Robert Zemeckis
2017	Alien: Covenant	Ridley Scott
	All the Money in the World
	War Machine	David Michôd
2018	Sicario: Day of the Soldado	Stefano Sollima
2020	News of the World	Paul Greengrass
2021	The Last Duel	Ridley Scott
	House of Gucci
2023	Napoleon
2024	Fly Me to the Moon	Greg Berlanti
	Modì, Three Days on the Wing of Madness	Johnny Depp	With Nicola Pecorini
TBA	Nuremberg †	James Vanderbilt	Post-production

Short film

Year	Title	Director
2008	Little Minx Exquisite Corpse: Come Wander with Me	Phillip Van
2012	Loom	Luke Scott
2015	The Gentleman's Wager II	Jake Scott
2019	The Journey	Ridley Scott
2021	Frito-Lay: 'Twas the Night Before the Superbowl	Peter Berg

Television

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1989	American Playhouse	Evelyn Purcell	Episode "Land of Little Rain"
	Kenny, Dolly and Willie: Something Inside So Strong	Tom Trbovich	TV special
1991	Chains of Gold	Rod Holcomb	TV movie; Co-cinematographer with Bruce Surtees
1992	Fifteenth Phase of the Moon	Mark Amos Nealey	TV short
2020	Raised by Wolves	Ridley Scott	Episodes "Raised by Wolves" and "Pentagram"

Awards and nominations

Year	Title	Award/Nomination
1995	Crimson Tide	Nominated – ASC Award for Best Cinematography
2007	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street	Nominated – Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography
2015	The Martian	Nominated – Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Cinematography
	The Walk	Nominated – Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Virtual Cinematography
2020	News of the World	Nominated – Academy Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – ASC Award for Best Cinematography Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography

External links

• Dariusz Wolski at IMDb