Paweł Edelman

Paweł Edelman (born 26 June 1958) is a Polish cinematographer. He is known for his collaborations with acclaimed directors Roman Polanski and Andrzej Wajda. He was named Best European Cinematographer in 2002 at the European Film Awards for his work on The Pianist, for which he also won the César Award for Best Cinematography. He was nominated for an Academy Award and a BAFTA for the same film. He also received a nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography from the American Society of Cinematographers for Ray. His credits include films both in and outside Poland.

Paweł Edelman
Paweł Edelman, 2019
Born	(1958-06-26) 26 June 1958 Łódź, Poland
Occupation	Cinematographer

Filmography

Short film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1988	Wstega Möbiusa	Łukasz Karwowski
1991	Sal		Documentary short
1995	L'aube à l'envers	Sophie Marceau	With Patrick Blossier
2008	New York, I Love You	Brett Ratner	1 segment
2009	The New Tenants	Joachim Back
2016	My Life Is a Play	Sebastien Grousset

Feature film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1991	Gluchy telefon	Piotr Mikucki
	Kroll	Władysław Pasikowski	1st collaboration with Pasikowski
1992	Listopad	Łukasz Karwowski	Also credited as writer
	Pigs	Władysław Pasikowski
1994	Pigs 2: The Last Blood
	Nastasja	Andrzej Wajda	1st collaboration with Wajda
1995	The Poison Tasters	Ulrik Theer
1996	Slodko gorzki	Władysław Pasikowski
1997	Taranthriller	Miroslaw Dembinski	With Arthur Reinhart
	Love Stories	Jerzy Stuhr
	Szczęśliwego Nowego Jorku	Janusz Zaorski
	Kroniki domowe	Leszek Wosiewicz
1998	Demons of War	Władysław Pasikowski
1999	Operacja Samum
	Prawo ojca	Marek Kondrat
	Sir Thaddeus	Andrzej Wajda
2000	The Big Animal	Jerzy Stuhr
2001	Reich	Władysław Pasikowski
	Edges of the Lord	Yurek Bogayevicz
2002	The Pianist	Roman Polanski	1st collaboration with Polanski
	The Revenge	Andrzej Wajda
2004	Ray	Taylor Hackford
2005	Oliver Twist	Roman Polanski
2006	All the King's Men	Steven Zaillian
2007	The Life Before Her Eyes	Vadim Perelman
	Katyń	Andrzej Wajda
2009	Tatarak
2010	The Ghost Writer	Roman Polanski
2011	Carnage	Roman Polanski
2012	Aftermath	Władysław Pasikowski
2013	Venus in Fur	Roman Polanski
	Walesa: Man of Hope	Andrzej Wajda
2014	Stones for the Rampart	Robert Gliński
	Obywatel	Jerzy Stuhr
2016	#WszystkoGra	Agnieszka Glinska
	Afterimage	Andrzej Wajda
2017	Based on a True Story	Roman Polanski
2018	Intrigo: Death of an Author	Daniel Alfredson
2019	Intrigo: Dear Agnes
	Intrigo: Samaria
	An Officer and a Spy	Roman Polanski
	The Coldest Game	Łukasz Kośmicki
2022	Corner Office	Joachim Back
2023	The Palace	Roman Polanski
	Lee	Ellen Kuras

Documentary film

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2010	Krec! Jak kochasz, to krec!	Andrzej Wajda	With Jacek Petrycki
2011	Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir	Laurent Bouzereau
2013	Weekend of a Champion	Frank Simon	With Bill Brayne

Television

Year	Title	Director	Notes
2004	Teatr Telewizji	Lukasz Barczyk	Episode "Hamlet"
2014	Op-Docs	Errol Morris	3 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Title	Awards/Nomination
2002	The Pianist	César Award for Best Cinematography Nominated- Academy Award for Best Cinematography Nominated- BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography Nominated- ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
2004	Ray	Nominated- ASC Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
2010	The Ghost Writer	Nominated- César Award for Best Cinematography
2019	An Officer and a Spy	Nominated- César Award for Best Cinematography

External links

• Pawel Edelman webpage
• Pawel Edelman at IMDb
• Paweł Edelman at Culture.pl