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Janusz Kamiński

1959 - Today

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Janusz Zygmunt Kamiński (Polish: [ˌjanuʂ kaˈmiɲskʲi]; born June 27, 1959) is a Polish cinematographer and director. He established a partnership with Steven Spielberg, working as a cinematographer of all of his films since 1993, winning one Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on his holocaust drama Schindler's List, and another one for the World War II epic Saving Private Ryan. Aside from a total of seven Academy Award nominations, he has also received five nominations from the BAFTA Awards, and six from the American Society of Cinematographers. In addition to his collaborations with Spielberg, he has also worked with Cameron Crowe, James L. Brooks, Julian Schnabel and John Krasinski. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Janusz Kamiński is the 940th most popular film director (up from 1,010th in 2019), the 939th most popular biography from Poland (up from 976th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Polish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Janusz Kamiński ranks 940 out of 2,041. Before him are Vatroslav Mimica, Mark Zakharov, Jimmy T. Murakami, Yash Chopra, Jean-Marie Poiré, and John Alcott. After him are Stephen Gyllenhaal, Christophe Gans, Mark Waters, Ulu Grosbard, Preston Sturges, and Luis Llosa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Janusz Kamiński ranks 243. Before him are Nir Barkat, Stephen Roche, Satoshi Miyauchi, Pat Smear, Aleksandar Petrović, and Christian Bach. After him are Viktoria Mullova, Victoire Tomegah Dogbé, Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, Hisashi Kaneko, Anne Fontaine, and Steven Knight.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Janusz Kamiński ranks 939 out of 1,694. Before him are Stanisław Kowalski (1910), Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski (1503), Tommy Wiseau (1955), Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska (1925), Adam Zamenhof (1888), and Michalina Wisłocka (1921). After him are Tadeusz Kotarbiński (1886), Adam Asnyk (1838), Jan T. Gross (1947), Bolesław Leśmian (1877), Paweł Mąciwoda (1967), and Frederick Jagiellon (1468).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Poland

Among film directors born in Poland, Janusz Kamiński ranks 23. Before him are Wojciech Has (1925), Max Fleischer (1883), Rudolph Maté (1898), Boris Kaufman (1906), Piotr Szulkin (1950), and Wanda Jakubowska (1907). After him are Zbigniew Rybczyński (1949), Juliusz Machulski (1955), Dariusz Wolski (1956), Kazimierz Kutz (1929), Andrzej Sekuła (1954), and Paweł Edelman (1958).

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