Pawel Pogorzelski (born 1979) is a Polish-Canadian cinematographer, known for his work with director Ari Aster.
Pogorzelski was born in 1979 in Włocławek, Poland but moved to Montreal with his family when he was 2. He studied at Concordia University, receiving an undergraduate degree in media communication. He moved to Los Angeles in 2008, where he studied at the American Film Institute Conservatory.
Pogorzelski garnered critical acclaim for his work on the 2018 psychological horror film Hereditary, directed by Ari Aster. They would work together again on the 2019 film Midsommar, for which he received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography at the 35th Independent Spirit Awards. In 2021, he was the director of photography for the action film Nobody and the Hulu horror film False Positive. In 2023, he served as cinematographer for the DC Comics film Blue Beetle and once again worked with Ari Aster on his surrealist tragicomedy horror film Beau Is Afraid.
Filmography Feature films Year Title Director Notes 2015 Patchwork Tyler MacIntyre2016 We're Still Together Jesse Noah Klein Boost Darren Curtis 2017 Tragedy Girls Tyler MacIntyre 2018 Hereditary Ari Aster 2019 Midsommar Nominated - Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography2021 Nobody Ilya Naishuller False Positive John Lee Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon Ana Lily Amirpour 2022 Fresh Mimi Cave2023 Beau Is Afraid Ari Aster Blue Beetle Ángel Manuel Soto2025 Holland Mimi Cave The Woman in the Yard Jaume Collet-Serra 2027 Takashi Doscher Post-production
Television Year Title Director Notes 2020 Homemade Ana Lily Amirpour Episode "Ride It Out"
Short films Year Title Director Notes 2011 The Strange Thing About the Johnsons Ari Aster 2013 Munchausen
References
External links Pawel Pogorzelski at the Internet Movie Database