- Born
- Birth nameJanusz Zygmunt Kaminski
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Janusz Kaminski is a Polish cinematographer and film director. He has established a partnership with Steven Spielberg, working as a cinematographer on his movies since 1993. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Schindler's List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998).
His other film's as an cinematographer includes Amistad (1997), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007), War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012), Bridge of Spies (2015), The BFG (2016), and Ready Player One (2018).
- IMDb mini biography by: Pedro Borges
- SpousesRebecca Rankin(January 12, 2004 - 2010) (divorced)Holly Hunter(May 20, 1995 - December 21, 2001) (divorced)
- Uses fog and intense light streaming through windows to create shafts of light
- Pushes film stock to achieve heavy grain
- Heavy pro-mist filters to bloom around highlights
- Cinematographer of Steven Spielberg's movies ever since Schindler's List (1993)..
- He is the cinematographer for most of Steven Spielberg's movies.
- After Schindler's List (1993), he started recruiting Columbia College Chicago undergraduate students to work on his and Steven Spielberg's films as production assistants and grips in the camera department.
- His first name is pronounced "Ya-nush". A common misconception is that its pronunciation is the same as the mythical figure Janus.
- Took up film making as a profession at Columbia College after immigrating to the U.S. at 21.
- Roomed with Mauro Fiore when both were training as cinematographers. Along with friends Wally Pfister and Phedon Papamichael, all four apprenticed as cinematographers on various Roger Corman low budget films in the early days of their careers.
- Truly, when you look at a horse, there are no emotions in its eyes. They don't blink, they don't smile and they don't get sad. They just get tired.
- I think there is more to cinematography than talking about cameras and film stock. It's like talking to a costume designer about what kind of sewing machine they use.
- Cinematography is the art of light and shadows, visual metaphors and nuance. [2018]
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