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CINEMATOGRAPHER · BORN 1981 · POLAND

Lukasz Zal

Austere black and white and fixed, unblinking frames.

Born
1981
Country
Poland
Field
Cinematographer
Lukasz Zal
Portrait: Djasiewicz, CC BY-SA 4.0

KNOWN FOR

  1. 2013Ida
  2. 2018Cold War
  3. 2023The Zone of Interest
  4. 2017Loving Vincent

WHY THEY MATTER

Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and winner of its Lumiere Award (2019); Variety Artisan Award at the Toronto International Film Festival (2023).

THE LIFE

Zal fell in love with cinema at sixteen at a filmmaking course in his home town of Koszalin. He studied photography at the Lodz Film School, graduating in 2007. He is best known for Ida, Loving Vincent, Cold War and The Zone of Interest. In 2019 he was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.

Source: Wikipedia

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