Alex Zakrzewski
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| years_active = 1995–present
| birth_name = Alexander Zakrzewski
| occupation = Television director, cinematographer
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Alexander Zakrzewski is an American television director and cinematographer. He has directed episodes of Cold Case, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Numb3rs and The Wire, as well as worked on several Tom Fontana produced shows including Homicide: Life on the Street, Oz and The Jury. Prior to his episodic work, he shot documentaries for independent film makers and the US Networks including several for Harpo Productions, where he developed a reputation for fluid hand held work.
For The Wire Zakrzewski directed Season 3, Episode 9, "Slapstick", in 2004.{{
cite episode
| title = Slapstick
| episode-link = Slapstick (The Wire episode)
| series = The Wire
| series-link = The Wire (TV series)
|author1= David Simon |author2=George P. Pelecanos
| network = HBO
| airdate = 2004-11-21
| season = 3
| number = 9}}{{
cite web
| year = 2004
| title = The Wire episode guide – episode 34 Slapstick
| publisher = HBO
| access-date = 2006-08-24
| url = http://www.hbo.com/thewire/episode/season2/episode34.shtml
}} He returned in 2006 to direct the ninth episode of the fourth season, "Know Your Place".{{cite episode
| title = Know Your Place
| episode-link = Know Your Place (The Wire episode)
| series = The Wire
| series-link = The Wire (TV series)
|author1= Ed Burns |author2=Richard Price |author3=Kia Corthron
| network = HBO
| airdate = 2004-11-12
| season = 4
| number = 09
| year = 2006
| title = Episode guide – episode 46 Know Your Place
| publisher = HBO
| access-date = 2006-11-15
| url = http://www.hbo.com/thewire/episode/season4/episode46.shtml
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061116204456/http://www.hbo.com/thewire/episode/season4/episode46.shtml| archive-date= November 16, 2006 | url-status= live}} Show runner David Simon, who first worked with Zakrzewski on Homicide: Life On the Street, praised Zakrzewski's work on The Wire{{'}}s restaurant scene between Howard "Bunny" Colvin and his students in the episode.{{Cite web|url=http://members.aol.com/TheWireHBO/exclusive4-5.html|title=3rd Exclusive David Simon interview|access-date=2007-11-05|publisher=The Wire at AOL|year=2003|author=Jim King}} Page 5
Filmography
=Director=
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! Year !! Show !! Episode !! Notes |
| 2025
|"The Kill Floor" |Season 4, episode 9 |
| rowspan=2|2024
|FBI |"Family Affair" |Season 6, episode 10 |
| FBI: International
|"Magpie" |Season 3, episode 3 |
| rowspan=4|2023
|FBI |"Obligation" |Season 5, episode 18 |
| rowspan=2|FBI: International
|"Indefensible" |Season 2, episode 13 |
| "BHITW"
|Season 2, episode 10 |
| Law & Order: Organized Crime
|"The Wild and the Innocent" |Season 3, episode 15 |
| rowspan=5|2022
| rowspan=2|Bosch: Legacy |"Message in a Bottle" |Season 1, episode 3 |
| "Plan B"
|Season 1, episode 5 |
| FBI: Most Wanted
|"Reaper" |Season 3, episode 18 |
| rowspan=2|FBI
|"Kayla" |Season 4, episode 21 |
| "Protective Details"
|Season 4, episode 16 |
| rowspan=6|2021
| rowspan=2|FBI: International |"Trying to Grab Smoke" |Season 1, episode 7 |
| "The Soul of Chess"
|Season 1, episode 4 |
| rowspan=4|Bosch
|"Brazen" |Season 7, episode 1 |
| "Sabes Demasiado"
|Season 7, episode 3 |
| "Jury's Still Out"
|Season 7, episode 5 |
| "Workaround"
|Season 7, episode 7 |
| rowspan=3|2020
|"Good People on Both Sides" |Season 6, episode 2 |
| rowspan=2|Stumptown
|"The Dex Files" |Season 1, episode 17 |
| "Reality Checks Don't Bounce"
|Season 1, episode 10 |
| rowspan=6|2019
| rowspan=2|Bosch |"Two Kinds of Truth" |Season 5, episode 1 |
| "Pill Shills"
|Season 5, episode 2 |
| FBI
|"Codename: Ferdinand" |Season 2, episode 8 |
| The InBetween
|"The Length Of The River" |Season 1, episode 6 |
| City on a Hill
|"From Injustice Came the Way to Describe Justice" |Season 1, episode 5 |
| Reef Break
|"Pilot" |Season 1, episode 1 |
| rowspan=5|2018
| rowspan=2|Bosch |"Devil in the House" |Season 4, episode 3 |
| "The Coping"
|Season 4, episode 5 |
| Daredevil
|Season 3, episode 8 |
| Animal Kingdom
|"The Center Will Hold" |Season 3, episode 3 |
| The Crossing
|"The Androcle Option" |Season 1, episode 10 |
| rowspan=3|2017
| rowspan=2|Bosch |"God Sees" |Season 3, episode 3 |
| "Blood Under the Bridge"
|Season 3, episode 5 |
| Mercy Street
|"Unknown Soldier" |Season 2, episode 5 |
| rowspan=4|2016
| rowspan=3|Bosch |"Trunk Music" |Season 2, episode 1 |
| "The Thing About Secrets"
|Season 2, episode 2 |
| "Follow the Money"
|Season 2, episode 8 |
| The Man in the High Castle
|"Loose Lips" |Season 2, episode 8 |
| rowspan=2|2015
| rowspan=2|Bosch |"Chapter Seven: Lost Boys" |Season 1, episode 7 |
| "Chapter Nine: The Magic Castle"
|Season 1, episode 9 |
| 2011
|"Santa Claus, Do You Ever Get the Blues?" |
| rowspan=3|2010
|"One Night of Sin" |Season 1, episode 5{{cite episode |title = One Night of Sin |series = Memphis Beat |series-link =List of Memphis Beat episodes |author = Angelina Burnett |network = TNT |airdate = July 20, 2010 |season = 1 |number = 5}} |
| The Good Wife
|"Bad" |Season 1, episode 13{{cite episode |title = Bad |series = The Good Wife |series-link = List of The Good Wife episodes |author = Ted Humphrey |network = CBS |airdate = February 2, 2010 |season = 1 |number = 13}} |
| Blue Bloods
|Season 1-14 | |
| rowspan=7|2008
|"Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadows" |Season 1, episode 4 |
| Swingtown
|"Running on Empty" |Season 1, episode 10 |
| rowspan=2|Numb3rs
|"High Exposure" |Season 5, episode 1 |
| "Pay to Play"
|Season 4, episode 17 |
| CSI: NY
|"Enough" |Season 5, episode 6 |
| rowspan=2|Cold Case
|"Shore Leave |Season 6, episode 5 |
| "Bad Reputation"
|Season 5, episode 16 |
| rowspan=10|2007
|Cane |"One Man Is an Island" |Season 1, episode 7 |
| Tell Me You Love Me
|"1.8" |Season 1, episode 8 |
| Smith
|"Six" |Season 1, episode 6 |
| The Unit
|"The Outsiders" |Season 2, episode 19 |
| rowspan=3|Cold Case
|"Thrill Kill" |Season 5, episode 1 |
| "Stalker"
|Season 4, episode 24 |
| "8:03 am"
|Season 4, episode 14 |
| rowspan=5|Numb3rs
|"Tabu" |Season 4, episode 8 |
| "Hollywood Homicide"
|Season 4, episode 2 |
| "Contenders"
|Season 3, episode 16 |
| rowspan=8|2006
|"Two Daughters" |Season 3, episode 2 |
| "Double Down"
|Season 2, episode 13 |
| rowspan=3|Cold Case
|"The War at Home" |Season 4, episode 2 |
| "Death Penalty: Final Appeal"
|Season 3, episode 20 |
| "Sanctuary"
|Season 3, episode 15 |
| The Unit
|"Off the Meter" |Season 2, episode 7 |
| The Wire
|Season 4, episode 8 |
| Saved
|"Cowboys & Independents" |Season 1, episode 6 |
| rowspan=12|2005
|rowspan=2|Numb3rs |"Judgment Call" |Season 2, episode 1 |
| "Counterfeit Reality"
|Season 1, episode 7 |
| The Wire
|"Slapstick" |Season 3, episode 9 |
| E-Ring
|"Christmas Story" |Season 1, episode 11 |
| Close to Home
|"Double Life Wife |Season 1, episode 7 |
| rowspan=2|Law & Order: Criminal Intent
|"Unchained" |Season 5, episode 4 |
| "My Good Name"
|Season 4, episode 22 |
| Wanted
|Unknown episodes | |
| CSI: NY
|"Recycling" |Season 1, episode 12 |
| rowspan=5|Cold Case
|"Committed" |Season 3, episode 5 |
| "Creatures of the Night"
|Season 2, episode 21 |
| "Revolution"
|Season 2, episode 14 |
| rowspan=7|2004
|"The House" |Season 2, episode 4 |
| "Resolutions"
|Season 1, episode 18 |
| CSI: NY
|"Three Generations Are Enough" |Season 1, episode 8 |
| The Jury
|"Last Rites" |Season 1, episode 5 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
|"Criminal" | |
| rowspan=5|Law & Order: Criminal Intent
|"Eosphoros" |Season 4, episode 5 |
| "Fico Di Capo"
|Season 3, episode 19 |
| rowspan=10|2003
|"Pravda" |Season 3, episode 5 |
| "The Gift"
|Season 3, episode 3 |
| "Con-text"
|Season 2, episode 10 |
| 10-8: Officers on Duty
|"A Hard Day's Night" |Season 1, episode 2 |
| The Handler
|Unknown episodes | |
| Oz
|"Exeunt Omnes" | |
| rowspan=7|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
|"Abomination" | |
| "Futility"
| |
| "Appearances"
| |
| "Pandora"
| |
| rowspan=8|2002
|"Disappearing Acts" | |
| "Execution"
| |
| "Protection"
| |
| rowspan=2|Oz
|"Impotence" | |
| "Visitation"
| |
| Boomtown
|"Coyote" | |
| Hack
|Unknown episodes | |
| Crossing Jordan
|"Acts of Mercy" | |
| rowspan=3|2001
|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit |"Scourge" | |
| Oz
|"Medium Rare" | |
| The Agency
|Unknown episodes | |
| 2000
|Unknown episodes | |
=Cinematographer=
- Crime & Punishment (2002)
- The Beat (2000)
- Homicide: Life on the Street (1995–1999)
- Oz (1997)
References
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External links
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