Andrzej Sekuła

{{short description|Polish cinematographer and film director (born 1954)}}

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Andrzej Sekuła (born 19 December 1954) is a Polish cinematographer and film director. He was cinematographer on Quentin Tarantino's films Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction.{{Cite web |title=Andrzej Sekula {{!}} Cinematographer, Director, Camera and Electrical Department |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0782900/ |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}

Career

Sekuła was born in Wrocław, Poland in 1954.

He began as a still photographer for a Polish film studio, and served his compulsory conscription in the Polish army as a film cameraman, shooting army exercises that were organized for people like Soviet president Leonid Brezhnev and Romanian president Nicolae Ceausescu. He described the shots as good training and like that out of Apocalypse Now. He worked for a while as a television documentary cameraman.

He became interested in cinematography after seeing the work of Oswald Morris in Moulin Rouge and Fiddler on the Roof. He decided to move to England to study at the National Film School under the tutelage of Morris from 1985 to 1988. After that he shot commercials around Europe.

Yearning for Hollywood, he emigrated to Los Angeles in the late 1980s. After working on several short films, he shot his first feature-length theatrical film in the form of Quentin Tarantino's directorial debut Reservoir Dogs.{{cite news |last1=Pizzello |first1=Stephen |title=From Rags to Reservoir Dogs |url=https://theasc.com/articles/flashback-reservoir-dogs |access-date=1 May 2023 |work=American Cinematographer |date=6 April 2018}} He would go on to shoot Tarantino's 1994 Best Picture-nominated Pulp Fiction.{{cite news |title=World-famous cinematographer in Turkey to shoot film for TRT |url=https://www.dailysabah.com/life/2015/09/01/world-famous-cinematographer-in-turkey-to-shoot-film-for-trt |access-date=1 May 2023 |work=Daily Sabah |date=1 September 2015}} He made his directorial debut with the 1998 thriller Fait Accompli. Other films shot by him include American Psycho, Hackers, Vacancy, and Armored.

Filmography

Short film

class="wikitable"
Year ! Title ! Director ! Notes
1989 \| Catch \| Hossein Amini \|
rowspan=2\|1991 \| The Brooch Pin and the Sinful Clasp \| Joanna Woodward \| With Cathy Greenhalgh
Revolver \| Chester Dent \|
1995 \| The Man from Hollywood \| Quentin Tarantino \| Segment of Four Rooms
2002 \| Falling in Love in Pongo Ponga \| James Woods \|
2015 \| Ms. Long Legs \| Milo Addica \|
2023 \| Purring Metal \| Hugo Comte \|

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Year

! Title

! Director

! Notes

1989

| Catch

| Hossein Amini

rowspan=2|1991

| The Brooch Pin and the Sinful Clasp

| Joanna Woodward

| With Cathy Greenhalgh

Revolver

| Chester Dent

1995

| The Man from Hollywood

| Quentin Tarantino

| Segment of Four Rooms

2002

| Falling in Love in Pongo Ponga

| James Woods

2015

| Ms. Long Legs

| Milo Addica

2023

| Purring Metal

| Hugo Comte

Feature film

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Year ! Title ! Director ! Notes
1992 \| Reservoir Dogs \| Quentin Tarantino \|
rowspan=3\|1993 \| Three of Hearts \| Yurek Bogayevicz \|
Bank Robber \| Nick Mead \|
Damascus \| Becky Johnston \|
rowspan=4\|1994 \| Sleep with Me \| Rory Kelly \|
Across the Moon \| Lisa Gottlieb \|
Pulp Fiction \| Quentin Tarantino \|
Oleanna \| David Mamet \|
1995 \| Hackers \| Iain Softley \|
rowspan=2\|1997 \| A Further Gesture \| Robert Dornhelm \| With Zoran Djordjevic
Stand-ins \| Harvey Keith \|
rowspan=2\|1998 \| Cousin Bette \| Des McAnuff \|
Fait Accompli \| Himself \|
2000 \| American Psycho \| Mary Harron \|
2002 \| Cube 2: Hypercube \|rowspan=2\|Himself \|
2006 \| The Pleasure Drivers \| With Zoran Djordjevic
2007 \| Vacancy \| Nimród Antal \|
2008 \| Vice \| Raul Inglis \|
2009 \| Armored \| Nimród Antal \|
2010 \| Trust \| David Schwimmer \|
2012 \| For the Love of Money \| Ellie Kanner \|
2014 \| Rage \| Paco Cabezas \|
2016 \| I Am Wrath \| Chuck Russell \|
rowspan=2\|2016 \| Shanghai Wang \| Sherwood Hu \|
USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage \| Mario Van Peebles \|
2018 \| Speed Kills \| Jodi Scurfield \|
2020 \| Shanghai Wang: Luan Shi Jia Ren \| Sherwood Hu \|
2022 \| What the Fish! \| Alyse McCamish \|
rowspan=2\|2023 \| The Ritual Killer \| George Gallo \|
Place of Bones \| Audrey Cummings \|

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Year

! Title

! Director

! Notes

1992

| Reservoir Dogs

| Quentin Tarantino

rowspan=3|1993

| Three of Hearts

| Yurek Bogayevicz

Bank Robber

| Nick Mead

Damascus

| Becky Johnston

rowspan=4|1994

| Sleep with Me

| Rory Kelly

Across the Moon

| Lisa Gottlieb

Pulp Fiction

| Quentin Tarantino

Oleanna

| David Mamet

1995

| Hackers

| Iain Softley

rowspan=2|1997

| A Further Gesture

| Robert Dornhelm

| With Zoran Djordjevic

Stand-ins

| Harvey Keith

rowspan=2|1998

| Cousin Bette

| Des McAnuff

Fait Accompli

| Himself

2000

| American Psycho

| Mary Harron

2002

| Cube 2: Hypercube

|rowspan=2|Himself

2006

| The Pleasure Drivers

| With Zoran Djordjevic

2007

| Vacancy

| Nimród Antal

2008

| Vice

| Raul Inglis

2009

| Armored

| Nimród Antal

2010

| Trust

| David Schwimmer

2012

| For the Love of Money

| Ellie Kanner

2014

| Rage

| Paco Cabezas

2016

| I Am Wrath

| Chuck Russell

rowspan=2|2016

| Shanghai Wang

| Sherwood Hu

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage

| Mario Van Peebles

2018

| Speed Kills

| Jodi Scurfield

2020

| Shanghai Wang: Luan Shi Jia Ren

| Sherwood Hu

2022

| What the Fish!

| Alyse McCamish

rowspan=2|2023

| The Ritual Killer

| George Gallo

Place of Bones

| Audrey Cummings

TV movies

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Year ! Title ! Director
rowspan=2\|1995 \| Original Sins \| Jan Egleson
Body Language \| George Case

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Year

! Title

! Director

rowspan=2|1995

| Original Sins

| Jan Egleson

Body Language

| George Case

Awards and nominations

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Year ! Award ! Category ! Title ! Result
1994 \| BAFTA Awards \| Best Cinematography \| Pulp Fiction \| {{nom}}
2000 \| Camerimage \| Golden Frog \| American Psycho \| {{nom}}
rowspan=2\|2003 \|rowspan=2\|Fantasporto \| Critic's Award \|rowspan=2\|Cube 2: Hypercube \| {{won}}
Best Film Award \| {{nom}}

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Year

! Award

! Category

! Title

! Result

1994

| BAFTA Awards

| Best Cinematography

| Pulp Fiction

| {{nom}}

2000