Mirosław Baszak

{{Short description|Canadian cinematographer}}

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Mirosław Baszak is a Polish-born Canadian cinematographer.{{cite web|title=Mirosław Baszak|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/80959/Miroslaw-Baszak|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411134944/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/80959/Miroslaw-Baszak|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide|archive-date=2013-04-11}} Baszak's work includes Pontypool,{{cite web|work=The New York Times|title=A Surprise Is in Store for This Shock Jock|author=Stephen Holden|date=2009-05-28|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/movies/29pont.html?_r=0}} Trailer Park Boys: The Movie, Land of the Dead and The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day.

Baszak was born in Poland, where he acted and worked in theatre. He also studied history and theory at University of Łódź. In early 1980s he emigrated to Germany and then in 1983 to Canada. There he attended Ryerson Polytechnical Institute's film course in 1984. Since then he collaborated on over 30 Canadian and American feature films, as well as many commercials and music videos.