Miroslaw Baszak
Encyclopedia
Mirosław Baszak is a Polish-born
Canadian
cinematographer
. His work includes 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 University
'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.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
cinematographer
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
. His work includes Trailer Park Boys: The Movie, Land of the Dead
Land of the Dead
For the disambiguation page on anything else on this topic, come here to Land of the Dead .Land of the Dead is a 2005 horror film written and directed by George A...
and The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day is the 2009 sequel to 1999's The Boondock Saints. Written and directed by original Boondock Saints creator Troy Duffy, the film stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus, who return to their roles, as well as several of the other actors from the first...
.
Baszak was born in Poland, where he acted and worked in theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
. He also studied history and theory at University of Łódź. In early 1980s he emigrated to Germany and then in 1983 to Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. There he attended Ryerson University
Ryerson University
Ryerson University is a public research university located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its urban campus is adjacent to Yonge-Dundas Square located at the busiest intersection in Downtown Toronto. The majority of its buildings are in the blocks northeast of the square in Toronto's Garden...
'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.
Recognition
- 2008 Genie Award for Best Achievement in CinematographyGenie Award for Best Achievement in CinematographyThe Genie Award for Best Achievement in Cinematography is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian film cinematography.-16th Genie Awards:* Thomas Burstyn, Magic in the Water* Alain Dostie, Le Confessional...
- Shake Hands with the Devil - Nominee - 1999 Canadian Society of Cinematographers CSC Award for Best Cinematography in a TV series - Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Families - Nominated