
Person
Pawel Pogorzelski
Camera · Born 1979-07-30 · Wloclawek, Poland
Biography
Pawel Pogorzelski (born 1979) is a Polish-Canadian cinematographer, known for his work with director Ari Aster. Pogorzelski was born in 1979 in Włocławek, Poland but moved to Montreal with his family when he was 2. He studied at Concordia University, receiving an undergraduate degree in media communication. He moved to Los Angeles in 2008, where he studied at the American Film Institute Conservatory. Pogorzelski garnered critical acclaim for his work on the 2018 psychological horror film Hereditary, directed by Ari Aster. They would work together again on the 2019 film Midsommar, for which he received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography at the 35th Independent Spirit Awards. In 2021, he was the director of photography for the action film Nobody and the Hulu horror film False Positive. In 2023, he served as cinematographer for the DC Comics film Blue Beetle and once again worked with Ari Aster on his surrealist tragicomedy/horror Beau Is Afraid.
Known for

Midsommar
Director of Photography

Hereditary
Director of Photography

Nobody
Director of Photography

Blue Beetle
Director of Photography

Fresh
Director of Photography

Beau Is Afraid
Director of Photography

Homemade
Director of Photography

The Woman in the Yard
Director of Photography

Holland
Director of Photography

Tragedy Girls
Director of Photography
Filmography
- 2027KaroshiDirector of Photography
- 2026Lilla MarieExecutive Producer
- 2025The Woman in the YardDirector of Photography
- 2025HollandDirector of Photography
- 2023Blue BeetleDirector of Photography
- 2023Beau Is AfraidDirector of Photography
- 2022Mona Lisa and the Blood MoonDirector of Photography
- 2022Horror Anthology Volume 1Director of Photography
- 2022FreshDirector of Photography
- 2021False PositiveDirector of Photography
- 2021Goodnight DarlingDirector of Photography
- 2021NobodyDirector of Photography
- 2020Ride It OutProducer
- 2020HomemadeDirector of Photography
- 2019MidsommarDirector of Photography
- 2019Home VideosDirector of Photography
- 2018HereditaryDirector of Photography
- 2017Tragedy GirlsDirector of Photography
- 2017BoostDirector of Photography
- 2017The ComedianDirector of Photography
- 2016We're Still TogetherDirector of Photography
- 2016iFeelDirector of Photography
- 2015SlipsDirector of Photography
- 2015PatchworkDirector of Photography
- 2014The Baddest PartCinematography
- 2014The 10 Year PlanDirector of Photography
- 2014BasicallyDirector of Photography
- 2013Defending SantaCamera Operator
- 2013MunchausenDirector of Photography
- 2011Show MeFirst Assistant Camera
- 2011The Strange Thing About the JohnsonsDirector of Photography
- 2006On the Trail of Igor RizziL'ouvrier polonais
- 2005SigmaDirector of Photography
- —Becoming CapaDirector of Photography
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