Pawel Pogorzelski
Canadian cinematographer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pawel Pogorzelski (born 1979) is a Polish-Canadian[1] 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.[2] He studied at Concordia University, receiving an undergraduate degree in media communication.[3][4] He moved to Los Angeles in 2008,[2] where he studied at the American Film Institute Conservatory.[4]
Pogorzelski garnered critical acclaim for his work on the 2018 psychological horror film Hereditary, directed by Ari Aster.[5] 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.[6] In 2021, he was the director of photography for the action film Nobody[7] and the Hulu horror film False Positive.[8] In 2023, he served as cinematographer for the DC Comics film Blue Beetle[9] and once again worked with Ari Aster on his surrealist tragicomedy/horror Beau Is Afraid.[10]