Pawel Pogorzelski

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Pawel Pogorzelski

Camera 47 July 30, 1979

Wloclawek, Poland

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 Mon…

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Hereditary

Hereditary

7.3 2018 Movie
Nobody

Nobody

7.9 2021 Movie
Midsommar

Midsommar

7.1 2019 Movie
Blue Beetle

Blue Beetle

6.6 2023 Movie
Fresh

Fresh

6.9 2022 Movie
Beau Is Afraid

Beau Is Afraid

6.7 2023 Movie
Holland

Holland

5.4 2025 Movie
The Woman in the Yard

The Woman in the Yard

5.6 2025 Movie
The Strange Thing About the Johnsons

The Strange Thing About the Johnsons

6.8 2011 Movie
Tragedy Girls

Tragedy Girls

6.0 2017 Movie
The 10 Year Plan

The 10 Year Plan

6.8 2014 Movie
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon

Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon

6.4 2022 Movie

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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.

Filmography

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  1. 2027
    Karoshi

    Movie Director of Photography

  2. 2026
    Lilla Marie

    Movie Executive Producer

  3. 2025
    The Woman in the Yard

    Movie Director of Photography

  4. 2025
    Holland

    Movie Director of Photography

  5. 2023
    Blue Beetle

    Movie Director of Photography

  6. 2023
    Beau Is Afraid

    Movie Director of Photography

  7. 2022
    Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon

    Movie Director of Photography

  8. 2022
    Horror Anthology Volume 1

    Movie Director of Photography

  9. 2022
    Fresh

    Movie Director of Photography

  10. 2021
    False Positive

    Movie Director of Photography

  11. 2021
    Goodnight Darling

    Movie Director of Photography

  12. 2021
    Nobody

    Movie Director of Photography

  13. 2020
    Homemade

    TV show Director of Photography

  14. 2020
    Ride It Out

    Movie Producer

  15. 2019
    Midsommar

    Movie Director of Photography

  16. 2019
    Home Videos

    Movie Director of Photography

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  1. 2018
    Hereditary

    Movie Director of Photography

  2. 2017
    Tragedy Girls

    Movie Director of Photography

  3. 2017
    Boost

    Movie Director of Photography

  4. 2017
    The Comedian

    Movie Director of Photography

  5. 2016
    We're Still Together

    Movie Director of Photography

  6. 2016
    iFeel

    Movie Director of Photography

  7. 2016
    Code Blue: A Love Story

    Movie Cinematography

  8. 2015
    Slips

    Movie Director of Photography

  9. 2015
    Patchwork

    Movie Director of Photography

  10. 2014
    The Baddest Part

    Movie Cinematography

  11. 2014
    The 10 Year Plan

    Movie Director of Photography

  12. 2014
    Basically

    Movie Director of Photography

  13. 2013
    Defending Santa

    Movie Camera Operator

  14. 2013
    Munchausen

    Movie Director of Photography

  15. 2011
    Show Me

    Movie First Assistant Camera

  16. 2011
    The Strange Thing About the Johnsons

    Movie Director of Photography

  17. 2006
    On the Trail of Igor Rizzi

    Movie L'ouvrier polonais

  18. 2005
    Sigma

    Movie Director of Photography

  19. —
    Becoming Capa

    Movie Director of Photography