FILM DIRECTOR

Janusz Kamiński

1959 - Today

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Janusz Zygmunt Kamiński (Polish: [ˌjanuʂ kaˈmiɲskʲi]; born June 27, 1959) is a Polish cinematographer and director. He has established a partnership with Steven Spielberg, working as a cinematographer on his films since 1993, winning the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Spielberg's holocaust drama Schindler's List and the World War II epic Saving Private Ryan (1998). He has also received nominations for Amistad (1997), The Diving Bell & the Butterfly (2007), War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012), and West Side Story (2021). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Janusz Kamiński has received more than 1,645,353 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Janusz Kamiński is the 1,010th most popular film director (down from 884th in 2019), the 976th most popular biography from Poland (down from 852nd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Polish Film Director.

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  • 31

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  • 3.85

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Janusz Kamiński ranks 1,010 out of 2,041. Before him are Randal Kleiser, Barry Ackroyd, Shinya Tsukamoto, Chris Wedge, Preston Sturges, and Ruth Orkin. After him are Randall Wallace, Med Hondo, Larry Cohen, John Alcott, Dominic Sena, and Pyotr Todorovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Janusz Kamiński ranks 237. Before him are Steven Erikson, Erwin Olaf, Glenn Hysén, Dominique Dunne, Marco Antonio Solís, and Peter Molyneux. After him are Ana Torroja, Victoire Tomegah Dogbé, Iakoba Italeli, Zeruya Shalev, César Évora, and James LoMenzo.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Janusz Kamiński ranks 976 out of 1,694. Before him are Michał Heller (1936), Friedrich von Adelung (1768), Adam Przeworski (1940), Sofiya Nalepinska-Boychuk (1884), Hanna Krall (1935), and Sam Spiegel (1901). After him are Jerzy Gorgoń (1949), Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (1621), Johannes Block (1894), Joseph Schröter (1837), John Shalikashvili (1936), and Karol Kurpiński (1785).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Poland

Among film directors born in Poland, Janusz Kamiński ranks 23. Before him are Wojciech Has (1925), Rudolph Maté (1898), Boris Kaufman (1906), Max Fleischer (1883), Wanda Jakubowska (1907), and Dariusz Wolski (1956). After him are Zbigniew Rybczyński (1949), Kazimierz Kutz (1929), Juliusz Machulski (1955), Paweł Edelman (1958), Andrzej Sekuła (1954), and Piotr Szulkin (1950).

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Filmography

Schindler's List
Director
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
Dec 15o 19938.565 / 10
Saving Private Ryan
Director
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Jul 24o 19988.217 / 10
Catch Me If You Can
Director
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
Dec 16o 20027.977 / 10