Alexander Gruszynski

Alexander Gruszynski, A.S.C.
Born	(1950-06-19) June 19, 1950 Warsaw, Poland
Occupation	Cinematographer

Alexander Gruszynski (born June 19, 1950) is a Polish-American cinematographer, actor and film director. He attended the National Film School of Denmark, Copenhagen.

In 1985 Gruszynski moved to America and is now a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.

Filmography

Feature film

Cinematographer

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1979	Achilleshælen er mit våben	Jytte Rex	With Dirk Brüel and Jytte Rex
1980	Next Stop Paradise	Jon Bang Carlsen
1981	Belladonna	Jytte Rex
1983	Udenrigskorrespondenten	Jørgen Leth
1984	Almost You	Adam Brooks
	The Oasis	Sparky Greene
1985	Twisted	Adam Holender
	Ofelia kommer til byen	Jon Bang Carlsen
1987	Promised Land	Michael Hoffman	With Ueli Steiger
	Under Cover	John Stockwell
1988	Time Out	Jon Bang Carlsen
	Bad Dreams	Andrew Fleming
1990	Tremors	Ron Underwood
1991	Stone Cold	Craig R. Baxley
1993	The Russian Singer	Morten Arnfred
1994	Threesome	Andrew Fleming
	I Like It Like That	Darnell Martin
	The Pagemaster	Joe Johnston	Live-action scenes
1995	Angus	Patrick Read Johnson
1996	The Craft	Andrew Fleming
	Maximum Risk	Ringo Lam
1998	54	Mark Christopher
1999	Dick	Andrew Fleming
2001	The Brothers	Gary Hardwick
	Prison Song	Darnell Martin
	Two Can Play That Game	Mark Brown
2003	Deliver Us from Eva	Gary Hardwick
	The In-Laws	Andrew Fleming
2006	Five Fingers	Laurence Malkin
2007	Nancy Drew	Andrew Fleming
	This Christmas	Preston A. Whitmore II
2008	Hamlet 2	Andrew Fleming
2009	Madea Goes to Jail	Tyler Perry
	I Can Do Bad All by Myself
2010	Kidnappet	Vibeke Muasya
	For Colored Girls	Tyler Perry
2012	Good Deeds
	Madea's Witness Protection
2013	Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor
	Peeples	Tina Gordon Chism
	A Madea Christmas	Tyler Perry
2014	Barefoot	Andrew Fleming
	The Single Moms Club	Tyler Perry
2018	Ideal Home	Andrew Fleming
	Music, War and Love	Martha Coolidge
2022	Folklore Americana	Nell Teare	Short film

Director

• Black Dawn (2005) (Direct-to-video)

Television

TV movies

Year	Title	Director
1985	Surviving: A Family in Crisis	Waris Hussein
	Murder: By Reason of Insanity	Anthony Page
1986	Mafia Princess	Robert L. Collins
	A Fight for Jenny	Gilbert Moses
1987	The Last Innocent Man	Roger Spottiswoode
1989	Third Degree Burn
1990	By Dawn's Early Light	Jack Sholder
1991	Cast a Deadly Spell	Martin Campbell
1995	Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long	Paul Monash

TV series

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1986	Everyman	Jon Bang Carlsen	Episode "Phoenix Bird: The Tale of a Warrior"
1989	The Women of Brewster Place	Donna Deitch	Miniseries
2000	Grosse Pointe	Andrew Fleming	Episode "Pilot"
2009	Wallander	Charlotte Brändström	Episode "The Revenge"
2014	Bad Judge	Andrew Fleming Jake Szymanski Linda Mendoza	4 episodes
2018	Insatiable	Andrew Fleming	Episode "Pilot"
	Conspiracy of Silence	Charlotte Brändström	8 episodes
2020	Emily in Paris	Andrew Fleming Peter Lauer	3 episodes

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Title	Result
1995	American Society of Cinematographers	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography	Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long	Nominated
	CableACE Award	Best Cinematography in a Movie or Miniseries		Nominated
1977	Bodil Awards	Best Cinematographer	Jenny	Won
1993	Camerimage	Golden Frog	The Russian Singer	Nominated
1994	Independent Spirit Awards	Best Cinematography	I Like It Like That	Nominated
2017	Cleveland International Film Festival	Jury Award	Tripolar	Nominated

External links

• Alexander Gruszynski at the Internet Encyclopedia of Cinematographers
• Alexander Gruszynski at IMDb
• Alexander Gruszynski at AllMovie