Hubert Taczanowski
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Hubert Taczanowski, born 1960 in Poland
, son of Stanisław and Maria (née Grabska) Taczanowski and a member of the former magnate
family Taczanowski
from Poznań
, is a US and UK-based motion picture cinematographer
. A graduate of Cinematography
at the famed Lodz Film School in Poland, Taczanowski has been the Director of Photography on nineteen feature films and two television series. His films have been screened at the Sundance, Venice, Toronto, Edinburgh and Berlin Film Festivals. Additionally, he has shot over twenty music videos for Sony Music, Atlantic Records, EMI and Chrysalis. In January 2007 he married British
costume designer
Stephanie Collie. He resides in New York and London.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, son of Stanisław and Maria (née Grabska) Taczanowski and a member of the former magnate
Magnate
Magnate, from the Late Latin magnas, a great man, itself from Latin magnus 'great', designates a noble or other man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or other qualities...
family Taczanowski
Taczanowski
Taczanowski is the surname of a Polish szlachta family from Poznań bearing the Jastrzębiec Coat of Arms and the motto: Plus penser que dire. They took their name from their estate Taczanów in the 15th century and by the 19th century were among the leading magnates in partitioned-Poland...
from Poznań
Poznan
Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...
, is a US and UK-based motion picture cinematographer
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
. A graduate of Cinematography
Cinematography
Cinematography is the making of lighting and camera choices when recording photographic images for cinema. It is closely related to the art of still photography...
at the famed Lodz Film School in Poland, Taczanowski has been the Director of Photography on nineteen feature films and two television series. His films have been screened at the Sundance, Venice, Toronto, Edinburgh and Berlin Film Festivals. Additionally, he has shot over twenty music videos for Sony Music, Atlantic Records, EMI and Chrysalis. In January 2007 he married British
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
costume designer
Costume Designer
A costume designer or costume mistress/master is a person whose responsibility is to design costumes for a film or stage production. He or she is considered an important part of the "production team", working alongside the director, scenic and lighting designers as well as the sound designer. The...
Stephanie Collie. He resides in New York and London.
Cinematographer
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