Zbigniew Alexander Bodzek

Funktion	Kamera, Licht
Funktion Präzisierung	Videokamera (DoP), Filmkamera (DoP), Schwenker (camera operator), Chefbeleuchtung, Beleuchtung
Funktion (Anmerkungen)	Filmkamera (DoP), Schwenker (camera operator)
E-mail	zbigniewSPAMFILTER@letmesee.productions
Website	Company's website
Telefon	076 814 00 44
Sprachen	English, Polish, A2 German and French
Wohnort	Zürich, Breslau
Land	Schweiz
Wohnmöglichkeiten

Kurz-Vita

During my 17 years of education and work experience, I have held various roles along the filmmaking pipeline to perfect my knowledge about the whole production process. I have always been excited to learn new things and teach them back (I give classes at the Wroclaw Film School). In Poland I ran my own company Let Me See Productions. I have been constantly expressing myself creatively by doing my own movies or working on film sets.

Most of the time I work as a DP. To somehow give an impression of who I am and what I can do, I will summarize some bits: I was nominated to festivals (Toronto, New York) for a short feature On My Way, and awarded for short Neither Peace nor Quietness. I did a lot of music videos, ads, and a few documentaries. Recent films I produced (worked there as a creative director and a cinematographer) have been screened on Mezzo TV satellites in 60 countries, and on Polish national television. In the last gig, I was DP for one of the largest events in the classical music industry at the International Classical Music Awards, partnering with Deutsche Welle and ICMA team. I was working as a multi-camera director and a broadcast camera operator during classical music and sport streaming, live transmission and recordings. I had an extraordinary opportunity to work on feature film sets with renowned directors like Denis Villeneuve, Pawłowski, Jan Jakub Kolski among others, to learn the feature film production process.

My specialty is vast experience with any kind of high-end lighting equipment, from the big Arri HMI units through stage moving heads up to small, self-designed practicals. I work efficiently by using the right tools for the job. Whenever it’s needed I’m creating pre-vis in 3d or CAD software, planning electric routes and power demands, rigging plans, and realistic schedules. I was programming and designing lighting for huge areas, working also on stages. If necessary I am able to improvise quickly to find the best possible solution and get a great shot. My expertise has grown also in top-level shows. As a Head of the Lighting and Video Department I worked for European Film Awards 2016, World Games 2017, Akram Khan Until the Lions, and more than 1000 concerts, events, operas, performances), as a Lighting Designer (Che Malambo, SHMIB, Zbigniew Preisner, Hugh Masekela, Eivind Aarset Quartet, Ron Carter, Macy Gray, John Zorn, Cecile McLorin Salvant, Bobo Stenson Trio, Leszek Możdżer, Gregory Porter, Wynton Marsalis, Bobby McFerrin, Raz Dwa Trzy, Jesse Cook and many more).

Each of these roles helped me to become a more aware cinematographer which is my main creative direction.

Ausbildung

Jahr	Ausbildung
2006 - 2012	University of Wroclaw, Physics and Astronomy Department
2011 - 2012	Film Stunt School of Marek Solek “13”, stuntman
2016 - 2019	Wroclaw FIlm School, directing and cinematography
2017 - 2022	Filmmaking Academy of Shane Hurlbut ASC, cinematography, lighting, camera assisting

Film (Auswahl)

Jahr	Titel	Regisseur	Funktion	Produktion
2011	Alive in Africa	Zbigniew Alexander Bodzek	Director-DoP	Jasne.
2013	Babel	Michał Dawidowicz	DoP	FilmOwca Productions
2014	Lost Martial Arts	Tomasz Lewandowski	Gaffer	Paralaksa
2015	Thabarwa	Zbigniew Alexander Bodzek	Director-DoP	Jasne.
2016	Philosophy of Diving	Zbigniew Alexander Bodzek	Director-DoP	Jasne.
2016	A knife in the butter	Mikołaj Kałużny	Lighting	Wroclaw Film School
2017	Return	Piotr Rozbicki	Camera operator	Wroclaw Film School
2017	Dark Triangle	Tatiana Zdaniewicz	Camera operator	Wroclaw Film School
2018	Mazel Tov	Zbigniew Alexander Bodzek	Director-DoP	Jasne.
2018	Stronghold of Silberberg	Zbigniew Alexander Bodzek, Michał Dawidowicz	Co-director, DoP	Jasne.
2018	Andre Tire	Aniela Astrid Gabryel	2nd director	KOI studio
2018	Revenants	Paweł Passini	Head of the lighting department	National Forum of Music
2018	Neither peace nor quietness	Zbigniew Alexander Bodzek, Michał Dawidowicz	Co-director, DoP	National Forum of Music
2020	Kolisko	Michał Dawidowicz	Editor, camera 2nd unit	PISF
2020	On My Way	Elwira Iwanowska	DoP	Wroclaw Film School
2020	Weda	Michał Dawidowicz	DoP	Jasne.
2020	Karmina	Wiktor Ejsmond	Camera operator	Wroclaw Film School
2020	Chants de Noel	Bożena Bujnicka	LD / DoP	National Forum of Music
2021	Bruckner and Poulenc	Bożena Bujnicka	LD / DoP	National Forum of Music
2021	The Republic of Children	Jan Jakub Kolski	Stuntman	Wytwórnia Doświadczalna
2021	Passion of st. John	Bożena Bujnicka	LD / DoP	National Forum of Music
2021	Missa dei Patris	Bożena Bujnicka	LD / DoP	National Forum of Music
2021	Piazzolla	Bożena Bujnicka	LD / DoP	National Forum of Music
2021	Completorium	Bożena Bujnicka	LD / DoP	National Forum of Music
2022	Rappresentatione di anima et di corpo	Erika Rombaldoni	LD / DoP	MEZZO
2022	Il Viaggio dei Bassano,		LD / DoP	MEZZO
2023	Jefte	Bożena Bujnicka	DoP	National Forum of Music
2023	Różne drogi do świętości	Aniela Astrid Gabryel	Budowa dekoracji	PWSFTiT Łódź

Auszeichnungen

Jahr	Auszeichnung
2018	Half finalist · Los Angeles CineFest, Los Angeles, USA
2018	Finalist in Experimental · SHORT TO THE POINT, Bucharest, Romania
2018	Award in category „Super Short” · Alternative Film Festival, Picciano, Italy
2018	Award in category Best Experimental · Feel the Reel International Film Festival, Glasgow, UK
2020	Award of Excellence · CANADA SHORTS Film Festival
2020	Winner 2nd Award · The World of Maklak Film Festival
2020	Winner in category Best Short Film · FLOW Film Festival
2021	Honourable Mention · Asia South East Short Film Festival
2022	National broadcast release, TVP Kultura
2022	International Broadcast release, MEZZO