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Alexander Gruszynski

Born June 19, 1950 · Warsaw, Poland (age 76)

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexander Gruszynski, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Maximum Risk

Maximum Risk · 1996

MovieActionThriller

Alain Moreau's investigation into the death of his identical twin brother leads him from the beauty of the south of France to the mean streets of New York City and into the arms of his brother's beautiful girlfriend. Pursued by ruthless Russian mobsters and renegade FBI agents, the duo race against time to solve his brother's murder and expose an international conspiracy.

The Craft

The Craft · 1996

MovieHorrorDrama

A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.

Tremors

Tremors · 1990

MovieComedyHorror

Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground.

Nancy Drew

Nancy Drew · 2007

MovieFamilyAdventure

Intrepid teenage private eye Nancy Drew heads to Tinseltown with her father to investigate the unsolved murder of a movie star in this old-fashioned whodunit based on Carolyn Keene's popular series of books for young adults. But can the small-town girl cut through the Hollywood hype to solve the case?

The Pagemaster

The Pagemaster · 1994

MovieFamilyFantasy

Rich knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, like riding his bike, or climbing into his treehouse. While in an old library, he is mystically transported into the unknown world of books, and he has to try and get home again.

Barefoot

Barefoot · 2014

MovieComedyDrama

The "black sheep" son of a wealthy family meets a young psychiatric patient who's been raised in isolation her entire life. He takes the naive young woman home for his brother's wedding an improbable romance blooms, as she impresses everyone with her genuine, simple charms.

This Christmas

This Christmas · 2007

MovieComedyDrama

This year Christmas with the Whitfields promises to be one they will never forget. All the siblings have come home for the first time in years and they've brought plenty of baggage with them. As the Christmas tree is trimmed and the lights are hung, secrets are revealed and family bonds are tested. As their lives converge, they join together and help each other discover the true meaning of family.

The In-Laws

The In-Laws · 2003

MovieActionComedy

Right before his daughter's wedding, a mild-mannered foot doctor discovers that his new in-laws are international smugglers.

Filmography

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Maximum Risk

Maximum Risk · 1996

MovieActionThriller

Alain Moreau's investigation into the death of his identical twin brother leads him from the beauty of the south of France to the mean streets of New York City and into the arms of his brother's beautiful girlfriend. Pursued by ruthless Russian mobsters and renegade FBI agents, the duo race against time to solve his brother's murder and expose an international conspiracy.

Director of Photography

The Craft

The Craft · 1996

MovieHorrorDrama

A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.

Director of Photography

Tremors

Tremors · 1990

MovieComedyHorror

Val McKee and Earl Bassett are in a fight for their lives when they discover that their desolate town has been infested with gigantic, man-eating creatures that live below the ground.

Director of Photography

Nancy Drew

Nancy Drew · 2007

MovieFamilyAdventure

Intrepid teenage private eye Nancy Drew heads to Tinseltown with her father to investigate the unsolved murder of a movie star in this old-fashioned whodunit based on Carolyn Keene's popular series of books for young adults. But can the small-town girl cut through the Hollywood hype to solve the case?

Director of Photography

The Pagemaster

The Pagemaster · 1994

MovieFamilyFantasy

Rich knows a lot about accidents. So much so, he is scared to do anything that might endanger him, like riding his bike, or climbing into his treehouse. While in an old library, he is mystically transported into the unknown world of books, and he has to try and get home again.

Director of Photography

Barefoot

Barefoot · 2014

MovieComedyDrama

The "black sheep" son of a wealthy family meets a young psychiatric patient who's been raised in isolation her entire life. He takes the naive young woman home for his brother's wedding an improbable romance blooms, as she impresses everyone with her genuine, simple charms.

Director of Photography

This Christmas

This Christmas · 2007

MovieComedyDrama

This year Christmas with the Whitfields promises to be one they will never forget. All the siblings have come home for the first time in years and they've brought plenty of baggage with them. As the Christmas tree is trimmed and the lights are hung, secrets are revealed and family bonds are tested. As their lives converge, they join together and help each other discover the true meaning of family.

Director of Photography

The In-Laws

The In-Laws · 2003

MovieActionComedy

Right before his daughter's wedding, a mild-mannered foot doctor discovers that his new in-laws are international smugglers.

Director of Photography

Madea's Witness Protection

Madea's Witness Protection · 2012

Madea's Witness Protection

MovieDramaComedy

For years, mild-mannered Wall Street banker George Needleman has meandered through life oblivious to his family's dysfunction and his company's malfeasance, but he's forced to wake up when he learns that he's been framed in a mob-backed Ponzi scheme. Placed under federal protection, George and his family are shipped down South to Madea's house, where the no-nonsense matriarch whips them all into shape using her special brand of tough love.

Director of Photography

Threesome

Threesome · 1994

MovieComedyDrama

At a sizable public college, high-minded student Eddy is forced to room with the slovenly Stuart, but the pair strike up a surprising friendship. When attractive co-ed Alex is assigned to live with the two male students because of her gender-neutral name, a roundabout love triangle ensues. Eddy secretly yearns for Stuart, who wants Alex, but she prefers Eddy. The complex situation leads to sexual experimentation and strained relationships.

Director of Photography

The Single Moms Club

The Single Moms Club · 2014

The Single Moms Club

MovieDramaComedy

A group of single moms are brought together in the aftermath of an incident at their children's school.

Director of Photography

Ideal Home

Ideal Home · 2018

MovieComedyDrama

A couple is going through marital troubles made worse when a previously unknown grandson shows up.

Director of Photography

Five Fingers

Five Fingers · 2006

MovieDramaAction

Martijn, an idealistic Dutch pianist, travels to Morocco to help start a food program for malnourished children. Within moments of his arrival, however, Martijn is abducted by a group of terrorists, injected with a debilitating drug, and imprisoned. Under threat of death, the young man engages in a mental chess match with Ahmat, trying to learn his captor's true objective and avoid a horrible fate

Director of Photography

Madea Goes to Jail

Madea Goes to Jail · 2009

Madea Goes to Jail

MovieComedyCrime

After a high-speed car chase, Madea winds up behind bars because her quick temper gets the best of her. Meanwhile, Assistant District Attorney Josh Hardaway lands a case that's too personal to handle: that of a young prostitute and former drug addict named Candace, also a childhood friend. When Candace winds up in jail, Madea takes the young woman under her protective wing.

Director of Photography

Prison Song

Prison Song · 2001

Elijah has been bounced from group home to group home throughout his turbulent young life. What has sustained him is his art. After a promised scholarship is taken away, Elijah ends up in a fight that result in the death of another boy. Now, sentenced to a minimum of fifteen years, the young man must find a way to keep his soul alive behind bars or turn into a hardened bitter criminal.

Director of Photography

I'll Find You

I'll Find You · 2019

Inspired by stories of Polish musicians from the 1930s and 40s. Two young lovers, Robert, a Catholic opera singer, and Rachel, a Jewish violin virtuoso, dream of one day performing together at legendary Carnegie Hall. When they're torn apart by the German invasion of Poland, Robert vows to find Rachel, no matter what the war may bring. His search leads him on a life-threatening journey through the heart of Nazi Germany, to a reckoning that Rachel may be lost to him forever.

Director of Photography

Cast a Deadly Spell

Cast a Deadly Spell · 1991

Cast a Deadly Spell

MovieTV MovieMystery

In a fantastical 1940s where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.

Director of Photography

MovieDramaRomance

When the mastermind behind New York's infamous Studio 54 disco plucks young Shane from the sea of faces clamoring to get inside his club, he not only gets his foot in the door, but lands a coveted job behind the bar — and a front-row ticket to the most legendary party on the planet!

Director of Photography

Peeples

Peeples · 2013

Hoping to propose to his upper-crust girlfriend, Wade Walker crashes her family's annual reunion and lands in a face-off with her dad.

Director of Photography

By Dawn's Early Light

By Dawn's Early Light · 1990

By Dawn's Early Light

MovieTV MovieAction

A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet politicians to prevent a nuclear holocaust. While the U.S. president feverishly works to keep the military and political machine from going into overdrive, various subordinates panic. When the president is believed to be killed in a helicopter crash, zealous advisers take over.

Director of Photography

Promised Land

Promised Land · 1988

MovieDramaRomance

Three recent high school grads - star athlete Hancock, his cheerleader girlfriend, Mary, and the awkward Senator - aim to leave their small town behind and realize big dreams, but their idealistic plans collide with life's harsh realities.

Director of Photography

Stone Cold

Stone Cold · 1991

MovieActionCrime

Joe Huff is a tough, loner cop with a flair for infiltrating dangerous biker gangs. The FBI blackmail Huff into an undercover operation that entails infiltrating The Brotherhood – a powerful Mississippi biker gang linked in the murder of government officials as well as dealing drugs with the mafia.

Director of Photography

For Colored Girls

For Colored Girls · 2010

For Colored Girls

A film about existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.

Director of Photography

Dick

MovieComedyAdventure

Two high school girls wander off during a class trip to the White House and meet President Richard Nixon. They become the official dog walkers for Nixon's dog Checkers, and become his secret advisors during the Watergate scandal.

Director of Photography

Emily in Paris

Emily in Paris · 2020

SeriesDramaComedy

New passions. New fashions. New Emily? A plucky American marketing whiz spreads her wings in life and love after landing her dream job in Paris.

Director of Photography

Wallander

Wallander · 2005

SeriesDramaMystery

Detective Kurt Wallander solves gruesome complex crimes in the city of Ystad, Sweden.

Director of Photography

The Women of Brewster Place

The Women of Brewster Place · 1989

The Women of Brewster Place

A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.

Director of Photography