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Janusz Kaminski

Janusz Zygmunt Kamiński, A.S.C. (Polish: [ˌjanuʂ kaˈmiɲskʲi]; born June 27, 1959) is a Polish cinematographer and film director who started his career in the United States. He rose to fame in the 1990s with his innovative work on Schindler's List (1993). He has established a partnership with Steven Spielberg, working as a cinematographer on his movies since 1993. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan (1998). In recent years, Kamiński has also moved into the field of directing, first with the horror film Lost Souls, and later television series like The Event and The Divide.

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['American Dream' will be released] probably never. Never in the United States because there's no room for independent cinema.

American, Dream, Independent, Probably, United States

These days, you'd probably shoot it in the daylight and manipulate it in the post. That's [how] most people would do it. [I did the same thing with] with 'Diving Bell and the Butterfly'. No CGI. It's all live photography. And I like that, it's very challenging and exciting to be able to do that.

Butterfly, Challenging, Live, People, Photography, Same

I like the ending of the movie [War Horse], simply because it's such a demanding scene emotionally, and yet [the look] is all done on camera. I like the work not to be manipulated digitally. And it's all done on camera [in that scene].

Cameras, Digitally, Done, Horse, Look, War

We exchanged a couple of ideas and stuff like that, but that's about it. I just think. . . consulting on 'Tintin' was very interesting because you try to. . . not educate, but inform the animators [about] what the lighting looks like, but [in the end] they do it themselves. I don't actually go and sit there with them. [We] just had a couple of conversations.

Consulting, Couple, Exchanged, Ideas, Think, Thinking

Really fantastic film, 'Munich'. So yeah, if I would say, what's the most underappreciated film, I think 'Munich' would be the one.

Fantastic, Munich, Say, Thinking, Underappreciated, Would Be

There are films that are difficult. There are films that would actually affect your personal life because of the length of the production, how long [you're away] from the family.

Difficult, Family, Film, Length, Long

Very few people make exterior movies anymore. It's always action films driven by action and quick editing.

Action, Editing, Make, People, Quick

It's very hard to go to Monument Valley and not think of John Ford's films.

Film, Hard, John, Thinking, Valley, Valleys

I do like 'Munich'. It's a really wonderful film. I mean, there's 'Schindler's List', there's 'Saving Private Ryan'. But 'Munich' - of all the other films, Munich would be the one that's really, really amazing storytelling.

Amazing, Mean, Saving Private Ryan, Wonderful, Would Be

Occasionally I do movies with other directors. I did 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly' for Julian Schnabel. I did a movie with Jim Brooks ('How Do You Know'). I did a movie with Judd Apatow ('Funny People'). So I do get a chance to work with other people, which is always enjoyable, always pleasant. But still, Steven [Spielberg] makes the types of movies that I'm interested in as well.

Butterfly, Directors, People, Pleasant, Spielberg

'American Dream' is a small little movie made for under a million dollars. Totally independent feature.

Dollars, Dream, Independent, Totally, Under

'Sugarland Express' was pretty amazing.

Amazing, Express, Pretty, Sugarland

You can't really micro-manage. You'll never make the movie in 52 days, if you micro-manage. If you do that, you take the creativity away from people because people just really quickly become disinterested when they're always being told how to do it.

Creativity, Manage, Movie, People, Told

[I] love 'Munich', man. That's a very underappreciated film.

Film, Men, Munich, Underappreciated

The greatest directors are the greatest users. They use people's talents to tell the story that they want to tell.

Directors, Greatest, People, Stories, Talents

It would be horrible to be micro-managed! I don't think directors can really micro-manage people. It's just impossible.

Directors, Impossible, People, Think, Thinking

[There, in War Horse] very little CGI. What happened there - because the horse was running very close to the trench, we had a rider. So in few instances, we had a rider dressed in a green suit. The rider would guide the horse through the frame, and through CGI [we removed] the rider. But that's about it.

Close, Horse, Instances, Running, Suit, War

It's great to be recognized for work, and the work is great, but once you have the awards, it becomes less important. It just gives you the ability to do better work, in my opinion.

Awards, Becomes, Giving, Important, Opinion, Work