Edelman, Paweł

(1958-). A leading Polish cinematographer. After graduating from the Cinematography Department of the Łódź Film School in 1988, Edelman has been working in Poland and abroad. Between 1988 and 1990, he worked as a camera operator on films by Filip Bajon and Wojciech Marczewski, among others. He achieved critical recognition working as a cinematographer on almost all the films directed by Władysław Pasikowski, starting with Kroll (1991), and including the post-Communist classic The Pigs (1992). In the late 1990s, Edelman also began collaborating with director Jerzy Stuhr (Love Stories, 1997, and Big Animal, 2000), Leszek Wosiewicz (Family Events, 1997), and Janusz Zaorski (Happy New York, 1997). Edelman's growing stature is evidenced by his work on Andrzej Wajda's heritage films, Pan Tadeusz (1999) and Revenge (2002), and also by his recent work on Roman Polański's multinational coproductions, such as The Pianist (2002) and Oliver Twist (2005). For The Pianist and Ray (2004, Taylor Hackford) Edelman received several prestigious international awards.

   Select other films: Nastazja (1994, Andrzej Wajda), Father's Law (1999, Marek Kondrat), Edges of the Lord (2001, Yurek Bogaye-wicz), All the King's Men (2006, Steven Zaillian).

   Historical Dictionary of Polish Cinema by Marek Haltof