---
name: "Paweł Edelman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/pawe-edelman"
fi1m_id: "pawe-edelman"
imdb_id: "nm0248997"
tmdb_id: 3561
wikidata_id: "Q949330"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "26 June 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-30T21:37:31.216352+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Paweł Edelman

## Identity

Paweł Edelman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/pawe-edelman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** pawe-edelman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0248997
- **TMDB ID:** 3561
- **Wikidata ID:** Q949330
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawe%C5%82_Edelman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q949330, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248997/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3561

Cinematographer. Born 26 June 1958 in Łódź, Poland.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 26 June 1958, Łódź, Poland
- **Active:** 2002–present
- **Also known as:** Pawel Edelman
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (2), 2020s 61 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 70 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, War 2, History 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $268m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawe%C5%82_Edelman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q949330, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0248997/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3561

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Pianist*](https://film.one/film/the-pianist.md) (87)
- **Disney+:** [*Lee*](https://film.one/film/lee.md) (61)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Paweł Edelman is a Polish cinematographer born on 26 June 1958 in Łódź. He studied film at the University of Łódź and graduated in cinematography from the PWSFTViT Film School in Łódź in 1988.

He is known for his frequent collaborations with directors Roman Polanski and Andrzej Wajda. His credits include *The Pianist* (2002), *Ray* (2004), *Oliver Twist* (2005), *The Ghost Writer* (2010), *Carnage* (2011), *Venus in Fur* (2013), *An Officer and a Spy* (2019) and *Lee* (2024).

For *The Pianist*, Edelman won the César Award for Best Cinematography and the European Film Award for Best Cinematographer, and received Academy Award and BAFTA nominations. He was also nominated for an ASC Award for *Ray*.

*Sources: theasc.com, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, paweledelman.pl.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Lee* (2024), Fi1m 61, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/lee.md)
- *Ray* (2004), Fi1m 70, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/ray.md)
- *The Pianist* (2002), Fi1m 87, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-pianist.md)

## Complete filmography (68)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Lee* (2024), Director of Photography — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/lee.md)
- *The Palace* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Corner Office* (2023), Director of Photography
- *EO* (2022), Additional Photography, Camera Operator
- *The Coldest Game* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Intrigo: Samaria* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Intrigo: Dear Agnes* (2019), Director of Photography
- *An Officer and a Spy* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Intrigo: Death of an Author* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Wormwood* (2017), series, Additional Director of Photography
- *Based on a True Story* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Afterimage* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Game On* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Citizen* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Stones for the Rampart* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Wałesa: Man of Hope* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Venus in Fur* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Aftermath* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Boys On Film: Bad Romance* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Carnage* (2011), Director of Photography
- *The Ghost Writer* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Kręć! Jak kochasz to kręć!* (2010), Director of Photography
- *The New Tenants* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Katyn: 60 Days on the Set* (2009), Actor
- *Sweet Rush* (2009), Director of Photography
- *New York, I Love You* (2008), Director of Photography
- *To Each His Own Cinema* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Katyn* (2007), Director of Photography
- *The Life Before Her Eyes* (2007), Director of Photography
- *All the King's Men* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Oliver Twist* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Ray* (2004), Director of Photography — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/ray.md)
- *The Revenge* (2002), Director of Photography
- *The Pianist* (2002), Director of Photography — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/the-pianist.md)
- *Edges of the Lord* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Reich* (2001), as (uncredited) · Director of Photography
- *The Big Animal* (2000), Director of Photography
- *The Last Days* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Father's Law* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Operacja Samum* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Home Chronicles* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Demons of War* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Happy New York* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Love Stories* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Bitter-Sweet* (1996), Director of Photography
- *The Poison Tasters* (1995), Director of Photography
- *L'Aube à l'envers* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Pigs 2: The Last Blood* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Nastazja* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Taranthriller* (1993), Director of Photography
- *The Pigs* (1992), Director of Photography
- *November* (1992), Director of Photography, Writer
- *Kroll* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Escape from the Liberty Cinema* (1990), Camera Operator
- *Bal na dworcu w Koluszkach* (1990), Camera Operator
- *Lava* (1989), Camera Operator
- *Crossed Lines* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Gwiazda Piołun* (1988), Camera Operator
- *Stasiek* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Möbius Strip* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Światła* (1986), Camera Operator
- *Kartkowanie do tyłu* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Z galerii* (1984), Camera Operator
- *Concerto Barocco*, Camera Operator
- *Wielkie solo Wilhelma T.*, Camera Operator
- *Lot Antoniego T.*, Camera Operator
- *Polowanie*, Camera Operator

## Gallery

- ![polonian cinematographer Paweł Edelman (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/10962/gallery-d74c84714ac3.jpg) polonian cinematographer Paweł Edelman (2014) — Justus Nussbaum, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Pawel_Edelman_2014a_by_Justus_Nussbaum.jpg/1280px-Pawel_Edelman_2014a_by_Justus_Nussbaum.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Paweł Edelman](https://film.one/media/person/10962/gallery-01d5aac86bbe.jpg) Paweł Edelman — Eliza Oczkowska-Edelman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Pawe%C5%82_Edelman_2020.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2003: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *The Pianist*

### Other awards — 3 won

- Marburg Camera Award 2014: Marburg Camera Award (won)
- César Award for Best Cinematography 2003: César Award for Best Cinematography (won), for *The Pianist*
- European Film Award for Best Cinematographer 2002: European Film Award for Best Cinematographer (won), for *The Pianist*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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