---
name: "Pawel Pogorzelski"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/pawel-pogorzelski"
fi1m_id: "pawel-pogorzelski"
imdb_id: "nm1850507"
tmdb_id: 1650351
wikidata_id: "Q55063679"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "30 July 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T14:39:21.934782+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."
---

# Pawel Pogorzelski

## Identity

Pawel Pogorzelski

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/pawel-pogorzelski
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** pawel-pogorzelski
- **IMDb ID:** nm1850507
- **TMDB ID:** 1650351
- **Wikidata ID:** Q55063679
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawel_Pogorzelski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55063679, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1850507/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1650351

Cinematographer. Born 30 July 1979 in Wloclawek, Poland.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 30 July 1979, Wloclawek, Poland
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Also known as:** Павел Погоржельский
- **Frequently works with:** [Ari Aster](https://film.one/person/ari-aster.md), [Lars Knudsen](https://film.one/person/lars-knudsen.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 81 (2), 2020s 62 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 72 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 2, Horror 2, Mystery 2, Action 1, Comedy 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $279m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawel_Pogorzelski, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55063679, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1850507/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1650351

## Coming up

- *Karoshi* (2027-01-28), Director of Photography

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Hereditary*](https://film.one/film/hereditary.md) (83), [*Midsommar*](https://film.one/film/midsommar.md) (79)
- **Tubi:** [*Beau Is Afraid*](https://film.one/film/beau-is-afraid.md) (60)

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## Biography

Pawel Pogorzelski is a Polish-Canadian cinematographer. Born on 30 July 1979 in Włocławek, Poland, he moved to Montreal with his family at the age of two. He studied media communication at Concordia University before moving to Los Angeles in 2008 to attend the American Film Institute Conservatory.

He is known for his collaborations with director Ari Aster. Pogorzelski was director of photography on *Hereditary* (2018), *Midsommar* (2019) — for which he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Cinematography — and *Beau Is Afraid* (2023). Other credits include *Blue Beetle* (2023), *Nobody* (2021) and *Fresh* (2022).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Beau Is Afraid* (2023), Fi1m 60, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/beau-is-afraid.md)
- *Blue Beetle* (2023), Fi1m 63, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/blue-beetle.md)
- *Midsommar* (2019), Fi1m 79, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/midsommar.md)
- *Hereditary* (2018), Fi1m 83, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/hereditary.md)

## Complete filmography (35)

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

- *Karoshi* (2027), Director of Photography
- *Lilla Marie* (2026), Executive Producer
- *The Woman in the Yard* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Holland* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Blue Beetle* (2023), Director of Photography — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/blue-beetle.md)
- *Beau Is Afraid* (2023), Director of Photography — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/beau-is-afraid.md)
- *Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Horror Anthology Volume 1* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Fresh* (2022), Director of Photography
- *False Positive* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Goodnight Darling* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Nobody* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Homemade* (2020), series, Producer, Director of Photography
- *Ride It Out* (2020), Producer, Cinematography
- *Midsommar* (2019), Director of Photography — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/midsommar.md)
- *Home Videos* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Hereditary* (2018), Director of Photography — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/hereditary.md)
- *Tragedy Girls* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Boost* (2017), Director of Photography
- *The Comedian* (2017), Director of Photography
- *iFeel* (2016), Director of Photography
- *We're Still Together* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Code Blue: A Love Story* (2016), Cinematography
- *Slips* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Patchwork* (2015), Director of Photography, Camera Operator
- *The Baddest Part* (2014), Cinematography
- *The 10 Year Plan* (2014), Director of Photography, Colorist
- *Basically* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Defending Santa* (2013), Camera Operator
- *Munchausen* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Show Me* (2011), First Assistant Camera, Gaffer
- *The Strange Thing About the Johnsons* (2011), Director of Photography
- *On the Trail of Igor Rizzi* (2006), as L'ouvrier polonais
- *Sigma* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Becoming Capa*, Director of Photography

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