---
name: "Łukasz Żal"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ukasz-zal"
fi1m_id: "ukasz-zal"
imdb_id: "nm2617994"
tmdb_id: 1609221
wikidata_id: "Q18679081"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "24 June 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-21T01:17:14.201777+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."
---

# Łukasz Żal

## Identity

Łukasz Żal

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ukasz-zal
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ukasz-zal
- **IMDb ID:** nm2617994
- **TMDB ID:** 1609221
- **Wikidata ID:** Q18679081
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81ukasz_%C5%BBal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18679081, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2617994/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1609221

Cinematographer. Born 24 June 1981 in Koszalin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 24 June 1981, Koszalin, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland
- **Active:** 2013–present
- **Also known as:** Lukasz Zal
- **Frequently works with:** [Ewa Puszczyńska](https://film.one/person/ewa-puszczynska.md), [Paweł Pawlikowski](https://film.one/person/pawe-pawlikowski.md), [Agata Kulesza](https://film.one/person/agata-kulesza.md), [Sandra Hüller](https://film.one/person/sandra-huller.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (3), 2020s 82 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 80 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, History 3, Romance 2, Animation 1, Music 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $237m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81ukasz_%C5%BBal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18679081, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2617994/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1609221

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Hamnet*](https://film.one/film/hamnet.md) (76), [*Loving Vincent*](https://film.one/film/loving-vincent.md) (65)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Zone of Interest*](https://film.one/film/the-zone-of-interest.md) (91)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Cold War*](https://film.one/film/cold-war.md) (85)
- **Apple TV:** [*Ida*](https://film.one/film/ida.md) (85)

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

## Biography

Łukasz Żal is a Polish cinematographer. Born on 24 June 1981 in Koszalin, he graduated from the National Film School in Łódź in 2007.

He is known for his work on *Ida* (2013, with Ryszard Lenczewski), *Loving Vincent* (2017), *Cold War* (2018), *I'm Thinking of Ending Things* (2020) and *The Zone of Interest* (2023). He also served as cinematographer on *Hamnet* (2025).

Żal received Oscar nominations for *Ida* and *Cold War*. In 2019 he was made an Honorary Fellow of the British Royal Photographic Society and received its Lumière Award. He won the Variety Artisan Award at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.

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

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Fatherland* (2026), Fi1m 80, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/fatherland.md)
- *Hamnet* (2025), Fi1m 76, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/hamnet.md)
- *The Zone of Interest* (2023), Fi1m 91, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-zone-of-interest.md)
- *Cold War* (2018), Fi1m 85, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/cold-war.md)
- *Loving Vincent* (2017), Fi1m 65, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/loving-vincent.md)
- *Ida* (2013), Fi1m 85, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/ida.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Fatherland* (2026), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/fatherland.md)
- *Hamnet* (2025), Director of Photography — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/hamnet.md)
- *The Zone of Interest* (2023), Director of Photography — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/the-zone-of-interest.md)
- *Circus Maximus* (2023), Director of Photography
- *I'm Thinking of Ending Things* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Cold War* (2018), Director of Photography — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/cold-war.md)
- *Dovlatov* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Loving Vincent* (2017), Director of Photography — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/loving-vincent.md)
- *Icon* (2016), Director of Photography
- *The High Frontier* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Polish Legends. Twardowsky* (2015), Director of Photography
- *The Here After* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Ida* (2013), Director of Photography — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/ida.md)
- *Joanna* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Arena* (2013), Director of Photography, Camera Operator
- *God's Little Village* (2009), as Camera Operator · Still Photographer
- *World Champion* (2006), Writer, Director of Photography, Director

## Gallery

- ![Łukasz Żal](https://film.one/media/person/644/gallery-a71a66678a3f.jpg) Łukasz Żal — Djasiewicz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/%C5%81ukasz_%C5%BBal_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Łukasz Żal, Energa Camerimage 2013.](https://film.one/media/person/644/gallery-3d5e22ca3b1e.jpg) Łukasz Żal, Energa Camerimage 2013. — Aawiosnaa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/%C5%81ukasz_%C5%BBal_2013.jpg/1280px-%C5%81ukasz_%C5%BBal_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Absolwent I Liceum Ogólnokształcącego im. Stanisława Dubois w Koszalinie podczas obchodów 70-lecia szkoły. (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/644/gallery-0f251f6c33a3.jpg) Absolwent I Liceum Ogólnokształcącego im. Stanisława Dubois w Koszalinie podczas obchodów 70-lecia szkoły. (2015) — Djasiewicz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/%C5%81ukasz_%C5%BBal.jpg/1280px-%C5%81ukasz_%C5%BBal.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- 2019: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *Cold War*
- 2015: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *Ida*

### Other awards — 1 won

- European Film Award for Best Cinematographer 2014: European Film Award for Best Cinematographer (won), for *Ida*

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

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