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name: "Wojciech Szepel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/wojciech-szepel"
fi1m_id: "wojciech-szepel"
imdb_id: "nm1253390"
tmdb_id: 68011
wikidata_id: "Q2588306"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "29 November 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T19:03:50.656956+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."
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# Wojciech Szepel

## Identity

Wojciech Szepel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/wojciech-szepel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** wojciech-szepel
- **IMDb ID:** nm1253390
- **TMDB ID:** 68011
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2588306
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2588306, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1253390/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68011

Cinematographer. Born 29 November 1970 in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Lubuskie, Poland.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 29 November 1970, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Lubuskie, Poland
- **Active:** 2008–present
- **Also known as:** Wojciech Jerzy Szepel
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 76 (2), 2020s 78 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, History 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 1 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2588306, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1253390/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68011

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Any Human Heart*](https://film.one/tv/any-human-heart.md) (73)

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## Biography

Wojciech Szepel, also credited as Wojciech Jerzy Szepel, is a Polish cinematographer. He was born on 29 November 1970 in Gorzów Wielkopolski and graduated from the Łódź Film School in 1996. He worked initially in Poland and spent seven years in Berlin before focusing on British productions.

Szepel has served as director of photography on numerous television dramas and miniseries. His credits include *White Girl* (2008), *Tess of the D'Urbervilles* (2008), *God on Trial* (2008), *Any Human Heart* (2010), *Man in an Orange Shirt* (2017), *Howards End* (2017) and *Roadkill* (2020). He also shot the feature film *Kiss of Life* (2003).

He received BAFTA TV Award nominations for best photography and lighting for *White Girl* and *Any Human Heart*, and an ASC nomination for the latter. Szepel won the Kodak Award for Best Cinematography at the Dinard British Film Festival for *Kiss of Life*.

*Sources: imdb.com, culture.pl, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Windermere Children* (2020), Fi1m 78, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-windermere-children.md)
- *Howards End* (2017), Fi1m 80, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/howards-end-2017.md)
- *Any Human Heart* (2010), Fi1m 73, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/any-human-heart.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *The Bombing of Pan Am 103* (2025), series, Director of Photography
- *Identity proof* (2021), Camera Operator
- *Roadkill* (2020), series, Director of Photography, Cinematography
- *The Windermere Children* (2020), Cinematography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-windermere-children.md)
- *Howards End* (2017), series, Cinematography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/howards-end-2017.md)
- *Man in an Orange Shirt* (2017), series, Director of Photography
- *Der Bankraub* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Spies of Warsaw* (2013), series, Director of Photography
- *The Pursuit of Unhappiness* (2012), Cinematography
- *Skydancer* (2011), Additional Camera
- *Any Human Heart* (2010), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/any-human-heart.md)
- *Some Dogs Bite* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Mrs Mandela* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Tess of the D'Urbervilles* (2008), series, Director of Photography
- *God on Trial* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Ich will da sein - Jenny Gröllmann* (2008), Director of Photography
- *White Girl* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Frankenstein* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Rage* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Hänsel und Gretel* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Kiss of Life* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Warszawa* (2003), Director of Photography
- *My First Miracle* (2003), Director of Photography
- *AlaRm* (2002), Cinematography
- *The Big Animal* (2000), Camera Operator
- *The Tower of Babel* (1999), Cinematography
- *Second Hand* (1999), Director of Photography

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