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Piotr Jaxa

Piotr Jaxa
Maison du Prieur
CH 1323 Romainmôtier 

Cinematographer since:
1969

Formation:
PWSTiF Lodz - National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in Lodz (Poland)

Occupational activity:
Piotr Jaxa, a cinematographer and photographer, was born in Poland and has
been living in Switzerland since 1982. He graduated from the Polish National
Film School in Lodz and has worked as director of photography on more than
hundred documentary and fiction films worldwide. His work has been selected
for festivals such as Cannes, Mannheim, Krakow, Los Angeles and Berlin.

Prefered field of activity:
Fiction, documentary

Languages:
Polish (mother tongue), French, English, Russian, German (basic)

International experiences:
Albania, Argentina, Austria, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Canada, China, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dubai, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Macedonia, Mexico, Mauritius, Poland, Portugal, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapour, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, USA, Venezuela, Vietnam

Collaboration with the following directors:
Krzysztof Kieslowski - Mitko Panov - Stina Werenfels - Stefan Jäger - Greg Zglinski - Maximilian Schell - Stascha Bader - Moritz Gerber - Kamal Musale - Leslie Jenkins - Gero von Boehm - Tomasz Zygadlo - Marek Piwowski - Wojciech Wiszniewski - Bohdan Kosinski - Grzegorz Skurski - Grazyna Kedzielawska - Andrzej Wajda - Krzysztof Zanussi

Important productions:
LA GUERRE EST FINIE (The War Is Over) dir. by Mitko Panov - HUNKELER UND DER FALL LIVIUS dir. by Stefan Jäger - ROCKSTEADY: THE ROOTS OF REGGAE dir. by Stascha Bader - TAG AM MEER dir. by Moritz Gerber - HELLO GOODBYE dir. by Stefan Jäger - NACHBEBEN (Going Private) dir. by Stina Werenfels - TOUT UN HIVER SANS FEU (The Whole Winter without Fire) dir. by Greg Zglinski (still photographer) - MEINE SCHWESTER MARIA (My Sister Maria), dir. by Maximilian Schell - ALBERTO GIACOMETTI dir. by Gero von Boehm - I.M. PEI, UN MANDARIN DES TEMPS MODERNES dir. by Gero von Boehm - TROIS COULEURS: BLEU, BLANC, ROUGE dir. by Krzysztof Kieslowski (second unit cinematographer & still photographer) - ROBERT MITCHUM: THE RELUCTANT STAR dir. by Gene Feldman - DESIRED EFFECT dir. by John Edwards - ALISON dir. by Leslie Jenkins - LES TROIS SOLDATS (The Three Soldiers) dir. by Kamal Musale - MAGISTER POLCHLOPEK dir. by Marek Piwowski - BAJKI NA DOBRANOC dir. by Slawomir Idziak - GADAJACE GLOWY (Talking Heads) dir. by Krzysztof Kieslowski - DYRYGENT (The Conductor) dir. by Andrzej Wajda (camera operator) - MICHAL dir. by Grazyna Kedzielawska - TAM I Z POWROTEM dir. by Grzegorz Skurski - ZEGAREK dir. by Bohdan Kosinski - BILANS KWARTALNY (Quarterly Balance Sheet) dir. by Krzysztof Zanussi (camera operator) - PRZED RAJDEM (Before the Rally) dir. by Krzysztof Kieslowski - SZKOLA PODSTAWOWA (Elementary School) dir. by Tomasz Zygadlo - Z MIASTA LODZI (From the City of Lodz) dir. by Krzysztof Kieslowski

Different activities:
2012 Photo book and touring exhibition: "Cinematographers"
1998 Photo book: "Poschiavo, un mondo di valle"
1994 Touring photo exhibition: "Remembering Krzysztof Kieslowski" (last shows: 2010 in Padua and Naples)
1992 Photo book: "Oh! Barcelone"
1988 Photo book: "L'esprit de Genève"

Awards:
2009 The Prize of Commune Lohn-Ammannsegg