Piotr Jaxa

Piotr Jaxa

Piotr Jaxa
chef opérateur & photographe
Place d'Envy 8
CH 1323 Romainmôtier

+41 (0)24 453 20 08

+41 (0)78 768 06 36

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) von Mitko Panov
  • HUNKELER UND DER FALL LIVIUS von Stefan Jäger
  • ROCKSTEADY: THE ROOTS OF REGGAE von Stascha Bader
  • TAG AM MEER von Moritz Gerber
  • HELLO GOODBYE von Stefan Jäger
  • NACHBEBEN von Stina Werenfels
  • TOUT UN HIVER SANS FEU (The Whole Winter without Fire) von Greg Zglinski (Standfotograf)
  • MEINE SCHWESTER MARIA von Maximilian Schell
  • ALBERTO GIACOMETTI von Gero von Boehm
  • I.M. PEI, UN MANDARIN DES TEMPS MODERNES von Gero von Boehm
  • TROIS COULEURS: BLEU, BLANC, ROUGE von Krzysztof Kieslowski (second unit Kameramann und Standfotograf)
  • ROBERT MITCHUM: THE RELUCTANT STAR von Gene Feldman
  • DESIRED EFFECT von John Edwards
  • LISON von Leslie Jenkins - LES TROIS SOLDATS von Kamal Musale
  • MAGISTER POLCHLOPEK von Marek Piwowski
  • BAJKI NA DOBRANOC von Slawomir Idziak
  • GADAJACE GLOWY (Talking Heads) von Krzysztof Kieslowski
  • DYRYGENT (The Conductor) von Andrzej Wajda (Schwenker)
  • MICHAL von Grazyna Kedzielawska
  • TAM I Z POWROTEM von Grzegorz Skurski
  • ZEGAREK von Bohdan Kosinski
  • BILANS KWARTALNY (Quarterly Balance Sheet) von Krzysztof Zanussi (Schwenker)
  • RZED RAJDEM (Before the Rally) von Krzysztof Kieslowski
  • SZKOLA PODSTAWOWA (Elementary School) von Tomasz Zygadlo
  • Z MIASTA LODZI (From the City of Lodz) von Krzysztof Kieslowski
Different activities:
  • 2012 Fotobuch und Ausstellung: "Cinematographers"
  • 1998 Fotobuch: "Poschiavo, un mondo di valle"
  • 1994 Fotoausstellung: "Remembering Krzysztof Kieslowski"
  • 1992 Fotobuch: "Oh! Barcelone"
  • 1988 Fotobuch: "L'esprit de Genève"
  • AUSZEICHNUNGEN
  • 2009 Anerkennungspreis der Gemeinde Lohn-Ammannsegg