Michał Englert PSC
director of photography
features/shorts/commercials
One of the most acclaimed Polish directors of photography. Member of European Film Academy. He has collaborated with film directors such as: Małgorzata Szumowska, Ari Folman, Krzysztof Skonieczny, Jacek Borcuch and internationally acclaimed actors such as Harvey Keitel, Joanna Kulig and Robin Wright.
His sensitivity and outstanding talent were appreciated by the Polish Society of Cinematographers and awarded at many prestigious film festivals from Mexico to Berlinale and from Sundance to Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. Eager to experience different cultures and styles and above all – addicted to film set, Michał loves to get involved in diverse projects. It could be a horror movie, a commercial or nostalgic film etude.
2020 has been an extraordinary year for him. “The Other Lamb”, directed by Małgorzata Szumowska was nominated to the Best Film Award at San Sebastian International Film Festival and London Film Festival with Englert’s cinematography welcoming some great reviews around the world (New York Times called his work “ecstatic” and “hyper-seductive” and LA Times praised “the deftly balanced colors and symmetrical compositions“ captured in the film.)
Szumowska/Englert duo – “Never Gonna Snow Again” with Michał both as a DP and co-director premiered in the main competition of the 77th Venice Film Festival. It had also been Polish candidate for an Oscar and was 2021 year’s selection of Telluride Film Festival.
The latest movie Woman Of… (Polish: Kobieta z…) is a 2023 Polish-Swedish drama film written and directed by Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert.
The film was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, where it premiered on 8 September 2023.
In between his feature projects Michał enjoys working on TV commercials.His portfolio includes ads for Mastercard, ING, Danone, Knorr and McDonald’s, to name a few.
“KOBIETA Z”
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director: Małgorzata Szumowska & Michał Englert
screenwriting: Małgorzata Szumowska & Michał Englert
dop: Michał Englert
The film was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 80th Venice International Film Festival.
ING
Young
director: Łukasz Zabłocki
dop: Michał Englert
agency: GONG Agency
production company: Film Produkcja
NEVER GONNA SNOW AGAIN
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director: Małgorzata Szumowska
dop: Michał Englert
MCDONALD’S
Kumple
director: Jan Komasa
dop: Michał Englert
camera operator: Adam Suzin
agency: DDB
production company: Opus Film
MIU MIU Women’s Tales
Nightwalk
director: Małgorzata Szumowska
dop: Michał Englert
THE OTHER LAMB
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director: Małgorzata Szumowska
dop: Michał Englert
screenplay: Catherine S. McMullen
producers: Aoife O’Sullivan, Tristan Lynch, Marie Gade Denessen, David Lancaster, Stephanie Wilcox
KASZTELAN
Jasne Pełne
director: Szymon Pawlik
dop: Michał Englert
agency: BrainBox
production company: Dynamo Film
SEXED
director: Kuba Michalczuk
dop: Michał Englert
production company: Watchout Studio
FORTUNA
Bokser
director: Kuba Michalczuk
dop: Michał Englert
agency: AzTuNagle
production company: Watchout Studio
postproduction: Xantus
CAPTAIN JACK
Kapitalna Impreza
director: Kuba Michalczuk
dop: Michał Englert
production designers: najs.studio
agency: Grandes Kochonos
production company: Oto Film
postproduction: Platige Image
ING
Eko Petycje
director: Torbjorn Martin
dop: Michał Englert
agency: Brain
production company: Papaya Films
PEPSI
Taste The Beat
director: Kuba Michalczuk
dop: Michał Englert
production designers: najs.studio
agency: BBDO
production company: Film Republic
postproduction: TELEVISOR
BLINDED BY THE LIGHTS
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director: Krzysztof Skonieczny
dop: Michał Englert
production company: HBO
NC +
director: Sebastian Pańczyk
dop: Michał Englert
agency: 2012
production company: Dobro
PGE
Święta
director: Marek Cichy
dop: Michał Englert
production design: Ala Olak & Krzysztof Brudz
agency: The Digitals
production company: Videlec
postproduction: Xantus
BICIE UCZY, ALE
TYLKO ZŁYCH RZECZY
director: Jan Komasa
dop: Michał Englert
agency: Telescope
MCDONALD’S
director: David Quinn
dop: Michał Englert
agency: DDB Warsaw
production company: Papaya Films
TWARZ / MUG
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director: Małgorzata Szumowska
dop: Michał Englert
IN THE NAME OF
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director: Małgorzata Szumowska
dop: Michał Englert
Marie Curie
The Courage of Knowledge
director: Marie Noelle
dop: Michał Englert
THE CONGRESS
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director: Ari Folman
dop: Michał Englert
