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Adam Holender (born 13 November 1937) is a Polish cinematographer, best known for his work on Midnight Cowboy.

He was born 13 November 1937 in Kraków, Poland, the son of a judge.[1] In 1939, he and his family were deported to a Siberian labor camp, and not allowed to return to Kraków until 1947.[2]

Holender studied architecture before enrolling at PWSFTviT in Łódź, from where he graduated in 1964.[2]

Midnight Cowboy was Holender's first cinematography assignment: he was recommended to director John Schlesinger by Holender's childhood friend, filmmaker Roman Polanski.[3] According to Schlesinger his inspiration to make the movie came from the 1967 Yugoslav film When I Am Dead and Gone by a Serbian director Živojin Pavlović.[4]

Filmography

Year Title Director Notes
1969 Midnight Cowboy John Schlesinger
1971 The Panic in Needle Park Jerry Schatzberg
1972 Moonwalk One Theo Kamecke
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds Paul Newman
1974 Man on a Swing Frank Perry
1978 The Other Side of Hell Ján Kadár TV movie
If I Ever See You Again Joseph Brooks
1979 The Seduction of Joe Tynan Jerry Schatzberg
Promises in the Dark Jerome Hellman
1980 Simon Marshall Brickman
The Shadow Box Paul Newman TV movie
The Idolmaker Taylor Hackford
1986 The Boy Who Could Fly Nick Castle
1987 Street Smart Jerry Schatzberg
1988 To Kill a Priest Agnieszka Holland
1989 The Dream Team Howard Zieff
1994 Fresh Boaz Yakin
1995 Smoke Wayne Wang
Blue in the Face
1996 I'm Not Rappaport Herb Gardner
1997 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag Tom Schulman
1998 A Price Above Rubies Boaz Yakin
Wide Awake M. Night Shyamalan
2000 Mary and Rhoda Barnet Kellman TV movie
2002 Roads to Riches Michelle Gallagher
2004 Stateside Reverge Anselmo
2005 Carlito's Way: Rise to Power Michael Bregman
2007 Shortcut to Happiness Alec Baldwin (credited as "Harry Kirkpatrick")
2019 Apollo 11 Todd Douglas Miller Documentary

References

  1. ^ "Adam Holender". Cinematographers.nl. Archived from the original on 7 November 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Adam Holender ASC". cinematographers. Archived from the original on 7 November 2015. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  3. ^ Goldstein, Patrick (27 February 2005). "'Midnight Cowboy' and the very dark horse its makers rode in on". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
  4. ^ Surfing the Black – Yugoslav Black Wave Cinema and Its Transgressive Moments Author: Gal Kirn, Dubravka Sekulić and Žiga Testen Publisher: Jan van Eyck ISBN 978-90-72076-51-9
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