Stanisław Cuske

Cinematographer, documentary film director and photographer.

He graduated Cinematography Art in Krzysztof Kieslowski's Film School in Katowice, Poland and documentary course at Andrzej Wajda's School.

Creator of music videos, feature films and documentaries, including The Dam (2018), The end of the Season (2019), The Pawnshop (2022), The Kiosk (2023), Postcards From The Verge (2023) which were at many prestigious film festivals.

He has worked across the globe, undertaking projects in South America, Asia and Europe.

He worked as a camera operator for Jonathan Glazer's latest film: The Zone of Interest (2023), winner of the Grand Prix at the Cannes festival.

He is working with Łukasz Żal as his camera operator and 2nd unit dop on films and commercial projects.

He is ambitious, creative and looking for new challenges. For each film, he looks for his own, original visual language and is open for experiments. His documentary background and experience make him a mature creator who approaches each topic with unique perspective.

Winner of individual awards, including:

YOUTH AND FILM - Best Cinematography - "Postcards from the Verge" for "full of tenderness and poetic photos taken in extreme conditions using minimal resources"

FIPADOC - The Tënk Award - New Talent

CAMERIMAGE - 3 times nominated for Golden Frog

JAN MACHULSKI's Awards - 5 times nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Film, Best Documentary Film, Best Director

OKFA - Grand Prix - "The Rush"

FREEDOM FILM FESTIVAL - Grand Prix - "Under the sail"

OKIEM MŁODYCH - Special Jury Prize - "The Rush" - "for an expressive narrative created by full use of all elements of film art, creating an original and artistic image of the characters and their world"

PRZEŹROCZA - "New Eye" - New Talent Award

TWO SHORES - "The end of the season" - II Prize

Awards for the films:

CANNES Film Festival - Grand Prize of the Festival - "The zone of Interest"

FIPRESCI Prize for Cinematography and Directing - "The zone of Interest"

DOCS AGAINST GRAVITY - Grand Prix - "The Pawnshop"

POLISH AWARDS- "Orzeł" - Best Documentary "The Pawnshop"

YOUNG AND FILM - Jantar for Best Short Documentary - "Postcards from the Verge"

VISIONS DU REEL International Film Festival Nyon - Audience Award - "Pianoforte"

KRAKOV MOUNTAIN Film Festival - Grand Prix - "Postcards from the Verge"

WANDA RUTKIEWICZ Mountaineering Film Festival - Grand Prix - "Postcards from the Verge"

GOLD STREAM - Grand Prix - for "synthetic look with the patient eye of the camera into the interior of a person in a limited space" - "The Kiosk"

MUSIC & CINEMA, Marseille - Grand Prize for the Best Original Score and Best Film Award in Feature Film Competition - "The Pawnshop"

ASTRA FILM SIBIU International Film Festival - Best Documentary Award - "The Pawnshop"

SOUND & IMAGE International Festival, China - Jury Prize for Best Documentary - "The Dam"

NEW HORIZONS, Wrocław - Prize of Zuzanna Kolska - "The Dam"

GO SHORT - International Film Festival, Netherlands - Grand Prix for Short Documentary - "The Dam"

YOUNG AND FILM, Koszalin - Grand Prix for Short Documentary - "The Dam"

UP TO 21, Warsaw - Grand Prix - "The Dam"

OKFA, Konin - Grand Prix - "The Dam"

MOSKIT Prize in the Film category

awarded by K-MAG Magazine - "The Pawnshop"

feature
THE ZONE OF INTEREST - 2023 - Camera operator
DOP : Lukasz Żal
Jonathan Glazer I A24
CANNES Film Festival - Grand Prize of the Festival
FIPRESCI Prize for Cinematography and Directing

documentaries
THE WORLD IS NOT (A) MINE - 2024
Natalia Koniarz I Telemark
THE KIOSK - 2023
Daniel Stopa
GOLD STREAM - Grand Prix - for "synthetic look with the
patient eye of the camera into the interior of a person in a
limited space"
POSTCARDS FROM THE VERGE - 2023
Natalia Koniarz
YOUNG AND FILM - Jantar for Best Short Documentary
KRAKOV MOUNTAIN Film Festival - Grand Prix
WANDA RUTKIEWICZ Mountaineering Film Festival -
Grand Prix
PIANOFORTE - 2023 - Camera operator
DOP : Filip Drożdż
Jakub Piątek
VISIONS DU REEL International Film Festival Nyon -
Audience Award
THE PAWNSHOP - 2022
Lukasz Kowalski
DOCS AGAINST GRAVITY - Grand Prix
POLISH AWARDS- "Orzeł" - Best Documentary
MUSIC & CINEMA, Marseille - Grand Prize for the Best
Original Score and Best Film Award in Feature Film
Competition
ASTRA FILM SIBIU International Film Festival - Best
Documentary Award
THE END OF THE SEASON - 2019
Stanisław Cuske I Studio Munka
THE DAM - 2018
Natalia Koniarz
SOUND & IMAGE International Festival, China - Jury Prize
for Best Documentary
NEW HORIZONS, Wrocław - Prize of Zuzanna Kolska
GO SHORT - International Film Festival, Netherlands -
Grand Prix for Short Documentary
YOUNG AND FILM, Koszalin - Grand Prix for Short
Documentary
UP TO 21, Warsaw - Grand Prix
OKFA, Konin - Grand Prix
THE RUSH - 2017
Stanisław Cuske

short films
EAST - WEST - 2020
Natalia Koniarz
RICOCHETS - 2020 - Camera operator

music videos
GESAFFELSTEIN - HARD DREAMS
DOP 2nd Unit
JORDAN HEMINGWAY I DIVISION
DOP : LUKASZ ZAL
GESAFFELSTEIN - GAMMA
Camera operator
JORDAN HEMINGWAY I DIVISION
DOP : LUKASZ ZAL