Stanisław Cuske

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