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Director Andrzej Bartkowiak Interview: Dead Reckoning
Dead Reckoning is a provocative new thriller about terrorism and family bonds set in the idyllic island of Nantucket, off Cape Cod. Loosely inspired by the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Dead Reckoning stars KJ Apa and Scott Adkins as brothers with very different views of American culture. Meanwhile, James Remar (Black Lightning) is an FBI agent hunting down terrorists on a righteous revenge mission.
Director Andrzej Bartkowiak got his start as a cinematographer working with legendary directors like Sidney Lumet and John Huston, before eventually breaking out with his own directorial debut, the Jet Li vehicle, Romeo Must Die. Subsequent films like Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 the Grave and Doom were all major stepping stones or revivals for actors like Steven Seagal, DMX, The Rock, and Karl Urban. For Dead Reckoning, which was initially shot several years ago, star KJ Apa had yet to be cast in his star-making role in Riverdale, but Bartkowiak clearly saw something special in the young actor, and his instincts have been consistently proven right, every week on the CW Network.
Related: 5 Great Bodyguard Films (& 5 Great Assassin Films)
While promoting the release of Dead Reckoning, Andrzej Bartkowiak spoke to
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As we move into the second part of this series, we will focus on directors who originally started as cinematographers. The focus again will be prominent directors who were prominent cinematographers, which excludes one-timers like Christopher Nolan on Following or Gordon Willis’s one foray into directing with 1980’s Windows. Being a cinematographer first and foremost and having recently directed a short of my own, this entry in the series will be the closest to home for me. As one of the more well known cinematographer-turn-directors, Nicholas Roeg, quoted about directing, “And later I thought, I can’t think how anyone can become a director without learning the craft of cinematography.”
The Cinematographers:
Nicholas Roeg (1928- ) – Roeg began his career in the early 1950s as a clapper-boy, quickly moving up to camera operator by the end of the decade. In the early 1960s, he continued to work as a camera operator and also had the opportunity to shoot 2nd unit photography on David Lean’s epic Lawrence of Arabia under head DP Freddie Young. He moved into the role of cinematographer during the 1960s as well, shooting such stark classics as The Masque of the Red Death and Farenheit 451, as well as lighter material such as