Joseph D. Urbanczyk
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
- Additional Crew
Born and raised in New Jersey, Joseph Urbanczyk is a graduate of New
York University's Graduate Division of Film [M.F.A. 1981], where he
studied with Laszlo Benedek, Nicholas Ray, and Beta Batka. In 1980 he
was awarded a Kosciuszko Foundation Grant to attend the Wroclaw
University Film Program in Poland, and, two years later, he received a
second Master of Fine Arts degree from the American Film Institute
where he was a Cinematography Fellow and the recipient of the Sherrill
C. Corwin Fellowship. At the Denver Film Festival in 1985, he was
awarded the Benson Award for Best Cinematography for his work on the
A.F.I.'s adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's "The Horse Dealer's Daughter."
Earlier, he had begun working as an A.F.I. Cinematography Intern with
Vilmos Zsigmond on the The River which has led to a 25-year
professional relationship with the Oscar-winning Cinematographer. Most
recently, Urbanczyk has worked with Zsigmond as Camera Operator on The
Black Dahlia in Los Angeles which was nominated for an Academy Award
for Best Cinematography in 2007.
