Jacek Laskus

Películas

Love & Debt
Director of Photography
When you're up to neck in debt...it's not about the money. A drama full of the comedy of life. A story for our times that examines the durability of marriage and family, the price of telling the truth and discovering what matters most.
Stand
Director of Photography
Broadcast journalist Tavis Smiley hits the road in 2008 with friends Cornel West, BeBe Winans and other prominent African Americans to explore the contemporary experiences of black men and to ask them: "What do you stand for?" Set against Barack Obama's rise to presidential power, Smiley and his fellow travelers offer diverse perspectives on African Americans' soul music, historic struggle for equality, current race relations and more.
Common Ground
Director of Photography
Tres historias en tres diferentes décadas, analizan el cambio de actitudes hacia gays en pueblito de Nueva Inglaterra.
A Soldier's Sweetheart
Director of Photography
An Army medic brings his girlfriend to stay with him at an out of the way Vietnam outpost in 1967, the woman disappears one day and he begins searching for her.
Gold Coast
Director of Photography
Karen stands to inherit millions from her dead husband on one condition: she must stay away from other men. Two of the deceased's former associates seek his money by getting closer to Karen, not knowing that doing so places the fortune out of reach.
Cover Me
Director of Photography
Police are stymied when a serial killer begins hacking up nude models all over L.A. In desperation, they hire sexy ex-policewoman Holly Jacobsen to do a little undercover work. At first her boyfriend Bobby Colter, also a cop, agrees to the plan, but when Holly moves from nude modeling to topless dancing to peep-show shower dancing, he begins getting a little possessive. Things get dicey when the killer, a transvestite who by now is totally obsessed with Holly, decides to make his move.
Sexo opuesto
Director of Photography
David y Eli son solteros y quieren seguirlo siendo el resto de su vida, hasta que de pronto aparece una guapa rubia en la vida de David y esto trastoca todos sus planes, ante el horror de su amigo.
Cousin Bobby
Director of Photography
Robert Castle is the idealistic pastor of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Harlem, and also the cousin of filmmaker Jonathan Demme. Demme's affectionate portrait of his cousin traces Castle's story, beginning with his first parish assignment, in New Jersey in the early 1960s, in an increasingly African-American-populated neighborhood rocked by violence and civil rights protests. The film raises intimate discussions of race, faith and family, while also showing Castle's daily routine as a pastor.
Cousin Bobby
Camera Operator
Robert Castle is the idealistic pastor of St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Harlem, and also the cousin of filmmaker Jonathan Demme. Demme's affectionate portrait of his cousin traces Castle's story, beginning with his first parish assignment, in New Jersey in the early 1960s, in an increasingly African-American-populated neighborhood rocked by violence and civil rights protests. The film raises intimate discussions of race, faith and family, while also showing Castle's daily routine as a pastor.
Quicksand: No Escape
Director of Photography
A hard-working architect is pulled into intrigue when his wife hires a private investigator to make sure he's just working late. The private eye sees an opportunity to frame him for a murder instead.
Bad Attitudes
Cinematography
The film centers around two hijackers that take over a plane. The problem is: The airplane is not carrying a billionaire as planned, but otherwise is carrying a group of smart children.
New Jack City
Second Unit Director of Photography
Un traficante de drogas consigue el dominio de toda una zona de la ciudad. La policía, en su batalla contra el narcotráfico, decide infiltrar a un topo en su banda para acabar con la inseguridad ciudadana y la droga en los barrios marginales.
Incident at Dark River
Director of Photography
When Tim McFall's young daughter dies as the result of toxic waste dumped in the local river, he tries to shut down the company and everybody turns against him. In his fight he is joined by a beautiful student activist, and soon his obsession with revenge threatens his marriage as well as his career.
El padrastro 2
Director of Photography
Sólo en su habitación del Hospital Psiquiátrico, el paranoico padrastro asesino se repone de las terribles heridas que le provocaron su última esposa y su hija adoptiva. Las enormes cicatrices atestiguan que sólo por milagro todavía está vivo. Un joven psiquiatra ha tomado el caso con especial interés. Horas después, el médico es encontrado muerto sobre su escritorio.
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Director of Photography
A full-length adaptation, originally staged as a play, of the court-martial segment from the novel "The Caine Mutiny".
Penn & Teller's Invisible Thread
Director of Photography
Penn Jillette and Teller are called upon to display their unique brand of humor to save civilization from strange extraterrestrial beings who have invaded Earth and who, disgruntled and bored with the mundane nature of human life, threaten to blow up the planet unless someone gives them a good reason not to.
Enséñame a bailar
Director of Photography
Narra el despertar a la vida de una adolescente (tema recurrente en el cine americano en los años setenta y ochenta). Gemma es una chica de trece años que vive en el campo con su abuelo. Un día llega su madre, que acaba de casarse, y quiere llevarsela de vuelta a la ciudad. Una vez en la ciudad, Gemma conoce a Rory, un guapo chico algo retrasado
Algo salvaje
Creative Consultant
Entretenida comedia en la que un hombre sencillo y de vida rutinaria, poco inclinado a las aventuras, conoce a un chica alocada y peligrosa que le traerá de cabeza mientras le roba el corazón.
Trisha Brown's Accumulation with Talking Plus Watermotor
Cinematography
Demme captures the late choreographer Trisha Brown performing a meta-narrative dance work.
Days Are Numbered
Cinematography
Christine Vachon’s story of a man haunted by the grotesque memory of having stepped on a dead animal's carcass is an artistic tour de force starring Michael Sean Edwards (the voice of Richard Carpenter in Todd Haynes’ Superstar) and a young Steve Buscemi.
Miradas en la despedida
Director of Photography
Michael y Robert son una pareja gay de Nueva York que tiene que afrontar un reto importante: Robert ha de ir por motivos de trabajo a África por un periodo de dos años. Michael empieza a sospechar cuáles son los verdaderos motivos del viaje. Destaca la interpretación de Steve Buscemi como Nick, amigo de Michael y Robert, como un enfermo de sida.
Miradas en la despedida
Music
Michael y Robert son una pareja gay de Nueva York que tiene que afrontar un reto importante: Robert ha de ir por motivos de trabajo a África por un periodo de dos años. Michael empieza a sospechar cuáles son los verdaderos motivos del viaje. Destaca la interpretación de Steve Buscemi como Nick, amigo de Michael y Robert, como un enfermo de sida.