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Productions:
Producer/Director (Slawomir
Grunberg)
| ZIELONA KARTA (GREEN CARD GAMBLE) |
31 x 25 min. | (Director) This 31 part series follows the lives of three Polish families who, as a result of winning a Diversity Program visa lottery, each received a green card, allowing them to become permanent residents of the United States. TVP 2 (Polish TV Channel 2), 2003. |
| B&B GUESTBOOK 9/11 | 27 min. | (Producer/Director) This documentary, shot at a bed and breakfast four hours Northwest of New York City, captures the reactions of guests to the September 11 terrorist attacks and their aftermath. 2003. |
| FENCELINE: A Company Town Divided |
52 min. | (Co-Producer/Director) Film depicts the struggle of an African-American community in Louisiana’s “cancer alley” to be relocated from under the shadow of a Shell refinery. ITVS/POV/PBS. 2002. |
| GUS VAN SANT: HOLLYWOOD INDEPENDENT | 45 min. | (Co-Producer/Director) Camera follows one of the most independent American film directors. TVP 2, 2002. |
| SCHOOL PRAYER: A Community at War |
52 min. |
(Co-Producer/Director) Lisa Herdahl, a Mississippi mother of six, is forced to sue her public school district in order to have The Bible removed from her childrens' classrooms. ITVS/POV/PBS. 1999. |
| FROM CHECHNYA TO CHERNOBYL |
45 min. |
(Producer/Director) Fleeing civil war refugees seek safety outside Chernobyl. RVU Holland. 1997. |
| SHTETL |
2 hrs. 53 min. |
(Second Unit Producer) A bold and illuminating look at the Jewish/Polish relationship in both the past and the present. PBS/Frontline. 1996. |
| DIARY OF AN ARTIST | 45 min. | (Producer/Director) The story of a Polish rock and roll star who tries to make it big in America. TVP 2, 1995. |
| JERZY SOLTAN - The Man Who Didn't Build Poland |
45 min. | (Producer/Director) A Documentary portrait of Polish architect and intellectual Jerzy Soltan, who studied under master architect Le Corbusier. TVP 1, 1995. |
| CHELYABINSK: The Most Contaminated Spot On The Planet |
60 min. | (Producer/Director) A journey into the horror of nuclear contamination in the Ural region of Russia. NHK- Japan, SWF-Germany, TVP 2, Holland Television, Filmmakers Library. 1994. |
| ADOPTING OLYA | 30 min. | (Co-Producer/Director) A couple from California travels to Russia to adopt a 4-year old girl living in an orphanage there. Discovery Channel - Europe, Denmark Television, TVP 2, 1994. |
| WITH A SONG TO RUSSIA | 30 min. | (Producer/Director) The National Symphony Orchestra along with Slava Rostropovich and the Washington Choral Arts Society tour Russia in the midst of its 1993 political turmoil. PBS/WETA. 1994. |
| A TOWER OF BABEL - USA | 4 x 30 min. | (Producer/Director) A four part series on families whose origins resemble the name of the town they live in. PBS/WNED, WMHT. 1990. |
| MESSENGER TO POLAND | 58 min. |
(Co-Producer) A look at Poland adjusting to a non-communist government. PBS/WTTW Journal series.1990. *Regional Emmy Award Winning Film* |
| WHEN THE FAMILY GETS AIDS | 30 min. | (Producer/Director) A documentary examining the impact of AIDS on one American family. PBS/WNET & WLVT, Nippon Japan TV, TVP 2, 1990. |
| IS THIS LIFE WORTH LIVING? | 30 min. | (Producer/Director) A film exploring euthanasia and the "right to die". Distributed by Filmmakers Library. 1987. |
| MY...AMERICAN DREAM | 10 x 20 min. | (Producer/Director) A series of documentary portraits of unique Mid-Western characters. Warner Ammex. 1984. |
| BERET | 20 min. | (Producer/Co-Director) The story of a European mime artist whose dream is to become a mime in New York City. Manhattan Cable. 1984. |
| ANNA PROLETARIAN | 35 min. | (Co-Director/Co-Producer) A birth of the Solidarity movement in Poland. 1981. TVP 1, 1996. |
| THE SUNDAY | 10 min. | (Director) A film about boredom in a small town in Poland. TVP 2, 1980. |
Director of Photography
(Slawomir Grunberg)
| REDEMPTION | 87 min. | (Director of Photography) Two years study of the life outside the Baltimore prison system. Tod Lending - Director. HDTV. PBS. In-Progress. |
| BREAKING THE CYCLE | 87 min. | (Director of Photography) Several working poor families observed throughout two years. Roger Weisberg - Director. PBS. In-Progress. |
| AGING OUT | 87 min. | (Director of Photography). Leaving foster care system and what next. Shot over two years. Roger Weisberg - Director. PBS. |
| SHAKESPEARE SESSIONS | 57 min. | (Director of Photography). Royal Shakespeare founders: John Barton and Sir Peter Hall travel to America for series of workshops. Oren Jacoby - Director, PBS. 2003. |
| B&B GUESTBOOK 9/11 | 26 min. | (Director of Photography/Producer) Reactions of B&B guests to the September 11 terrorist attacks and their aftermath.2003. |
| GREEN CARD GAMBLE | 31 x 25 min. | (Director of Photography/Co-Director) Three Polish families who, as a result of winning a Diversity Program visa lottery, each received a green card. PTV 2, Poland, 2003. |
| STEALING THE FIRE | 95 min. | (Director of Photography). German connection between its Nazi past and selling nuclear devices to Iraq. John Friedman & Erick Nadler - Directors, Sundance Channel, ZDF Germany 2003. |
| THE TOPDOG DIARIES: Suzan-Lori Parks |
57 min. | (Director of Photography). A portrait of a Pulitzer Prize winner and MacArthur Fellow. scriptwriter. Oren Jacoby - Director, PBS 2002. |
| A CRIME OF INSANITY | 57 min. | (Director of Photography). What happens when mentally ill person commits a violent crime. PBS/Frontline 2002. |
| GRAB HOLD OF THE REINS | 26 min. | (Director of Photography). Three women struggling with cancer. PBS 2002. |
| PROUD TO BE A GIRL | 26 min. | (Director of Photography). Girlís adolescence and parentís fear. PBS 2002. |
| FENCELINE: A Company Town Divided |
52 min. | (Director of Photography) See productions. |
| GUS VAN SANT: HOLLYWOOD INDEPENDENT | 45 min. | (Director of Photography) See productions. |
| THE LAST CHANCE | 57 min. | (Co-Director of Photography) Struggle with obesity in America. MSNBC, 2001. |
| JOHN LEGUIZAMO | 57 min. | (Co-Director of Photography) A documentary portrait of an artist. Bravo Channel, 2001. |
| BEATLES | 57 min. | (Co-Director of Photography) A new look at the phenomenon of The Beatles. ABC, 2000. |
| SIDNEY POITIER: One Bright Light |
57 min. | (Director of Photography) . An intimate documentary portrait of one of the greatest artists. WNET/Thirteen - American Masters, 2000. |
| LEGACY | 90 min. |
(Principal Director of Photography) Filmed over five years - the lives of three generations of an African-American family. Tod Lending - Director, Selected for Sundance Film Festival HBO, PBS 2000. *Academy Award Nominated Film* |
| SCHOOL PRAYER: A Community At War |
57 min. | (Director of Photography) See productions. |
| CHILD CARE IN AMERICA | 60 min. | (Director of Photography) A look at the current state of child care in America. Lee Grant - Director, Lifetime Channel, 1999. |
| THE COLA CONQUEST | 134 min. | (Co-Director of Photography)A look at the history of Coca-Cola and its impact on the world. DLI Productions. Channel 4 Great Britain and CBC Canada. 1998. |
| THE LOVE PROPHET AND THE CHILDREN OF GOD | 60 min. | (Co-Director of Photography) An introspective look at the cult of the Children of God. DLI Productions. TV Ontario. 1998. |
| Intimate Portraits | 15 x 60 min. | (Director of Photography) Cyndi Lauper, Vanessa Redgrave, Jane Alexander, Jessica Tandy, Mia Farrow, Lauren Bacall, Gloria Steinam, Bella Abzug, Betty Friedan, Kirk Douglas & others. Lifetime Channel, 1998-99. |
| MY RETIREMENT DREAMS | 57 min. | (Director of Photography) A journey into the mind and soul of retired persons in America. PBS-Frontline. 1998. |
| SKIN DEEP for Peoples’ Century series. |
58 min. | (Director of Photography) A study of racism in the United States and South Africa. BBC/PBS. 1998. |
| TIME TO SPEAK | 58 min. | (Director of Photography) A documentary on child abuse seen from a childs point of view. PBS. 1998 |
| LIVING IN TALL TREES | 30 min. | (Director of Photography) Scientists researching rainforest canopies in Costa Rica and Washington State. PBS. 1998. |
| BREAKING TIES | 58 min. | (Director of Photography) Homelessness and poverty examined through experience of three families. PBS. 1997 |
| FROM CHECHNYA TO CHERNOBYL | 45 min. or 30 min. | (Director of Photography) See Productions. |
| GROWIN' UP NOT A CHILD | 58 min. |
(Director of Photography) A program examining issues of children and violence from the child's point of view. PBS. 1995. *Emmy Award Nominated Film* |
| SHTETL | 2 hrs. 53 min. or 90 min. |
(Director of Photography) See Productions. |
| WHEN BILLY BROKE HIS HEAD AND OTHER TALES OF WONDER | 58 min. | (Director of Photography) An ITVS documentary on being disabled in America today. Freedom of Expression Award at the Sundance Film Festival, 1995. ITVS/PBS . 1995. |
| DIARY OF AN ARTIST | 45 min. | (Director of Photography) See Productions. |
| JERZY SOLTAN - The Man Who Didn't Build Poland |
45 min. | (Director of Photography) See Productions. |
| CHELYABINSK: The Most Contaminated Spot On The Planet |
60 min. | (Director of Photography) See Productions. |
| DIAMONDS IN THE SNOW | 58 min. | (Principal Director of Photography) The story of three children who survived the Holocaust, one of them the filmmaker. WDR-German TV, PBS National, 1995. |
| WITH A SONG TO RUSSIA | 30 min. | (Director of Photography / Editor) see productions. |
| THE MYSTERIOUS CRASH OF FLIGHT 201 | 58 min. | (Director of Photography) The Story of a 12 month investigation into a plane crash in the dense jungle of Panama. EMMY nomination 1994. PBS- NOVA, WGBH 1993. |
| RUSSIA FOR SALE | 58 min. | (Director of Photography) A documentary on the conservative forces challenging the processes of "Pierestroika" in Russia. PBS-WNET. 1992. |
| THE HEALTH QUARTERLY | 20 min. | (Director of Photography) A segment looking at the problem of health rationing in Chicago. PBS-WGBH. 1991. |
| BETTING ON THE LOTTERY | 58 min. | (Director of Photography) An entertaining look at lottery systems in various states. PBS-Frontline, WGBH. 1990. |
| THE AIDS QUARTERLY WITH PETER JENNINGS | 30 min. | (Director of Photography) A segment on the AIDS crisis in post-communist Poland. PBS-WGBH. 1990. |
| MESSENGER TO POLAND | 58 min. | (Director of Photography). 1990. See Productions |
| WHEN THE FAMILY GETS AIDS | 30 min. | (Director of Photography). 1990. See Productions |
| MY RETIREMENT DREAMS | 57 min. | (Editor) A journey into the mind and soul of retired persons in America. PBS-Frontline. 1998. |
| FROM CHECHNYA TO CHERNOBYL | 45 min. or 30 min. | (Editor) See Productions. |
| DIARY OF AN ARTIST | 45 min. | (Editor) See Productions. |
| JERZY SOLTAN - The Man Who Didn't Build Poland |
45 min. | (Editor) See Productions. |
| SHTETL | 2 hrs. 53 min. | (Co-Editor) See Productions. |
| CHELYABINSK: The Most Contaminated Spot On The Planet |
60 min. | (Editor) See Productions. |
| RUSSIA FOR SALE | 58 min. | (Editor) A documentary on the conservative forces challenging the processes of "Pierestroika" in Russia. PBS-WNET. 1992. |
| AFTER GORBACHEV'S USSR | 58 min. | (Editor) A follow-up to Inside Gorbachev's USSR PBS - Frontline. WGBH. 1992. |
| THE HEALTH QUARTERLY | 20 min. | (Editor) A segment looking at the problem of health rationing in Chicago. PBS-WGBH. 1991. |
| BETTING ON THE LOTTERY | 58 min. | (Editor) An entertaining look at lottery systems in various states. PBS-Frontline, WGBH. 1990. |
| INSIDE GORBACHEV'S USSR WITH HEDRICK SMITH | 58 min. | (Editor) A film which searches for signs of Perestroika in Gorbachev's Russia. PBS-WGBH. 1990. |
| MESSENGER TO POLAND | 58 min. | (Editor) 1990. See Productions |
| WHEN THE FAMILY GETS AIDS | 30 min. | (Editor) 1990. See Productions |
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