Career

In the early 1980s, Bartkowiak was cinematographer on three films that received Academy Award nominations for Best Picture: The Verdict, Terms of Endearment, and Prizzi's Honor.

Bartkowiak made his directorial debut with Romeo Must Die a martial-arts action film starring Jet Li and Aaliyah, which was a huge hit at the box-office, a year later he made the action thriller film Exit Wounds starring Steven Seagal, the film was a hit in theaters. Cradle 2 the Grave was a moderate success at the box-office.

Later he teamed up with Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment and Capcom to direct Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.

In 2010, he worked as cinematographer in the thriller Trespass, directed by Joel Schumacher, both had collaborated before on Falling Down.

In December 2011, Hannibal Production hired Bartkowiak to direct an action-adventure $16 million budgeted film Beneath the Deep, which was scripted by Armand Speca. While Richard Rionda Del Castro produced the film.

Upcoming projects

According to IMDb Mr. Bartkowiak is directing anti-human trafficking real life FBI rescue feature of Land of the Free on August 2016 with Marie Paquim, Rance Howard, Christopher Rich, and Ricarte Rivera.

Filmography

Year	Film	Credited as
		Director	Cinematography
1976	Deadly Hero		Yes
1979	3 by Cheever: The 5:48		Yes
1981	Prince of the City		Yes
1982	Deathtrap		Yes
	The Verdict		Yes
1983	Daniel		Yes
	Terms of Endearment		Yes
1984	Garbo Talks		Yes
1985	Prizzi's Honor		Yes
1986	Power		Yes
	The Morning After		Yes
1987	Nuts		Yes
1988	Twins		Yes
1989	Family Business		Yes
1990	Q&A		Yes
1991	Hard Promises		Yes
1992	A Stranger Among Us		Yes
1993	Falling Down		Yes
	Guilty as Sin		Yes
1994	Speed		Yes
1995	A Good Man in Africa		Yes
	Losing Isaiah		Yes
	Species		Yes
	Jade		Yes
1996	The Mirror Has Two Faces		Yes
1997	Dante's Peak		Yes
	The Devil's Advocate		Yes
1998	U.S. Marshals		Yes
	Lethal Weapon 4		Yes
2000	Gossip		Yes
	Romeo Must Die	Yes
	Thirteen Days		Yes
2001	Exit Wounds	Yes
2003	Cradle 2 the Grave	Yes
2005	Doom	Yes
2009	Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li	Yes
2011	Trespass		Yes

Collaborations

During his first films as a director he collaborated a few times with the rapper DMX and the actors Anthony Anderson, Jet Li and Isaiah Washington.

	Romeo Must Die	Exit Wounds	Cradle 2 the Grave
Jet Li	Y		Y
DMX	Y	Y	Y
Anthony Anderson	Y	Y	Y
Isaiah Washington	Y	Y
Tom Arnold		Y	Y
Drag-On		Y	Y

As cinematographer Bartkowiak has collaborated with several well-known film directors such as Sidney Lumet, Joel Schumacher and Roger Donaldson.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]