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Ryszard Lenczewski

Ryszard Lenczewski

Cinematographer · Born June 5, 1948 (78) · Milków, Dolnoslaskie, Poland

Born
June 5, 1948 (78)
From
Milków, Dolnoslaskie, Poland
Works as
Cinematographer
Titles
11 on Motif · 51 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 25% in 30 days

What are Ryszard Lenczewski's films like?

Across their 11 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
22%
Survival
19%
Self
18%
Bonds
14%
Power
12%
Society
7%
Ideas
6%
Romantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief2 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 9 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 1 · Serious 3 · Dark 5

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 4 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 4 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 1 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 2 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 3

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 2 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 7

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
10
Melancholic
8
Romantic
3
Contemplative
2
Dread
2
Other
9

How their films linger

Thought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ryszard Lenczewski's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 11 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Ryszard Lenczewski's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

51 credits, 11 with a Motif page.

  • My Sleepless Darkness (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2019)

    Director

  • Ida(2013)

    Cinematographer

    Motif score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Margaret(2011)

    Cinematographer

    Motif score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Woman in the Fifth(2011)

    Cinematographer

    Motif score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Fun and Games (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2009)

    Cinematographer

  • God's Little Village (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2009)

    Camera Operator · Cinematographer

  • The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2008)

    Cinematographer

  • Spring 1941(2007)

    Cinematographer

    Motif score: 40th percentile of all films

  • God's Little Garden (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2007)

    Camera Operator · Cinematographer · Still Photographer

  • My Summer of Love(2004)

    Cinematographer

    Motif score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Malice Aforethought (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 2 episodes · Cinematographer

  • Tom Brown's Schooldays(2005)

    Cinematographer

    Motif score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Last King(2003)

    Show 4 episodes · Cinematographer

    Motif score: 68th percentile of all shows

  • Intermission(2003)

    Cinematographer

    Motif score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Stranded (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 2 episodes · Cinematographer

  • Rank (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2002)

    Cinematographer

  • Stranded(2002)

    Cinematographer

    Motif score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Anna Karenina(2000)

    Show 4 episodes · Cinematographer

    Motif score: 53rd percentile of all shows

  • Last Resort(2000)

    Cinematographer

    Motif score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Usta Micka Jaggera (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1999)

    Cinematographer

  • In Heaven As It Is on Earth (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1998)

    Camera Operator · Cinematographer

  • Prostitutes (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1998)

    Camera Operator · Cinematographer

  • Weekend Stories: Dilatory Line (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1998)

    Cinematographer

  • Weekend Stories: The Last Circle (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1998)

    Cinematographer

  • Boża podszewka (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1997)

    Show 15 episodes · Cinematographer

  • Our God's Brother (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1997)

    Cinematographer

  • The Story About Master Twardowski (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1996)

    Cinematographer

  • Two Moons (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1993)

    Cinematographer

  • The Case of Bronek Pekosinski (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1993)

    Cinematographer

  • Geheimsache Katyn. Der Massenmord und die Propagandalüge (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1993)

    Cinematographer

  • European Night (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1993)

    Cinematographer

  • A Bachelor's Life Abroad (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1993)

    Cinematographer

  • Obcy musi fruwać (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1993)

    Cinematographer

  • By the River Nowhere (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1991)

    Cinematographer

  • Stanislaw Lem: Science and Fiction (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1990)

    Cinematographer

  • The Curse of Snake Valley (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1988)

    Cinematographer

  • Legend of the White Horse (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1987)

    Cinematographer

  • Angel of Fire (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1986)

    Cinematographer

  • The Black Swans (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1984)

    Cinematographer

  • Ray (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1984)

    Cinematographer

  • Mental Cut (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1984)

    Director · Camera Operator · Screenplay

  • Around Midnight (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1983)

    Cinematographer

  • Mężczyzna niepotrzebny! (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1982)

    Cinematographer

  • The Smaller Sky (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1981)

    Cinematographer

  • Tender Spots (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1981)

    Cinematographer

  • The Palace (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1980)

    Cinematographer

  • Announcing Silence (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1980)

    Cinematographer

  • The Arena of Life (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1979)

    Cinematographer

  • Hockey (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1976)

    Cinematographer

  • Georg Philipp Telemann’s Travels from Żary to Pszczyna (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1974)

    Cinematographer

  • Photography is a Difficult Art (not in the Motif catalog yet)

    Cinematographer

Career shape

A full career of 50 titles, 49 of them dated from 1974 to 2019.

Biggest box office

Ida (2013)

$11M worldwide

Highest rated

Ida (2013)

Motif 93rd

Most popular right now

The Last King (2003)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing2 of 50: 1 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting1 of 50: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleCinematography48 of 50: 44 only cinematography, 4 with another role · typical Motif score70thOther crew5 of 50: 0 only other crew, 5 with another role

50 titles, 5 with more than one role — cinematography and other crew overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1970s3 · crew1980s12 · crew1990s16 · crew2000s14 · crew2010s4 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Motif score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.

How do Ryszard Lenczewski's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 71st percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 69th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Approval · how many liked their films

70thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Reach · how many have seen their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 9

Motif score across 11 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 11 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · cinematographer

Spring 1941 (2007)

52nd percentile spread · 20% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

Ida (2013)

Motif 93rd · 80% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 69/100 in their films, across 9 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 51. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Ryszard Lenczewski's work okay for kids?

Across up to 5 Motif titles with content scores, sex & nudity runs heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 42 · moderateMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity5 titles39–59 · median 51 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 44 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 53 · moderateMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 42 · moderateMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Ryszard Lenczewski work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ryszard Lenczewski's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Paweł Pawlikowski shares the most, 4.

Directors

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers