Background
Kaminski, Janusz Zygmuni was born on June 27, 1959 in Ziembice, Poland. Son of Marian Kaminski and Jadwiga Celner. came to the United States, 1981.
Kaminski, Janusz Zygmuni was born on June 27, 1959 in Ziembice, Poland. Son of Marian Kaminski and Jadwiga Celner. came to the United States, 1981.
He attended Columbia College in Chicago from 1982 to 1987, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree, taking up film making as a profession before transferring to the American Film Institute Conservatory, where he graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree.
He rose to fame in the 1990s with. In recent years, Kamiński has also moved into the field of directing. He emigrated at the age of 21—after Prime Minister Jaruzelski imposed martial law in 1981—to the United States.
Kamiński was first discovered by Steven Spielberg in 1991.
After seeing the television film Wildflower, Spielberg hired Kamiński to shoot Class of "61, a television film in which Spielberg served as producer. He has been nominated four additional times for Amistad, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, War Horse and Lincoln.
In 2010, he was awarded the Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal by the American Film Institute Conservatory. Kamiński was married to actress Holly Hunter from 1995 until 2001.
Married Holly Hunter, May 20, 1995.