Henry Minski(1949-2005)
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Visual Effects
Henry Minski was born in Germany and grew up in Brooklyn, New York.
After completing an Electronics degree at the prestigious Brooklyn
Technical H.S. he continued on to the University of Rochester for a
B.S.. He attended Graduate School in Film Studies at Brooklyn College
(M.S.), University of Wisconsin, Madison (M.A.) and the University of
Texas, Austin (A.B.D. Ph.D.) where he studied with the classic
Hollywood Director Ed Dmytryk. His Ph.D. dissertation, never completed,
was on the work of Wim Wenders. He came to Los Angeles in 1980 and
entered the International Cinematographers Guild (Local 600) training
program, having won one position in ten from a field of 1700
applicants. While he worked in all forms of film, video and HD video
production he has made a specialty of the multi-camera format. Most
recently he worked as a Director of Photography using the miniDV
format. He believes that within the miniDV format the strong use of
color and the judicious use of contrast allows the cinematographer to
transcend the medium's inherent limitations.
