Waldemar Kalinowski's most recent endeavors include designing the film "Sweetwater" for director Lance Daly, as well as the pilot for HBO's "Treme" under the direction of Agnieszka Holland.
He has also worked on the films "Courageous Heart Of Irena Sendler" directed by John Harrison, "Crazy Heart" written and directed by Scott Cooper, and "Appaloosa" starring Ed Harris, which he completed in 2007.
Kalinowski collaborated with Andy Garcia on the film "The Lost City", set during the Cuban Revolution, and has worked on various other projects, including HBO's "Path to War", directed by John Frankenheimer, and "Stigmata" directed by Rupert Wainwright.
His credits also include five films with director Mike Figgis: "Leaving Las Vegas", "One Night Stand", "Mr. Jones", "Liebestraum", and "Internal Affairs".
In addition to his work in feature films, Kalinowski has designed music videos, commercials, television projects, and stage installations.
Born in Austria, Kalinowski was raised in Warsaw, Poland, and attended the University of Warsaw to study physics and mathematics. He later received his Masters of Fine Arts degree from Cal Arts in California.
Throughout his career, Kalinowski has been involved in a variety of eclectic projects, including a 1969 research project for the first Lunar Lander, a series of performance-video installations in the mid-seventies, and a seven-year stint as a fashion and advertising photographer.
He has also continued to act, with his role in the 1978 feature "Heaven's Gate" marking the beginning of his acting career.
Kalinowski's wife, Florence Fellman, is an art historian with a master's degree in 19th and 20th century European art, and has collaborated with him on most of his projects since 1984. The couple has two children, daughter Alexandra Paloma, a singer-songwriter, and son Ariel Bonaventura, an artist-poet, both based in New York.
