Henry Minski

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.