The ceremony, set for Sunday, marks a sentimental comeback for Bartkowiak to the city where he was born 75 years ago and where he studied at the National Film School.
The event will include a meeting with Bartkowiak and a screening of The Devil's Advocate, on which he worked with director Taylor Hackford.
Bartkowiak has lived in the United States since 1972, when he left Poland in search of career opportunities overseas.
A recipient of the American Society of Cinematographers' 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award, Bartkowiak has shot more than 10 films with director Sidney Lumet, including The Verdict, starring Paul Newman and Charlotte Rampling.
He has also collaborated with leading directors on such iconic films as the Oscar-winning Terms of Endearment, Prizzi's Honor and Lethal Weapon 4.
Bartkowiak is an accomplished director as well, best known for action dramas including Romeo Must Die and Cradle 2 the Grave.
Andrzej Bartkowiak. Photo: fuxoft, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Łódź’s Avenue of Stars, inspired by the Hollywood Walk of Fame, honours more than 100 prominent Polish filmmakers: directors such as Krzysztof Kieślowski, Andrzej Wajda, Roman Polanski, Krzysztof Zanussi and Jerzy Skolimowski; actors including Tadeusz Łomnicki, Krystyna Janda, Janusz Gajos, Gustaw Holoubek and Zbigniew Cybulski; and composers Wojciech Kilar and Zbigniew Preisner.
The Łódź Avenue of Stars, inspired by the Hollywood Walk of Fame, honours more than 100 prominent Polish filmmakers. Photo: Derbrauni, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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