Adam Holender, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Adam Holender

Polich cinematographer

Date of Birth: 13-Nov-1937

Place of Birth: Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Profession: cinematographer, film director

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Adam Holender (born 13 November 1937) is a Polish cinematographer, best known for his work on Midnight Cowboy. He was born 13 November 1937 in Kraków, Poland, the son of a judge.
In 1939, he and his family were deported to a Siberian labor camp, and not allowed to return to Kraków until 1947.Holender studied Architecture at PWSFTviT in Lódz, from where he graduated in 1964.Midnight Cowboy was Holender's first cinematography assignment; he was recommended to Schlesinger by Holender's childhood friend, filmmaker Roman Polanski.
According to Schlesinger his inspiration to make the movie came from the 1967 Yugoslav film When I Am Dead and Gone by a Serbian director Živojin Pavlovic.