Karina Kleszczewska is a polish cinematographer and one of the first women dop’s in Poland. 
Karina is one of very few female members of Polish Society of Cinematographers whose Vice President she became in 2023. She is also a cofunder of Polish Female Dop Collective.
Her career began after graduating from prestigious polish film school PWSFTViT in 1996. 
It was then when she started shooting shorts, docs, tv forms, tv theatre, music videos, commercials as well as designing lighting for both tv and stage. 
Slovenian film “Blind Spot” was her first solo feature film as cinematographer and with numerous awards 
it won (Cottus, Thessaloniki or Sofia Film Festival) was definately a turning point in her career. 
While developing her professional path as cinematographer she also co-funded, together with director Lukasz Barczyk “Blyskawica”-the independent feature film studio. 
For Blysakwica she co-produced two feature films, which she also lensed . That’s how “Ummoved Mover” and “Gli Italiani” were made, 
both interesting and controversial films that stirred the emotions in viewers.
Her body of work includes both low-budget films and tv series  and independent films as well as high budget productions like „Hiszpanka". 
Karina’s creative input is always universal and the form is always chosen to suit what the film needs
Nevertheless,the most important thing for her is an emphasis on evoking a feeling of beauty as a way of purifying our hearts and minds.