Jerzy Wujczyk ( Polish: Jerzy Wójcik ; September 12, 1930 , Nowy Sacz - April 3, 2019 , Warsaw ) is a Polish cameraman, screenwriter and director.
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Biography
Jerzy Wujczyk is the son of an officer of the 1st regiment of the Podhalyan Sagittarius , Major Andrzej Wujczyk. In early September 1939, together with his mother and brother Marian, he was evacuated to Lviv , and then returned to Nowy Sacz. After the war, the Wujicik family lived in Boguszów in the Sudeten Mountains .
He graduated from the State Higher School of Cinema, Television and the Leon Schiller Theater in Lodz ( 1955 ). In 1956, he began working at the KADR film studio. He received his diploma in 1964. In 1956 he worked as the second cameraman under the direction of Jerzy Lipman during the filming of the film “ Channel ” by Andrzej Wajda . He made his debut in 1958 as an independent cinematographer in the film " Eroika " by Andrzej Munch . He collaborated with the greatest masters of the Polish school , in the 1960s he worked with Yugoslav filmmakers.
He shot two films as a director (one of them - “The Gates of Europe” , 1999 - was nominated for the International Film Festival in Cairo ). He staged several theatrical performances. He taught cinematography at the University of Silesia in Katowice and the Higher School of Cinema in Lodz. In 2006, he published an essay and memoirs book “The Labyrinth of Light” , in 2017 the book “The Art of the Film” .
Selected Filmography
- 1956 - “ Channel ” / Kanał (dir. Andrzej Wajda , second cameraman)
- 1956 - “ The Real End of the Great War ” / Prawdziwy koniec wielkiej wojny (dir. Jerzy Kavalerovich , second cameraman)
- 1958 - “ Eroika ” / Eroica (dir. Andrzej Munk )
- 1958 - “ Ashes and Diamond ” / Popiół i diament (dir. A. Wajda)
- 1959 - “The Cross of the Brave ” / Krzyż Walecznych (dir. Kazimierz Kuts )
- 1960 - “ Nobody Calls ” / Nikt nie woła (dir. K. Kuts)
- 1961 - “ Mother of John from the Angels ” / Matka Joanna od aniołów (dir. E. Kavalerovich)
- 1961 - “ Samson ” / Samson (dir. A. Wajda)
- 1962 - “ My Old Man ” / Mój stary (dir. Janusz Nasfeter )
- 1964 - “ Echo ” / Echo (dir. Stanislav Ruzhevich )
- 1964 - “ Life Once Again ” / Życie raz jeszcze (dir. Janusz Morgenstern)
- 1966 - “ Pharaoh ” / Faraon (dir. E. Kavalerovich)
- 1966 - “ Then there will be silence ” / Potem nastąpi cisza (dir. J. Morgenstern)
- 1967 - Westerplatte / Westerplatte (dir. St. Ruzhevich)
- 1968 - “Face to Face” / Twarzą w twarz (dir. Krzysztof Zanussi )
- 1973 - " The Flood " / Potop (dir. Jerzy Hoffmann )
- 1975 - “ Fallen leaves from the trees ” / Opadły liście z drzew (dir. St. Ruzhevich, award for best cinematography at the Polish Film Festival)
- 1978 - “ Passion ” / Pasja (dir. St. Ruzhevich)
- 1980 - “ Lynx ” / Ryś (dir. St. Ruzhevich)
- 1981 - “ Pension Pani Latter ” / Pensja pani Latter (dir. St. Ruzhevich)
- 1983 - “ A Woman with a Hat ” / Kobieta w kapeluszu (dir. St. Ruzhevich)
- 1985 - “ The Devil ” / Diabeł (dir. St. Ruzhevich)
- 1987 - “ An Angel in the Closet ” / Anioł w szafie (dir. St. Ruzhevich, award for best cinematography at the Polish Film Festival)
Recognition
- Award of the Minister of Culture and Art of the NDP 1st degree ( 1967 ),
- State Prize of the NDP of the 2nd degree ( 1975 ),
- Award from the Chairman of the Committee on Radio and Television ( 1977 ),
- The Golden Chamber for the achievement of a lifetime at the Manaki Brothers IFF ( Macedonia , 1999 ),
- Officer Cross ( 1998 ) and Commander's Cross (2005) of the Order of the Renaissance of Poland ( 2005 ).