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O Jerzym Mierzejewskim
About Jerzy Mierzejewski

Author(s): Marek Hendrykowski
Subject(s): Visual Arts, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Art
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Jerzy Mierzejewski (1917-2012); Film School in Łódź; Polish art of cinematography;

Summary/Abstract: For many years the excellent painterformist Jerzy Mierzejewski (1917-2012) was the eminent figure of artistic life in postwar Poland. He was also an academic, a professor at the famous Film School in Łódź. The article presents the significance of Mierzejewski in paving the path for Polish cinematographic art and for the international successes of many Polish filmmakers (i.e. Andrzej Wajda, Roman Polański, Adam Holender, Krzysztof Zanussi, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Zbigniew Rybczyński and many others).

  • Issue Year: 18/2016
  • Issue No: 27
  • Page Range: 247-258
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish