(Born 1923 in Radomsko, died in ?). Camera operator and still photographer. Graduate of the Łódź Film School in 1951. He worked in the Wrocław Feature Film Studio. One of the most highly regarded camera operators in Polish cinema. He combined the work of a cameraman with film still photography. His passions were photography and painting and – as he himself said – what...

(born in 1945 in Borówna next to Bochnia). Cinematographer and photographer. In 1969 he graduated from the Direction of Photography Department at the National Film School in Łódź. He was moulded by contemporary documentaries, in which he also took his first steps as cinematographer by co-shooting several dozen of documentaries in the upcoming years. Particularly important for...

(born 1926 in Mielec, died 1983). Cinematographer, cameraman and still photographer. During his studies in FilmSchool in Łódź, he started to practise as photographer and laboratory technician. “I think it was in the second year – said Janusz Morgenstern, film director – when I came up with a brilliant idea that led me to money during summer holiday. I talked my...

(Born 1950 in Warsaw) A still photographer, artist photographer and photojournalist at the International Film Festivals in Cannes, San Sebastian and Moscow. A photojournalist for "Film" magazine since 1977, he began his adventure with photography in the legendary KWANT Film Discussion Club, where it was possible to watch premiere screenings of films by Michelangelo Antonioni and from the new...

(born 1930, died 2004). Photographer and photoreporter. During the war, he fought as a member of a Polish Home Army squad in the Pruszków region. Years later in London, he was awarded for his war-time merits with the Polish Home Army Silver Cross.     When in army, he became interested in photography: on the turn of the 40's and 50's, serving his duty in an...

Camera assistant and still photographer connected with the Studio in Wrocław. He was interested in photography from his early youth and when he worked already as camera assistant and got the offer to earn some extra money as still photographer, he agreed without hesitation. “It was work on the film »Ściana czarownic« directed by Paweł Komorowski" – he says....

Assistant cameraman and still photographer. He was associated with the Łódź Feature Film Studio from the beginning, though he did not initially take stills there. He first worked as a focus puller on "Wraki" by Czesław Petelski and "Ewa chce spać" by Tadeusz Chmielewski. Chmielewski recalls that Letkier must have already participated in the making of some earlier films because he...

(Born 15.10.1930, died 3.04.1985 in Wrocław) Assistant DoP and still photographer. In the 1950s, he was a gunsmith in the army, reaching the rank of lieutenant. In 1957, he was released back to civilian life due to the fact he didn't have a high school diploma. At that time, there was a vacancy in the Feature Film Studio in Wrocław for a mechanic and so Magda started work there on 1 April...

(born ?, died in the World War II) Camera assistant. Started working in film industry as a young boy in 1916. In 1920, he screened movies in the cinema “Momus" at Senatorska street in Warsaw under the tutelage of a future cinematographer Seweryn Steinwurzel. When Steinwurzel debuted as film photographer, Matuszelański became his assistant. In years 1923-1933, he participated in...

(Born 1955) Also known as Jolanta Paliwoda and Jolanta Jodłowska. A camerawoman and film still photographer, she graduated from the Technical School of Photography in Łódź. While still a student, she took a three-month internship in the Se-Ma-For Studio. The permanent still photographer in Se-Ma-For, Bolesław Ciupiński, showed her a few tricks of the trade and suggested that she...