(Born 1926 in Katowice, Poland) Assistant DoP, camera operator and still photographer. During his studies at the Łódź Film School, he began working as an assistant DoP to Władysław Forbert on the films "Trudna miłość" dir. Stanisław Różewicz and "Godziny nadziei" dir. Jan Rybkowski. From the beginning, he was associated with the Łódź Feature Film Studio. After...

(Born 1906, died 2000 in Los Angeles) It was even difficult in the case of this still photographer to establish his first name. The closing credits in his films always just featured him under the title "film stills - M. Biełous". Only by finding his archival copyright agreements were we able to uncover his first name. And then more information came from the testimonies of people who worked...

(born around 1912, died 1965 in Cibórz). Photographer, cinematographer, actor, director and even sound imitator. He began as a photoreporter in Poznan, making photographs of Poznan theatre performances from the early 1920s. In 1930, he became one of the authors of aerial photographs for the movie “Gwiaździsta eskadra" – first aerial battle scenes in the Polish...

(Born 1931) Assistant DoP and still photographer. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Łódź for two years and then he went to Military School. After leaving the army in 1953, he was employed in the Wrocław Feature Films Studio in its initial subdivision, the Puppet Film Studio. In 1956, he moved to the newly-established Puppet Film Studio in Tuszyn - later the SE-MA-FOR Studio....

(actually: Rotenberg) (born 1901 inKalisz, died 1990 inWarsaw).  One of the most famous and eminent Polish photographers. Already as a 13-year-old boy, he took amateur photographs in his home town. As a professional, he debuted in 1928 during the first International Salon of Art Photography in Warsaw. A year later, he opened his own studio “Foto Dorys" at Aleje Jerozolimskie 41 (at...

(born 1896, died 1967)  Still photographer. At the beginning, he made stills with Leonard Zajączkowski. Afterwards, he became the owner of Stephot – the most dynamic company making film stills. In film programs, to which Frankfurt’s company made photographs, the credits were usually the same: “stills: Stephot – Maksymilian Frankfurt". Therefore, it is difficult...

(born 1941 in Sandomierz). The most famous Polish movie stuntman. He made his debut in 1966 in the movie "Cała naprzód" by Lenartowicz. Three years later, in "Znicz olimpijski", he performed the famous jump from the cablecar in which he was seriously injured. "After that accident – he told soon afterwards – I've already played in all episodes of »Pan Michał«,...

(born 1915 in Brest, died 1978). Cinematographer, film director, screenwriter; cooperated for over 30 years with Educational Film Studio (EFS), where he dealt mainly with nature and animal breeding. Nevertheless, he started his cooperation with the film industry as still photographer.     “I occupied myself with photography already in 1930. But all the time, I was...

(born ?, died 1998). Camera assistant and still photographer.     Filmography of Gawrysiak as still photographer (incomplete) : 1966 – „Powrót na ziemię” 1967 – „Westerplatte” 1968 – „Samotność we dwoje” 1973-1974 – „Potop” (with Franciszek Kądziołka) 1977 –...

Focus puller and still photographer. He graduated from technical and mechanical high school and completed photography courses organised at the Feature Film Studio in Łódź.         He was keen on photography from childhood. He began his work in the WFF [Feature Film Studio] by maintaining the equipment in the Department of Image Technology. After just a...