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Jan Lenica

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
2

Gender
Male

Birthday
January 4, 1928 (98 years old)

Place of Birth
Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland

Jan Lenica

Biography

Jan Lenica (4 January 1928, Poznań, Poland – 5 October 2001, Berlin) was a Polish graphic designer and cartoonist.

A graduate of the Architecture Department of Warsaw Polytechnic, Lenica became a poster illustrator and a collaborator on the early animation films of Walerian Borowczyk. From 1963 – 1986 he lived and worked in France, while from 1987 he lived and worked in Berlin. He was a professor of graphic, poster, animated cartoon for many years at German high schools and the first professor of the animation class at the University of Kassel, Germany, in 1979. He used cut-out stop motion animation in his numerous films, which included two features: Adam 2 (1968) and Ubu et la grande gidouille (1976, but released in France only in 1979).

He died on 5 October 2001 in Berlin, Germany.

Known For

Directing

2001Wyspa R.O....Director
1979Ubu and the Great Gidouille...Director
1975Landscape...Director
1972Fantorro the Last Enforcer...Director
1970Adam 2...Director
1965A...Director
1965Entwürfe und Träume...Director
1964Rhinoceros...Director
1963Labyrinth...Director
1961New Janko the Musician...Director
1959Monsieur Tête...Director
1958Love Requited...Director
1958House...Director
1957Once Upon a Time...Director
1957Banner of Youth...Director
1957Strip-Tease...Director

Writing

2001Wyspa R.O....Writer
1979Ubu and the Great Gidouille...Writer
1970Adam 2...Writer
1965A...Writer
1964Rhinoceros...Writer
1963Labyrinth...Screenplay
1961New Janko the Musician...Writer
1959Monsieur Tête...Writer
1958House...Scenario Writer

Camera

1965Entwürfe und Träume...Director of Photography

Acting

1975Moving Pictures: The Art of Jan Lenicaas Self
1972Screening Roomas Himself