Marcin Giżycki

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Marcin Giżycki
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Born (1951-09-26) September 26, 1951 (age 69)
Poland
NationalityPolish
OccupationFilm Historian, Art Historian, Critic, Film Maker

Marcin Giżycki (born 1951) is a Polish film and art historian, critic, and filmmaker.[1][2] He is a Professor at the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology[3] in Warsaw (since 2015), a Senior Lecturer at the Rhode Island School of Design[4] (since 1988), and an Artistic Director of the ANIMATOR (festival) International Animated Film Festival Animator in Poznań, Poland (since 2007). He has authored eight books, co-edited two others, contributed photographs to four books by Agnieszka Taborska, and published around 400 articles on film and art in Polish and foreign publications. In 2016, he received the Award for the Outstanding Contribution to Animation Studies at Animafest, the World Festival of Animated Film in Zagreb, Croatia.[5]

Education and Professional Experience[]

Giżycki received his MA and Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Warsaw in 1976 and 1995 respectively. He received his Postdoctoral degree in Film Studies from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, in 2006. He worked at the National Museum, Warsaw in 1974-1975, was an Editor-in-Chief of the ASIFA quarterly “Animafilm” (1979-1981), was part of the editorial staff at “Projekt” in Warsaw (1979-1983) and an art critic for “Literatura” (1978-1981). In 1983 he taught at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College in Farnham, England (formerly known as West Surrey College of Art and Design in Farnham). He was Vice-President of the College of the Visual Arts and New Media in Warsaw, Poland (2002-2003). In 2012-2015 he was a Professor at the Wyższa Szkoła Techniczna w Katowicach (Katowice School of Technology), Katowice, Poland.

Associations[]

Polish Art Historians' Association, Polish Filmmakers' Association, International Association of Art Critics(AICA), International Film Critics Association (FIPRESCI),[6] International Animated Film Association (ASIFA)

Filmography (Selection)[]

  • I Am Providence: A Story of H.P. Lovecraft and His City, with Agnieszka Taborska (1997)
  • The Island of Jan Lenica (1998)
  • Daniel Szczechura’s Travels (2005)
  • Sicilian Flea (2008)
  • Alfred Schreyer from Drohobycz (2010)
  • Aquatura (2010)
  • Kinefaktura (2012)
  • FFF1 (2013),
  • A Magic-Lantern Life: The Story of The American Magic Lantern Theater (2014, with Peter O’Neill)
  • Stone Story (2016)
  • Monument (2016)
  • Theatrum Magicum (2017)
  • Sculptor with a Camera (2018)
  • Jellyfish (2018)
  • Sunset (2019)
  • Der Blaue Reiter (2021)
  • Tide (2021)

Awards at Film Festivals (Selection)[]

  • FFF1, "IFS" Independent Filmmakers Showcase, Los Angeles/Beverly Hills/Santa Monica, 2014: The Best Experimental Short
  • Monument, Black Maria Film Festival, New Jersey, 2017: Jury's Choice Award; The Fresh Stream Experimental Film Festival, LA, 2016: Best Experimental Animated Film; Veracruz Short Film Festival, Mexico, 2018: Best Experimental Short Film
  • Theatrum Magicum, Festival Internacional de Cine Santa Cruz, 2017: Best Experimental Short; Polish Short Film Festival, Las Vegas, NV: 2 Silver Sava Awards (Best Film and Best Cinematography);[7] International Independent Film Awards, Encino, CA, USA, 2017: Diamond Award for Costume Design; Black Maria Film Festival, New Jersey, 2018: Jury's Choice; Best Fiction Film Festival on MovieScreenPro, Los Angeles, CA, 2018: Audience Award; Inca Imperial International Film Festival, Lima, Peru, 2018: Best Experimental Short Film
  • Sunset, ArteNonStopFestival, Argentina, 2019: Mención Especial; Short Stop International Film Festival, Romania, 2020: Best Experimental; The Unprecedented Cinema, Tallin, 2020: Best Animation; Stop Motion Film Festival, Barcelona, 2020: Special Mention

Books Published (Selection)[]

  • Kino—Media—Sztuka—Twórcy. Szkice [Cinema—Media—Art.—Artists: Essays, Warsaw: Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology], 2017
  • Wenders do domu! Europejskie filmy o Ameryce i ich recepcja w Stanach Zjednoczonych [Wenders Go Home! European Films on America and Their Reception in the US], Gdansk: slowo/obraz terytoria, 2006
  • Słownik kierunków, ruchów i kluczowych pojec sztuki II połowy XX wieku [Dictionary of Movements and Key Notions of Art of the 2nd Half of the 20th Century], Gdansk: slowo/obraz terytoria, 2002
  • Koniec i co dalej? Szkice o postmodernizmie, sztuce współczesnej i końcu wieku [The End and What Next? Essays on Postmodernism, Contemporary Art, and the End of the Century], Gdansk: slowo/obraz terytoria, 2001
  • Nie tylko Disney [Disney Was Not the Only One], Warsaw: WAiF & PWN, 2000
  • Awangarda wobec kina. Film w kregu polskiej awangardy artystycznej w dwudziestoleciu międzywojennym [Avant-Garde and Cinema: Film in Polish Avant-Garde Circles Between the Wars], Warsaw: Wydawnictwo małe, 1996
  • Walka o film artystyczny w międzywojennej Polsce [A Battle for Artistic Film in Poland Between the Wars], Warsaw: PWN, 1989

References[]

  1. ^ "Marcin Gizycki". Vimeo.
  2. ^ "Marcin Gizycki". IMDb.
  3. ^ "Marcin Giżycki | Polish Japanese Academy of Information Technology - Academia.edu". pja.academia.edu.
  4. ^ "Marcin Gizycki | Faculty | Theory + History of Art + Design | RISD". www.risd.edu.
  5. ^ "animafest.hr". animafest.hr.
  6. ^ "Marcin Gizycki".
  7. ^ "POLISH SHORTS: Marcin Giżycki -". Polish Shorts.
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