Henryk Ryszka

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1939-06-07

Deathday 2014-08-29 (75 years old)

Place of Birth Pinsk, Poleskie, Poland [now Pinsk, Belarus]

Henryk Ryszka

Biography

Henryk Ryszka, a Lodz Film School cinematography graduate, worked on many animation films as cameraman and director and was the winner of numerous prizes at festivals, among others, in Krakow, Auckland, Bilbao, Tehran and New York. In 1967, he started working as a lecturer at the Lodz Film School. He educated many generations of animators and for many years was the head of the Animation Faculty. From 2002-2005, he was the head of the Cinematography Department, and lately the head of the Television Production Faculty. Then 4 year MA studies were started the curriculum of which was created by prof. Henryk Ryszka. This is how the animation and special effects faculty was established at the Cinematography Department. The first enrolment for the course took place in 1989, twenty years after establishing the Animation Film Workshop. (...) From its beginnings until now prof. Henryk Ryszka has undoubtedly been the master for generations of students. - wrote prof. Krzysztof Rynkiewicz in May this year on the occassion of the "Animation 25" exhibition, which commemorated the 25th anniversary of the Animation Faculty at the Lodz Film School.

Known For

Director

2008
Walls Have Ears

as Director

1970
1970
Corrosion

as Director

1969
Drought

as Director

1964
Cabaret

as Assistant Director

1961

Crew

2008
Walls Have Ears

as Scenic Artist

1969
The Stairs

as Cinematography

1969
No. 00173

as Cinematography

1968
Exclamation Mark

as Cinematography

1965
The Flag

as Cinematography

Camera

1976
Najpiękniejszy na świecie

as Director of Photography

1967
Po wyroku

as Director of Photography

1966
Roundabout

as Director of Photography

Writer

1971
1970
Re - The God of Sun

as Screenplay

Visual Effects

1970
Re - The God of Sun

as Animation