Jan Lenica

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1928-01-04

Deathday 2001-10-05 (73 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

Director

2001
Wyspa R.O.

as Director

1975
Landscape

as Director

1970
Adam 2

as Director

1965
A

as Director

1964
Rhinoceros

as Director

1963
Labyrinth

as Director

1961
1959
Monsieur Tête

as Director

1958
House

as Director

1958
Love Requited

as Director

1957
Once Upon a Time

as Director

1957
Banner of Youth

as Director

1957
Strip-Tease

as Director

Writer

2001
Wyspa R.O.

as Writer

1970
Adam 2

as Writer

1965
A

as Writer

1964
Rhinoceros

as Writer

1963
Labyrinth

as Writer

1959
Monsieur Tête

as Writer

1958
House

as Scenario Writer