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Artist's Profile: Walerian Borowczyk William MoritzBorn in Wojnowice, Poland, Walerian Borowczyk studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. In 1953, he won a national prize in Poland for his lithographic work. He designed posters for films starting in 1955, and two years later teamed up with Jan Lenica to make a handful of outstanding animation films. In 1958, he emigrated to France and embarked on his own filmmaking career. In the 1970s and 1980, he moved away from animation and focused on producing live-action films. Selected Filmography:
-All films distributed by Walerian Borowczyk unless otherwise noted. Walerian Borowczyk Boite Postale 80 78110 Le Vésinct France BibliographyCome Closer- Absolut Panushka"Concerning the Aesthetic Autonomy of Animation, and Why the Short Film is Not Just a Shorter Feature Film." by William Moritz, Filmfest Dresden, 19 April 1995 "Narrative Strategies for Resistance and Protest in Eastern European Animation." A Reader In Animation Studies. Ed. Jayne Pilling. Sydney: John Libbey, 1997, 38-47. "Animation in the Post-Industrial Era." The Oxford History of World Cinema. Ed. Geoffrey Nowell-Smith. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 1996, 551-558. |