Marcin Giżycki
Marcin Giżycki was a Polish film and art historian, critic, and filmmaker. He was a professor at the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Warsaw (since 2015), a Senior Lecturer at the Rhode Island School of Design (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.
The Bug Trainer (2009)
The Bug Trainer explores Starewitch’s creative ideas and concepts of his work, along with opinions from film critics and other animation directors to help us understand why he is considered one of the greatest creators of the animation world. (more)
The Bug Trainer explores Starewitch’s creative ideas and concepts of his work, along with opinions from film critics and other animation directors to help us understand why he is considered one of the greatest creators of the animation world. (more)
A Magic-Lantern Life (2014)
The film documents the performances and history of The American Magic-Lantern Theater, a troupe that recreates the 19th century spectacles of magic lantern shows - he live projected productions that preceded cinema over 100 years ago. AMLT, based in Connecticut, ... (more)
The film documents the performances and history of The American Magic-Lantern Theater, a troupe that recreates the 19th century spectacles of magic lantern shows - he live projected productions that preceded cinema over 100 years ago. AMLT, based in Connecticut, ... (more)
Sunset (2019)
Four men are waiting for a tram. Based on a painting by Zenon Wasilewski, the father of Polish animated film. (more)
Four men are waiting for a tram. Based on a painting by Zenon Wasilewski, the father of Polish animated film. (more)
Arrow Board Game (2021)
Turn right, go straight, turn left. A collage of photos of road signs, immortalized on Polaroid in the United States in the early 1990s. A game of ludo with photos and an example of unpretentious visual archeology. Where did the arrows lead? Could these places ... (more)
Turn right, go straight, turn left. A collage of photos of road signs, immortalized on Polaroid in the United States in the early 1990s. A game of ludo with photos and an example of unpretentious visual archeology. Where did the arrows lead? Could these places ... (more)
Tide (2022)
Waves wash ashore different objects, which gradually become associated with Roman Polanski's "Two Men and a Wardrobe". (more)
Waves wash ashore different objects, which gradually become associated with Roman Polanski's "Two Men and a Wardrobe". (more)
Der Blaue Reiter (2023)
An animated essay on the color blue in 20th century art inspired by, among others, Eadweard Muybridge, Wassily Kandinsky, and Kazimir Malevich. (more)
An animated essay on the color blue in 20th century art inspired by, among others, Eadweard Muybridge, Wassily Kandinsky, and Kazimir Malevich. (more)