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- Actor
- Soundtrack
Jacek Koman was born on 15 August 1956 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. He is an actor, known for Moulin Rouge! (2001), Children of Men (2006) and Defiance (2008).- Actress
- Producer
Agnes Albright was born in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. She is an actress and producer, known for Black Mold (2023), True Detective (2014) and Alien: Harvest (2019).- Actress
- Director
- Producer
Natalia Magdalena Janoszek was born in Bielsko-Biala, Poland. Best known from her work in Bollywood where she gained bigger recognition with lead role in drama "Chicken Curry Law". The story throws light on severe social problem of women safety and depicts the law fight of a foreigner, against corruption. In 2020 she appeared in Netflix production "365 Days" and Hollywood comedy "The Swing of Things" next to Luke Wilson. In 2022 she was on Polish version of Dancing with the Stars and in 2023 Your Face Sounds Familiar TV shows.- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Born in Poland in 1955, Zbigniew Preisner studied philosophy and history in the university of Cracow. In his twenties he started to study music in a autodidactical way: buying records and learning to write by taking the music in parts. He started to write his own compositions. His style has always been very romantic, influenced by romantic polish composers from the XIX century and others like Paganini or Sibelius. He has always emphasized the importance of melody in music. He doesn't like experimental modern music.
In 1981 he began his collaboration with filmmakers. While he was working with Antoni Krauze's movie "Weather Report" he met director Krzystof Kieslowski who invited him to work in his new movie "No End" about Poland under the martial law at the beginning of the 80s.
With that movie he began a very close collaboration with Kieslowski and his screenwriter Krzystof Piesiewicz. He works while the script for the movie is still being written but he usually also takes part in the editing of the movie.
Their next collaboration became a success worldwide. "Decalogue" won the European film award for best film and also awards in Cannes and other festivals. Kieslowski became one of the most importants directors in Europe and Preisner the leading film music composer of his generation.
At the same time he continued his collaboration with Kieslowski in such films like "La double vie de Veronique" and the trilogy of colours ("Blue", "White" and "Red") he also wrote soundtracks for others important directors like Louis Malle, Agniezka Holland or Héctor Babenco.
His collaboration with Kieslowski ended with his death in 1996. In the last years Preisner not only has continued his collaboration in others movies but he also has been involved in others musical projects like the writing of an opera to be performed in London and features for the Varsovia Simphony orchestra.- Beata Paluch was born on 4 September 1961 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Schindler's List (1993), Pogranicze w ogniu (1991) and Angel in the Wardrobe (1987).
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Jan Groth was born on 15 January 1921 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Anwalt Abel (1988) and The Consequence (1977). He died on 17 July 1993 in Germany.- Sound Department
- Music Department
- Producer
Michal Fojcik M.P.S.E. - Supervising Sound Editor / Sound Designer / Re-Recording Mixer, based in Kraków, Poland. Known for his work on Loving Vincent (2017), The Coldest Game (2019), Sole (2019), Gods (2014), Arbitrage (2012), Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013) and Love I. Dog (2018). Also worked as sound effects recordist on Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), Dark Phoenix (2019) and Alita: Battle Angel (2019).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Anna Guzik was born on 15 August 1976 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for No Means No (2024), Twoja twarz brzmi znajomo (2014) and Krugerandy (1999).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Paulina Tworzyanska was born on 14 July 1980 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Miss Wet-Head (1994), Awantura o Basie (1995) and Panna z mokra glowa (1995).- Anita Jancia was born on 17 February 1975 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Wataha (2014), Tam i z powrotem (2002) and 7 minut (2010).
- Aleksandra Zawieruszanka was born on 3 April 1937 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Wniebowstapienie (1969), Z tamtej strony teczy (1973) and Rodzina Milcarków (1962).
- Gerda Weissmann was born in 1924 in a part of Poland that was part of the German empire before WWI. She had idyllic childhood with her parents and her older brother Arthur. Then in September of 1939 the Germans invaded Poland and Gerda could not do many of the things that she liked to do.
Shortly after this her older brother Arthur got a summons to report to the nearest train station to be taken to a work camp. Except for a few letters he was never seen or heard from again.
Gerda and her parents still lived in their house, but shortly after Arthurs departure they were forced to move into their basement and the "Aryans" living in the basement were able to move into the house. They lived in the basement for about a year and a half.
During the time that the Weissmanns lived in the basement Gerda met a man that she liked named Abek. They dated for a while, but she did not want to marry him and he ended up dying in a concentration camp.
After about a year and a half the Weissmanns were forced to move from their basement to a ghetto. They made do and it helped that Abek was still able to visit every day and Gerda was closer to her friends than she had been previously.
During the time that they were in the ghetto Gerda and Mr. Weissmann worked. Mr. Weissmann worked digging ditches and Gerda worked in a clothing mill. After several months of this Mr. Weissmann was moved "to be closer to his work". After this he was never seen again. Several days after Mr. Weissmann's departure it was Mrs. Weissmann and Gerda's turn to leave. The day they left the ghetto Gerda and Mrs. Weissmann were forced to march to a field where the Nazi in charge asked them and everybody else how old they were. The older ones including Mrs. Weissmann were taken in a truck to be gassed. The younger ones were taken to a concentration camp.
In the concentration camp Gerda went to she worked a loom to make parachutes for the Luftwaffe. After several months the concentration camp was liquidated and she and her friends were taken to another camp that also made parachutes for the Luftwaffe, but it was vastly different.
At first at the next camp Gerda did the same thing she did at the previous camp, she watched the looms. One day not long after arriving a man came up to her and asked her if she was hungry. She did not know what to say. As it turned out he wanted her to sleep with him and then he would feed her. She said no, to which he told her that he would make her life a living hell. After that she was always picked for the flax detail during the day and coal detail during the night.
At the next camp Gerda started out working the looms, but then she and another friend where asked to go around a weigh the boxes containing the parachute material. After several weeks of this some newcomers joined the camp. They had been on a death march that occurred near the end of the war and Gerda and her friends were joining it.
The death march started in Germany in January of 1945 and ended in April of 1945 in Czecholsovokia. Of the 4000 or so girls that began the march only about 125 were liberated by the Americans.
One of the American liberators was a German born Jew named Kurt Klein. After he and his team liberated the woman he would stop at the hospital the Gerda was in to check up on her. Soon they fell in love. They were married in around 1946-47 and moved to Western New York and started a family.
Shortly after her arrival in the United States Gerda began to write her memories of the war in a book called All But My Life. Gerda and Kurt Klein spent many years in Western New York before moving to Arizonia. After moving Gerda updated her book All But My Life to include some details about her older life and what she found out about the death of her family. She and Kurt have also written a book containing the letters that they wrote to each other while they were dating. - Michal Kempa was born on 13 July 1988 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. He is a writer, known for 8 Grzechów Glównych (2019), Dzieki Bogu juz weekend (2013) and Szklo kontaktowe (2005).
- Tomasz Drabek was born on 19 July 1973 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. He is an actor, known for Pati (2023), Polish Legends: Jaga (2016) and 8 rzeczy, których nie wiecie o facetach (2022).
- Lucyna Malec was born on 27 July 1966 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Tam i z powrotem (2002), Doreczyciel (2009) and Hotel 52 (2010).
- Costume Designer
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
Wieslawa Starska was born on 26 October 1945 in Bielsko-Biala, Poland. She is a costume designer, known for Europa Europa (1990), The Gorgon Case (1977) and The Maids of Wilko (1979). She is married to Allan Starski.- Bohdan Smolen was born on 9 June 1947 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. He was an actor, known for To my (2000), Kochankowie mojej mamy (1986) and Filip z konopi (1983). He was married to Teresa. He died on 15 December 2016 in Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland.
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Radoslaw Piwowarski was born on 20 February 1948 in Olszówka Dolna, Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. He is a director and writer, known for Yesterday (1985), Kochankowie mojej mamy (1986) and Sequence of Feelings (1993).- Aneta Sablik was born on 12 January 1989 in Bielsko-Biala, Silesian, Poland.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Bartosz Szpak was born on 12 April 1991 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. He is an actor and director, known for Czarne zródlo (2019), Let me be and Seksmisja (Audioplay) (2018).- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Ludwig Wolff was born on 7 March 1876 in Bielitz, Silesia, Austria-Hungary [now Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland]. He is known for Garragan (1924), Downfall (1923) and Die Liebe einer Königin (1923).- Sound Department
- Additional Crew
- Animation Department
Mieczyslaw Janik was born on 28 November 1928 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. He is known for Dzieci z naszej szkoly (1968), Kolorowy swiat pacyka (1981) and Miejsce (1966). He died on 8 October 2010 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Jacek Lech was born on 15 April 1947 in Mikuszowice, Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Bal na dworcu w Koluszkach (1990), Television Theater (1953) and Na calosc (1986). He died on 25 March 2007 in Katowice, Slaskie, Poland.- Actor
- Writer
- Music Department
Roman Frankl was born on 18 March 1954 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. He is an actor and writer, known for On the Silver Globe (1988), Wsciekly (1980) and Klajmax (2011).- Director
- Cinematographer
- Editor
Film director and photographer from Bielsko-Biala, Poland.
Director of music videos:
Leogangsters (2013) Leningrad: The Road of Life (2013) Brestskaya Krepost (2014) Revolutions (2014) Legions of the Damned (2015) In Memory (2016)
also award-winning and narrative short films:
The War is not Lost (2015) Triumph of Death (2015) Oblitus: Rise of the Forgotten (2016) Hunt (2017) WiSH (2018)
Member of the jury of the festival Big Shorts w Los Angeles in 2017.- Animation Department
- Director
Andrzej Flettner was born on 5 April 1951 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. Andrzej is a director, known for Miedzy nami bocianami (1997), Reksio (1967) and Karrypel kontra Groszki (1997).- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Ralph Erwin was born on 31 October 1896 in Bielitz, Silesia, Austria-Hungary [now Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland]. He was a composer, known for An Education (2009), A Girl You Don't Forget (1932) and Malle gevallen (1934). He died on 15 May 1943 in Beaune-la-Rolande, Loiret, France.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Barbara Garstka was born on 25 November 1988 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Osiecka (2020), Papiery na szczescie (2021) and Last Floor (2013).- Barbara Bursztynowicz was born on 27 January 1954 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Figlarna telewizja i wrózka z kranu (1996), Dzieci i ryby (1997) and Nic nie stoi na przeszkodzie (1981). She is married to Jacek Bursztynowicz. They have one child.
- Jakub Strzelecki was born on 25 January 1985 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. He is an actor, known for Dwie strony medalu (2007), M jak milosc (2000) and Milczenie jest zlotem (2010).
- Ziemowit Wasielewski was born on 14 August 1980 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. He is an actor, known for Pierwsza milosc (2004), Remiza. Zawsze w akcji! (2021) and Twarza w twarz (2007).
- Actress
- Composer
Urszula Dudziak was born on 22 October 1943 in Straconka, Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. She is an actress and composer, known for Frontline (1983), Eden (2002) and Fierce (2020).- Actress
- Production Manager
- Camera and Electrical Department
Dominika Handzlik was born on 4 October 1993 in Bielsko-Biala, Poland. She is an actress and production manager, known for Pierwsza milosc (2004), Prawdziwe zycie aniolów (2022) and Komisarz Alex (2012).- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
- Director
Tomasz Nowak was born on 23 November 1980 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Ida (2013), Lilith (2004) and The High Frontier (2016).- Cinematographer
- Writer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Krzysztof Tusiewicz was born on 9 June 1955 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. He is a cinematographer and writer, known for Movie Stories of Slawek Grunberg (2004), Blood of the Innocent (1994) and Nowy Jork, czwarta rano (1988).- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Michal Luka is an experienced director of photography for both commercial and cinematic projects. Michal specializes in advanced cinematography techniques for CGI and VFX productions.
Michal worked on Netflix's animated miniseries The Libertor (dir. Grzegorz Jonkajtys), created using the new and unique Trioscope technique. He shot the feature drama Prime Time (dir. Jakub Piatek), which premiered during World Cinema Dramatic competition at the Sundance Film Festival 2021.
Two of his international films premiered in 2017, including the Bollywood thriller Ittefaq (dir. Abhay Chopra) and the feature-length documentary, Call Me Tony (dir. Klaudiusz Chrostowski). Call Me Tony premiered during the DOK Leipzig Festival and was screened at the world's leading documentary film festival, the International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam (IDFA), where it received the ARRI Award. In 2014, Michal was nominated for the Laszlo Kovacs Award at Camerimage for his short Laughter in The Dark.- Roman Frister was born on 17 January 1928 in Bielsko, Slaskie, Poland. He was a writer, known for Bialy niedzwiedz (1959). He was married to Mira. He died on 9 February 2015 in Poland.
- Writer
- Actress
Edyta Duda was born on 30 July 1970 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. She is a writer and actress, known for Na Wspólnej (2003), M jak milosc (2000) and Television Theater (1953).- Anna Lenartowicz was born on 28 July 1954 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. She was an actress, known for Sara (1997), Soból i panna (1984) and M jak milosc (2000). She died on 20 August 2019 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Editor
- Sound Department
- Editorial Department
Irena Hussar was born on 27 February 1949 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. Irena is an editor, known for Miedzy nami bocianami (1997), Around the World with Bolek and Lolek (1977) and Och! Pampalini!!! (1988).- Ryszard Labedz was born on 20 September 1955 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. He is an actor, known for Without Anesthesia (1978) and Najdluzsza wojna nowoczesnej Europy (1980).
- Production Manager
- Additional Crew
- Producer
Henryk Szlachet was born on 26 August 1906 in Bielsko-Biala, Poland. He was a production manager and producer, known for Prom (1970), Sprawa do zalatwienia (1953) and First Spaceship on Venus (1960). He died on 3 September 1980 in Lodz, Poland.- Boguslaw Kierc was born on 22 January 1943 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. He is an actor, known for The Ashes (1965), Television Theater (1953) and Portret podwójny (2001).
- Selma Kurz was born on 15 November 1874 in Bielitz, Silesia, Austria-Hungary [now Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Doktor Palmore. Der schleichende Tod (1918), La traviata (1909) and Johann Strauß an der schönen blauen Donau (1913). She was married to Josef von Halban. She died on 10 May 1933 in Vienna, Austria.
- Art Director
- Animation Department
- Art Department
Tadeusz Depa was born on 8 June 1934 in Bielsko, Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. Tadeusz is an art director, known for Around the World with Bolek and Lolek (1977), Bolek i Lolek na Dzikim Zachodzie (1986) and Och! Pampalini!!! (1988).- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Jacek Fabrowicz was born on 16 September 1965 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. He is a cinematographer, known for Naznaczony (2009), Spoor (2017) and Television Theater (1953).- Animation Department
- Director
- Additional Crew
Ryszard Lepióra was born on 27 October 1947 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. Ryszard is a director, known for Bolek i Lolek (1963), Reksio (1967) and Wyprawa Profesora Gabki (1978).- Director
- Writer
- Editor
Bartosz Werner was born on 27 April 1979 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. He is a director and writer, known for Preußisch Gangstar (2007), Sweet Lullabies (2004) and Unkraut im Paradies (2010).- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ewa Janota was born on 27 September 1947 in Kamienica, Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. She is an assistant director, known for Foul Play (1976), Linia (1975) and Pójdziesz ponad sadem (1974).- Karl Heinz Haberland was born on 28 December 1924 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. Karl Heinz was a director and writer, known for Musikalische Unterhaltung (1960), Eine Frau mit vielen Gesichtern (1963) and Du und ich (1963). Karl Heinz died on 18 September 2013 in Wien, Austria.