Films
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PRODUCTIONSAnimations for children and adult audiences
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PROJECTSOKO Story and Animation Center
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RECONSTRUCTIONDigitization Center
Heroes
A graduate of the State Arts High School in Bielsko Biała, he began his career at the AFS in 1980 as an animator. Later on, he moved into the director’s…
Animator and director. At the AFS, he was involved with producing primarily children’s films. He also directed cutout animations and received a prestigious award in…
A graduate of the State Arts High School in Bielsko-Biała, he began his career at the AFS in 1969 as an inbetweener. Later on, he became an animator. A man of many talents, he not only created visuals for movies, he also penned scripts. Cholerek…
Screenwriter, visual designer, and director. His portfolio includes mostly animated films for mature audiences. His Makatki [Tapestries] brought him awards and prizes at festivals in Krakow and…
Animator, screenwriter, artist and director. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, majoring in sculpture. One of the best producers of films about Reksio's adventures. Multiple winner of Poznań film…
Animator and director, one of the finest directors of Bolek and Lolek movies. He received numerous awards at film festivals in Tehran, Poznań, Calcutta, Szczecin, and…
He joined the AFS in 1970, and spent nearly two decades as an animator. In 1989, he moved into the director’s chair. One of his animations received an award at a festival in Kaunas.…
He started out at the AFS as an animator and later became a director. In 1976, he received an award from the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs for his contributions to promoting Polish culture…
Director, screenwriter, and set designer. His portfolio includes mostly original films, addressed to mature audiences. Kijowicz created his first AFS film in 1960. His work received numerous awards at film festivals in Krakow, Vienna, Edinburgh,…
He began his career as an animator and went on to become a director – mostly involved with films addressed to the youngest audiences. His work brought him recognition and awards at festivals in Poznań and…
He was an animated film producer hailing from Radziechów, a small town outside Lviv. He began his career as an animator and then went on to become a…
He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, with a major in painting. Kudła began his career at the AFS in 1963 as a decorator. Five years later, he made his debut as a director. He’s received numerous prizes at festivals in Poland…
A cofounder of the AFS, he’s worked at the Studio as screenwriter, visual artist, and director. He was one of designers behind the fan favorite characters of Bolek and…
Director, screenwriter, and visual designer working in animated film. He graduated from the Polish studies program at the University of Wrocław. His film Koryto [Trough] brought him an award at a film festival in…
Screenwriter, visual artist, and director, he was one of the Studio’s co-founders and one of the artists behind Bolek and Lolek. He received awards at film festivals in Mar del Plata and…
Director, animator, screenwriter, and graphic artist, responsible for the visual and narrative form behind Reksio. He received multiple awards at film festivals in Poland (Krakow, Poznań, and Łódź) and abroad (Karlovy Vary, Venice,…
Director, screenwriter, and one of the co-founders of the AFS, Nehrebecki helmed the Studio from 1961 to 1963. He received numerous awards at festivals around the globe (including in Cork, Oberhausen, Vancouver, Mar del Plata, Mannheim, Krakow,…
Studied at the State Higher School of Art in Gdańsk and the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. Oczko authored the visuals for multiple originals films and series. He also worked in graphic design, publishing, and book illustration. Oczko has been…
Screenwriter and director, he graduated from a Polish studies program at the Jagiellonian University. Orzechowski helmed the Studio from 2010 to 2020. He’s also received awards for his works at events in Tomar, Moscow, Tehran, Łódź,…
Screenwriter, visual artist, and director, he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow. His work brought him awards at events in Łódź and…
Camera operator and later a director, involved primarily with documentary and training films. He was recognized for his work at events in Kielce, Katowice, and Warsaw. He also received a Felix…
A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where he majored in graphic arts. He joined the studio in 1969, first working as an inbetweener and later as an animator and decorator. He also designed the visuals for a number of movies…
One of the co-founders of the Animated Film Studio, Wajser produced the first film for children audiences in the Studio’s portfolio. He received numerous awards at festivals around the globe (in Warsaw, Venice, Cork, Krakow, La Figuera,…
A director, he graduated from the FAMU in Prague. His work brought him awards at events in Poznań and…
Director, screenwriter, and visual designer, he graduated from the State Arts High School in Bielsko-Biała and later the Łódź Film School. He joined the AFS as an animator in 1958, and moved into the director’s chair in 1967. His…
Animator, graphic artist, and director. In 1982, he began producing films in…
Graphic artist and long-serving director of the Banialuka State Puppet Theater in Bielsko Biała.
An Animated Film Studio collaborator, his portfolio includes primarily original films intended for mature audiences. He received awards…
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(b. 1920, d. 2007)
headed the Studio from 1947 to 1952
Lachur was an artist, as well one of the founders of the Animated Film Studio and its first director. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, his works were exhibited in venues at home and abroad, and could be found in collections of George Harrison, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Barbra Streisand. In 1961, he received an award from the Ministry of Culture and Art, and in 1979 he was given a medal by the Israeli Yad Vashem Institute in recognition of his work devoted to the Jewish people.
(b. 1920, d. 1961)
headed the Studio from 1956 to 1961
Screenwriter, best known for Generał i mucha [The General and the Fly].
(b. 1923, d. 1978)
headed the Studio from 1961 to 1963
Film and theater director, screenwriter, comic book author, animated film artist, one of the creators of the Bolek and Lolek series, and a cofounder of the Animated Film Studio. Recipient of the Order of the Smile.
(b. 1932, d. 2007)
headed the Studio from 1963 to 1974
Film critic and columnist. For years, he served in high-ranking positions on the Cinematography Committee and the editorial board of the Feature and Documentary Film Studio in Warsaw. Schönborn also sat on the Council for the Protection of Struggle and Martyrdom Sites. He was a contributing author for Film and Kino magazines, and also worked as a cultural organizer and expert for the Polish Film Institute.
(b. 1930, d. 2017)
headed the Studio in 1975, and then from 1981 to 1993
An economist by education, he spent years at the helm of the Animated Film Studio. During his tenure, the Studio produced one of its most acclaimed feature-length films, including Porwanie w Tiutiurlistanie [An Abduction in Tiutiurlistan] and Bolek i Lolek na Dzikim Zachodzie [Bolek and Lolek in the Wild West].
(b. 1949)
headed the Studio from 1975 to 1980
A mathematics teacher and former principal of the Technical High School for Workers in Bielsko-Biała, Lubowski was very intent on expanding the Studio. He wanted to build two more halls, one for photography, the other for chemical processing. He was the first director to suggest the idea of the Studio having its own cinema.
(b. 1937)
headed the Studio from 1993 to 2010
Director, screenwriter, and set designer for animated film, Kudła graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where he majored in painting. In 1963, he joined the Animated Film Studio as a decorator. Since then, he’s been decorated with the Gold Cross of Merit and the Distinguished Cultural Service Award. Kudła has also received an award from the Minister of Culture and Art.
(b. 1955)
headed the studio from 2010 to 2020
A Jagiellonian University graduate, he’s a screenwriter and director, who joined the Animated Film Studio in 1984. He co-authored the scripts for a number of films (including Bolek i Lolek na Dzikim Zachodzie [Bolek and Lolek in the Wild West] and Gwiazda Kopernika [The Star of Copernicus]), TV series (such as Podróże kapitana Klipera [Captain Kliper’s Travels] and Kuba and Śruba [Kuba and Śruba]). He debuted as a director in 1988, with the film Animalki.
headed the Studio from December 18 to February 22, 2021
headed the Studio from February 23, 2021 to April 30, 2021
headed the Studio from May 1, 2021 - present
Went down in the history of the Polish music world as the originator of the prestigious Fryderyk Music Awards. His talent knows no limits - not only did he serve as deputy director during the Opole'95 and Sopot'95 festivals, but he also gained recognition as an extremely talented radio and television journalist.
Currently, as of May 1, 2021, Maciej Chmiel is the director of the Animated Film Studio in Bielsko-Biała, where he continues his extraordinary artistic journey, bringing creativity and passion to the world of animation.
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