Jerzy Antczak
Director, producer, educator
Born December 25, 1929, Wlodzimierz Wolynski, Poland; came to U.S., 1979; son of Wladyslaw and Stanislawa (Musik); married Jadwiga (Baranska).
Education: MA., State Higher School of Theater, Lodz (Poland), 1953.
Career: in Lodz - actor, Powszechny Theater, 1953-56, artistic director, 7'15 Theater, 1956-57, director, actor, New Theater, 1956-57, founder, head, Lodz TV Theater, 1958-63; chief director, Polish TV Theater, 1963-77, artistic manager, Film Team, 1978-79, Warsaw (Poland); cultural attache, Polish Embassy, Washington (DC), 1978-79; permanent delegate, Polish Radio and TV, New York City, 1979-80; lecturer, Film and TV Department, 1985-90, visiting professor, 1990-91, tenured professor, 1991, Film and TV School, University of California at Los Angeles.
Author, inter alia: movie director, The Swan Song, 1960, The Old Professor, 1962, The Shot, 1966, The Master, 1966, Countess Cosel, 1968, Uncle Vanya, 1970, The Nuremberg Epilogue, 1970, Nights and Days, 1975 (feature), 1978 (TV series), The Lady of the Camellias, 1994; over 100 TV theaters as director, writer, adapter, producer, inter alia: On the High Road, 1958, Silence of the Sea, 1959, Father Goriot, 1960, The Path of the Glory, 1962, The Watch, 1962, 1963, Kordian, 1963, Glass Menagerie, 1963, Two Theaters, 1964, Fantomy, 1965, A Farewell to Maria, 1965, The Skylark, 1966, The Judge and His Hangman, 1964, The Common Room, 1964, Mourning Becomes Electra, 1965, Three Sisters, 1966, The Note-Book, 1968; screenwriter, (with T. Wright), The Birdcage, 1985, Socrates, 1992, (with J. Baranska), Hot Days of One Summer, 1992, (with J.Baranska), Desire of the Heart, 1994.
Member of: full member, Academy of Motion Picture and Sciences.; life member Polish Film Makers Association, Polish Composers and Writers Association, Polish Actors Association.
Honors, inter alia: for Nights and Days: nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (U.S.), Unicrit Award, and Silver Bear for Best Actress for Jadwiga Baranska as Barbara, World Association of Film Critics, West Berlin (Germany), Grand Prix, Public Award, Human Value in Film award, Best Actress, Best Actor for J. Binczycki as Bogumil, Polish Feature Film Festival, Gdansk, Film of the Year, 1st Degree State Award (Poland), 1976; Grand Prix for Nights and Days TV series, National TV Films Festival, Slupsk (Poland), 1978; for The Nuremberg Epilogue: International Critics Award, Public Award, Intervision Award, World Film and TV Festival, Prague (Czechoslovakia), 1st Degree State Award (Poland), Polish TV award for Writing and Directing, 1970, Golden Screen award, Public Award, 1971; for Uncle Vanya: Grand Prix, Public Award, Critics Award, International Festival, Bled (Yugoslavia), 1971; for The Shot: Golden Screen award, Polish TV award, 1966, Ramsey Award, World Film Festival, Cairo (Egypt), 1966, Critics Award, 1967; Prix Italy for The Master, World TV Festival, Palermo (Italy), 1966; Grand Prix for The Note-Book, International Festival, Sofia (Bulgaria), 1968; Chevalier Cross-Polonia Restituta, 1968; Officer Cross-Polonia Restituta, 1972; Commander Cross-Polonia Restituta, 1976; Best Teacher in Film Production students award, University of California at Los Angeles, 1986; and numerous others.
Languages: Polish, English, Serbian.
Hobbies: gardening, painting, music.
Office: University of California at Los Angeles, 450 Hilgard Ave, Westwood CA 90024
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996