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Grzegorz Hajdarowicz
Grzegorz Hajdarowicz (born 27 October 1965) is a Polish entrepreneur, film producer, honorary consul, and the founder of Gremi Media. Participant of the international Bilderberg meeting in 2018. Ranked 17th on the list of Business Leaders 2021 by the Polish edition of "Forbes" magazine. Since 2010, Hajdarowicz has been serving as the honorary consul of the Federative Republic of Brazil in the regions of Małopolska and Upper Silesia, promoting cultural and economic ties between Poland and Brazil. Education Hajdarowicz graduated from the Institute of Political Science at the Faculty of Law of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. He received a Master's Degree in Political Science. During the 1980s, Hajdarowicz was involved in underground movements opposing the communist regime in Poland. He was a member of the Confederation of Independent Poland (KPN) and participated in anti-regime protests in Kraków and Nowa Huta. He also worked in an underground printing house in Wielicz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entrepreneur
Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value in ways that generally entail beyond the minimal amount of risk (assumed by a traditional business), and potentially involving values besides simply economic ones. An entrepreneur () is an individual who creates and/or invests in one or more businesses, bearing most of the risks and enjoying most of the rewards. The process of setting up a business is known as "entrepreneurship". The entrepreneur is commonly seen as an innovator, a source of new ideas, goods, services, and business/or procedures. More narrow definitions have described entrepreneurship as the process of designing, launching and running a new business, often similar to a small business, or (per ''Business Dictionary'') as the "capacity and willingness to develop, organize and manage a business venture along with any of its risks to make a profit". The people who create these businesses are often referred to as "entrepreneurs". In the field of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Company
A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of share capital, stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter markets. A public (publicly traded) company can be listed on a stock exchange (listing (finance), listed company), which facilitates the trade of shares, or not (unlisted public company). In some jurisdictions, public companies over a certain size must be listed on an exchange. In most cases, public companies are ''private'' enterprises in the ''private'' sector, and "public" emphasizes their reporting and trading on the public markets. Public companies are formed within the legal systems of particular states and so have associations and formal designations, which are distinct and separate in the polity in which they reside. In the United States, for example, a public company is usually a type of corporation, though a corporation need not be a public company. In the United Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City Island (film)
''City Island'' is a 2009 American comedy-drama film directed and written by Raymond De Felitta and starring Andy Garcia, Julianna Margulies, Alan Arkin, Emily Mortimer and Ezra Miller. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on April 26, 2009. The title refers to the Bronx's City Island, where the film is set. Plot Living on City Island, in the Bronx, Vince Rizzo, a prison guard, is the father of a dysfunctional family whose members all have secrets. Vince discovers that his secret illegitimate son is now the 24-year-old prison inmate Tony Nardella who is being held in the same prison where he works. Without revealing this truth to his family, Vince consequently gets Tony out of prison and employs him as hired help at his own home in order to become closer with his unknowing son. Vince has also been secretly taking acting lessons, taught by Michael Malakov, and begins to form a platonic bond with Molly, an aspiring actress. Meanwhile, Vince's 20-year-old d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Greenaway
Peter Greenaway, (born 5 April 1942) is a British film director, screenwriter and artist. His films are noted for the distinct influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting, and Mannerist painting in particular. Common traits in his films are the scenic composition and illumination and the contrasts of costume and nudity, nature and architecture, furniture and people, sexual pleasure and painful death. Early life Greenaway was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, to a teacher mother and a builder's merchant father. Greenaway's family had relocated to Wales prior to his birth to escape the Blitz. They returned to the London area at the end of World War II and settled in Woodford, then part of Essex. He attended Churchfields Junior School and later Forest School in nearby Walthamstow. At an early age Greenaway decided on becoming a painter. He became interested in European cinema, focusing first on the films of Ingmar Bergman, and then on the French '' nouvelle vague'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightwatching
''Nightwatching'' is a 2007 film about the artist Rembrandt and the creation of his 1642 painting ''Night Watch (painting), The Night Watch''. The film is directed by Peter Greenaway and stars Martin Freeman as Rembrandt, with Eva Birthistle as his wife Saskia van Uylenburg, Jodhi May as his lover Geertje Dircx, and Emily Holmes as his other lover Hendrickje Stoffels. Reinier van Brummelen is the director of photography. James Willcock, known for his esoteric sets, is the art director. The film is described by co-producer Jean Labadie as "a return to the Greenaway of ''The Draughtsman's Contract''." It features Greenaway's trademark Neoclassicism, neoclassical composition (visual arts), compositions and graphic sexuality. The music is by Włodek Pawlik. The film premiered in competition, at the Venice Film Festival. ''Nightwatching'' is the first feature in Greenaway's film series "Dutch Masters". The following film in the series is ''Goltzius and the Pelican Company''. An asso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmmaking
Filmmaking or film production is the process by which a Film, motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, beginning with an initial story, idea, or commission. Production then continues through screenwriting, Casting (performing arts), casting, pre-production, Principal photography, shooting, Sound recording and reproduction, sound recording, post-production, and screening the finished product before an audience, which may result in a film release and exhibition. The process is nonlinear, in that the filmmaker typically shoots the script out of sequence, repeats shots as needed, and puts them together through editing later. Filmmaking occurs in a variety of economic, social, and political contexts around the world, and uses a variety of technologies and cinematic techniques to make theatrical films, episodic films for television and streaming platforms, music videos, and promotional and educational films. Although filmmaking originally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvernia Studios
Alvernia Studios is a film studio located in Gmina Alwernia, Alwernia Municipality, Poland, west of the Kraków John Paul II International Airport, Kraków Airport. The studio, with additional offices in Mumbai and Warsaw, produces international features for theatrical releases, video games, music projects, and commercials. History The domed complex features multiple sound stages, the world's biggest spherical shadeless blue screen, music scoring studios, a motion capture system, 16 mm and 35 mm laboratories, a color correction studio, a visual effects department, and a final mix studio. Alvernia Studios activities included the production of feature films and commercials, as well as the implementation of music projects (including the smallest concert of the world), video games, shows and concerts. The studio was founded in 2000 by broadcasting executive Stanisław Tyczyński, a Polish entrepreneur, the founder and former owner of RMF FM. Alvernia Studios was the fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Media Development Investment Fund
Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF), formerly Media Development Loan Fund, is a New York-registered non-profit 501(c)(3) organization and mission-driven investment fund that provides low-cost financing to independent news and information businesses in challenging environments, mostly in countries with a history of media oppression. As one of the United States–based groups involved in direct media development, it specializes in impact investing and provides affordable debt, equity and quasi-equity financing to help journalists build sustainable businesses around professional, responsible, quality journalism. In 2016, MDIF was declared an "undesirable''"'' organization by the Office of Prosecutor General of Russia using Russian undesirable organizations law and put on the list of organisations banned in Russia. Mission and impact According to its website “MDIF invests in independent media around the world providing the news, information and debate that people need t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Soros
George Soros (born György Schwartz; August 12, 1930) is an American investor and philanthropist. , he has a net worth of US$7.2 billion, Note that this site is updated daily. having donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations, of which $15 billion has already been distributed, representing 64% of his original fortune. In 2020, ''Forbes'' called Soros the "most generous giver" in terms of percentage of net worth. Born in Budapest to a non-observant Jewish family, Soros survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary and moved to the United Kingdom in 1947. He studied at the London School of Economics and was awarded a BSc in philosophy in 1951, and then a Master of Science degree, also in philosophy, in 1954. Soros started his career working in British and American merchant banks, before setting up his first hedge fund, Double Eagle, in 1969. Profits from this fund provided the seed money for Soros Fund Management, his second hedge fund, in 1970. Double Eagle w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bloomberg Businessweek
''Bloomberg Businessweek'', previously known as ''BusinessWeek'' (and before that ''Business Week'' and ''The Business Week''), is an American monthly business magazine published 12 times a year. The magazine debuted in New York City in September 1929. Since 2009, the magazine has been owned by Bloomberg L.P. and became a monthly in June 2024. History 1929–2008: ''Businessweek'' ''The Business Week'' was first published based in New York City in September 1929, weeks before the stock market crash. The magazine provided information and opinions on what was happening in the business world at the time. Early sections of the magazine included marketing, labor, finance, management and Washington Outlook, which made it one of the first publications to cover national political issues that directly impacted the business world. The name of the magazine was shortened to ''Business Week'' in 1934. Originally published as a resource for business managers, the magazine shifted its s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uważam Rze
''Uważam Rze. Inaczej pisane'' was a Polish conservative weekly news weekly. History The weekly was launched on 7 February 2011 under the editorship of Paweł Lisicki. It was owned by Presspublica, which was bought by Polish businessman Grzegorz Hajdarowicz, months later. Within a couple of months, ''Uważam Rze'' became the third most popular Polish weekly, behind '' Gość Niedzielny'' and ''Polityka''. In April 2012, a monthly historical journal was launched — ''Uważam Rze Historia''. In late November 2012, Hajdarowicz fired Lisicki, spurring a mass-resignation including Waldemar Łysiak, Marek Magierowski, Robert Mazurek, Bronisław Wildstein, and others; Jan Piński became the new editor. The last print-release was on 21 November 2016; it continued to be published on the web for a while. Reception Joanna Michlic notes that ''Uważam Rze Historia'' served as one of the many venues where "right-wing ethno-nationalistic historians" promulgated an ahistorical vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parkiet
''Parkiet'' (, full title: ''Parkiet Gazeta Gieldy''; ) is a daily newspaper published in Warsaw, Poland, since 1990. The paper focuses on business and financial news. History and profile ''Parkiet'', based in Warsaw, was launched in 1990. The paper is published from Monday to Saturday. The publisher was Parkiet Ltd until 2005 when it was bought by its current publisher and owner Presspublica publishing house, a subsidiary of the British company Mecom. The company also publishes the daily '' Rzeczpospolita'' and the weekly magazine '' Uwazam Rze''. In 2009 the company merged editing team of the paper with the economy editor of ''Rzeczpospolita''. The owner of the paper, Presspublica, was bought by Polish businessman Grzegorz Hajdarowicz in October 2011. ''Parkiet'' supports liberal economy. The paper focuses exclusively on the news and analyses related to the Warsaw stock exchange. It publishes detailed analysis of the stock market and also, quote estimates. In 2012, the paper s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
