Jan Lenica (4 January 1928,

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, Poland – 5 October 2001,

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) was a Polish graphic designer and cartoonist. A graduate of the Architecture Department of

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, Lenica became a poster

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and a collaborator on the early animation films of

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. From 1963 – 1986 he lived and worked in France, while from 1987 he lived and worked in Berlin. He was a professor of graphic, poster, animated cartoon for many years at German high schools and the first professor of the animation class at the

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, Germany, in 1979. He used cut-out

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animation in his numerous films, which included two

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: ''Adam 2'' (1968) and ''

Ubu et la grande gidouille ''Ubu and the Great Gidouille (Ubu et la Grande Gidouille)'' is a 1979 French animated film directed by Jan Lenica. It is based on Alfred Jarry's play ''Ubu Roi''. The film was re-released on 11 November 1987 in France, and had previously aired i ...

'' (1976, but released in France only in 1979).

Major awards

*1960 - Nominated for a BAFTA Film Award for '' Dom''. Shared with Polish

*1961 - Toulouse-Lautrec Grand Prix, Versailles (France) *1961 - Golden Dragon for ''Nowy Janko Muzykant'' tied with ''Mały Western'', Cracow (Poland) *1962 - 1st and 3rd prizes, International Film Poster Exhibition, Karlove Vary (Czech Republic) *1963 - Annecy International Animated Film Festival / FIPRESCI Prize for Labirynt *1964 - Honorable Mention for ''Die Nashörner'' in Oberhausen International Short Film Festival (Germany) *1966 - Gold Medal Prix Max Ernst, International Poster Biennale, Warsaw (Poland) *1971 - Gold Medal, International Tourism Poster Exhibition, Catania (Italy) *1985 - Prix Jules Chéret (France) *1987 - Graphics award, Children Book Fair, Bologna (Italy) *1999 - Dragon of Dragons Honorary Awards in Cracow Film Festival (Poland)

Directions

Jan Lenica was the director of: *1957 - ''Nagrodzone uczucia'' (''Love Requited'') *1957 - ''Był sobie raz...'' ('' Once Upon a Time...'') *1958 - '' Dom'' (''House'') *1961 - '' Italia '61'' *1961 - ''Nowy Janko Muzykant'' *1963 - ' *1965 - ''La Femme Fleur'' *1965 - '' A'' *1965 - ''Rhinoceros'' *1970 - ''Adam 2'' *1987 - ''

Ubu et la Grande Gidouille ''Ubu and the Great Gidouille (Ubu et la Grande Gidouille)'' is a 1979 French animated film directed by Jan Lenica. It is based on Alfred Jarry's play ''Ubu Roi''. The film was re-released on 11 November 1987 in France, and had previously aired i ...

'' *2001 - ''Wyspa R.O.''

References

Kempa, Karolina (2018), Polnische Kulturplakate im Sozialismus. Eine kunstsoziologische Untersuchung zur (Be-)Deutung des Werkes von Jan Lenica und Franciszek Starowieyski, Wiesbaden: Springer,

External links

Jan Lenica biography and filmography
at culture.pl
Jan Lenica filmography
(in French, but more accurate than IMDB) *
Jan Lenica PostersAnimation in the Post-Industrial Era
(mentions Jan Lenica's works)
Jan Lenica's Posters at ContemporaryPosters.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lenica, Jan 1928 births 2001 deaths Artists from Poznań People from Poznań Voivodeship (1921–1939) Polish graphic designers Polish poster artists Polish animated film directors German animated film directors German graphic designers German poster artists Stop motion animators Animation educators Film people from Poznań Recipients of the Medal of the 10th Anniversary of the People's Republic of Poland

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