Lech Majewski (military General)

Lech Majewski (, ‘Ma-yev-ski’) (born 30 August 1953) is a Polish-American poet, filmmaker, media artist, writer, and theater director. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Biography

Lech Majewski was born in Katowice, Poland.

His experimental film ''Wojaczek'' (1999) received over 20 international awards and was called by The New York Times a "virtuoso achievement." In 2000, Majewski released ''Angelus''.

Museum exhibitions and video art

Majewski’s works have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, the Louvre, and the Venice Biennale. In 2006, MoMA hosted a retrospective titled ''Lech Majewski: Conjuring the Moving Image''.

His video art series ''Blood of a Poet'' premiered at MoMA in 2006 and became part of the 52nd Venice Biennale. The work was later reassembled into the film ''Glass Lips'' (2007), praised by The New York Times for its "hypnotic expressiveness."

Later works

Majewski’s 2011 film ''The Mill and the Cross'', starring Rutger Hauer, Charlotte Rampling, and Michael York, was based on Pieter Bruegel’s painting ''The Way to Calvary'' and received critical acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival. Roger Ebert described it as a "film of great beauty and attention before which words fall silent."

His subsequent works include ''Onirica / Field of Dogs'' (2014), a contemporary adaptation of Dante’s ''Divine Comedy'', and ''Valley of the Gods'' (2019), featuring John Malkovich and Josh Hartnett.

Filmography

* ''The Annunciation (Zwiastowanie)'' (1978) writer/director
* ''The Knight (Rycerz)'' (1980) writer/director
* ''The Flight of the Spruce Goose (Lot Świerkowej Gęsi)'' (1986) writer/director/producer
* '' Prisoner of Rio (Więzień Rio)'' (1988), produced between England and Brazil, a fictionalized story of Ronnie Biggs, mastermind of The Great Train Robbery of 1963 writer/director/producer
* ''The Gospel According to Harry (Ewangelia według Harry'ego)'' (1992) writer/director/producer
* ''Basquiat'' (developed project, eventually credited as co-writer and co-producer) (1996) writer/producer
* ''The Roe's Room (Pokój Saren)'' (1998) writer/director/producer/composer/set designer
* ''Accident (Wypadek)'' (1998) writer/director/producer
* '' Wojaczek'' (aka ''Life Hurts'') (1999) writer/director/editor
* ''Angelus'' (2001) writer/director/set designer/composer/editor
* ''The Garden of Earthly Delights'' (2004) writer/director/producer/composer
* '' Glass Lips'' (2007) (feature film version of the ''Blood of a Poet'' installation (2006)) writer/director/producer/cinematographer/ editor/composer
* ''The Mill and the Cross'' (2011) writer/director/producer/cinematographer/set designer/editor/composer
* ''Field of Dogs'' / Onirica (2014) writer/director/producer/cinematographer/set designer/editor/composer
* ''Valley of the Gods'' (2019) writer/director/producer/cinematographer/set designer/editor/composer
* ''Brigitte Bardot Forever (Brigitte Bardot cudowna)'' (2021) writer/director/producer/cinematographer/set designer/editor/composer

Opera

* ''Ubu Rex'' (1995)  director
* ''Carmen'' (1995)  director/producer
* ''Pokój Saren'' (1996)  composer/librettist/director/producer/set designer/choreographer
* ''Carmen (2002)''  director/producer
* ''Harnasie / King Roger'' (2008) director/set designer

References

External links

Personal home page
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(New York)
ŻAK Gallery - ''Blood of a Poet'' installationPersonal Polish Home Pageculture.plfilmpolski.plLech Majewski personal siteepoznan.pl

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Living people
1953 births
People from Katowice
Polish film directors
Polish cinematographers
Polish screenwriters
Polish film producers
Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw alumni