Nationality Polish Ex-spouse Vita Zelakeviciute Role Filmmaker | Name Maciej Drygas Occupation Filmmaker | |
 | ||
Born 1956 Lodz, Poland Alma mater Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography Education Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography Movies Hear My Cry, Violated Letters, The Children Of The Hotel America Awards European Film Academy Documentary Award - Prix Arte People also search for Vita Zelakeviciute, Rafal Listopad | ||
Maciej drygas cykl sztuka dokumentu
Maciej Drygas (born 1956 in Łódź) is a Polish documentary filmmaker.
Contents
Career
Following graduation from the Directing Department of the Moscow All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK), also known as the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography, he worked as an assistant to Krzysztof Zanussi and Krzysztof Kieślowski. His first documentary as director was ""Usłyszcie mój krzyk / Hear My Cry", about Ryszard Siwiec, who, in September 1968, protested against communist totalitarianism, and in particular the entry of Warsaw Pact forces into Czechoslovakia, by setting fire to himself (self-immolation) in front of thousands of people during the harvest festival at the 10th Anniversary Stadium in Warsaw, an incident that was censored in the media at the time.
His follow-up film, Weightless, looks at the human cost of the Russian space programme.
Drygas is currently director of the radio drama section at the Reportage Laboratory at Warsaw University and also teaches regularly at the Łódź Film School.
Documentaries
Awards
Stan nieważkosci / State of Weightlessness
Usłyszcie mój krzyk / Hear My Cry