
Person
Marcin Giżycki
Directing · 1951–2022 · Warsaw, Poland
Biography
Marcin Giżycki was a Polish film and art historian, critic, and filmmaker. He was a professor at the Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology in Warsaw (since 2015), a Senior Lecturer at the Rhode Island School of Design (since 1988), and an Artistic Director of the ANIMATOR (festival) International Animated Film Festival Animator in Poznań, Poland (since 2007). He has authored eight books, co-edited two others, contributed photographs to four books by Agnieszka Taborska, and published around 400 articles on film and art in Polish and foreign publications. In 2016, he received the Award for the Outstanding Contribution to Animation Studies at Animafest, the World Festival of Animated Film in Zagreb, Croatia.
Known for

Sculptor with a Camera
Director

Zapaleńcy. Historia polskiego filmu animowanego
Director

The Bug Trainer
Self - Polish art and film historian

Kinefaktura
Director

Sunset
Director

Tide
Director

Der Blaue Reiter
Director
A Magic-Lantern Life
Director
Arrow Board Game
Director
Filmography
- 2025Zapaleńcy. Historia polskiego filmu animowanegoDirector
- 2023Der Blaue ReiterDirector
- 2022TideDirector
- 2021Arrow Board GameDirector
- 2019SunsetDirector
- 2018Sculptor with a CameraDirector
- 2014A Magic-Lantern LifeDirector
- 2012KinefakturaDirector
- 2009The Bug TrainerSelf - Polish art and film historian
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