Person

Jerzy Szeski

Costume & Make-Up · 1920–1992 · Chersoń nad Dnieprem, Ukraina

His real name was Beniamin Sheskin. He used this name until the mid-1940s. Jerzy Szeski (March 29, 1920 – December 7, 1992) was a set and costume designer for film and theater. He came to Poland (Grodno) with his family in 1938. During the Soviet occupation, in December 1939, he became a set decorator and actor at the Polish Puppet Theatre of Western Belarus in Grodno. After the outbreak of the German-Soviet war, he escaped to Warsaw. After the war, he began studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, simultaneously collaborating with Krakow theaters. From the fall of 1945 to April 1946, he served as artistic director of the "Wesoła Gromadka" Children's Theater, and in 1946-47, he was employed as a painter-decorator at the Słowacki Theater. After graduating, he worked in numerous theaters throughout Poland, including: at the Dramatic Theatres in Wrocław (1949-51), the Dramatic Theatres in Szczecin (1951-54), and the Powszechny Theatre in Łódź (1955-57). From 1967, he was a full-time employee of the Polish Film Federation (PRF) "Zespoły Filmowe." He was one of the most outstanding Polish film set designers of the second half of the 20th century, and an expert on military artifacts, particularly those from the 17th century.

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  Theatre Macabre

  Adaptation

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  I Am Burning!

  Costume Design

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  Difficult Love

  Set Decoration

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  Kanal

  Costume Design

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  A Generation

  Costume Design

• Career

  Costume Design

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  The Attempt

  Costume Design

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  Beniamiszek

  Production Design

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  Makbet

  Art Direction

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  Glass Ball

  Costume Design

• 1985PobojowiskoProduction Design
• 1980The KnightProduction Design
• 1980Racławice. 1794Production Design
• 197880 HussarsProduction Design
• 1978Wherever You Are, Mr. PresidentProduction Design
• 1976The LeperProduction Design
• 1976BeniamiszekProduction Design
• 1975The Story of SinCostume Design
• 1974The NestArmorer
• 1973CopernicusArmorer
• 1972Glass BallCostume Design
• 1971Dekameron 40 czyli cudowne przytrafienie pewnego nieboszczykaCostume Design
• 1971Mateo FalconeProduction Design
• 1971Theatre MacabreAdaptation
• 1971Jeszcze słychać śpiew. I rżenie koni...Production Design
• 1970Landscape After BattleProduction Design
• 1970Album polskiProduction Design
• 1969MakbetArt Direction
• 1969Venus of IlleCostume Design
• 1969Colonel WolodyjowskiArmorer
• 1968When Love Was a CrimeProduction Consultant
• 1968The SidingCostume Design
• 1968I Am Burning!Costume Design
• 1967Checkmate!Costume Design
• 1967Cat and MouseProduction Design
• 1965The AshesWeapons Master
• 1963TeenagerAssistant Production Design
• 1961Marysia i KrasnoludkiProduction Design
• 1960Place on EarthCostume Design
• 1959Octopus CafeSet Decoration
• 1959The AttemptCostume Design
• 1958The Eighth Day of the WeekCostume Design
• 1957Trzy kobietyCostume Design
• 1957KanalCostume Design
• 1956Nikodem DyzmaCostume Design
• 1956ShadowSet Decoration
• 1955The Hours of HopeAssistant Director
• 1955CareerCostume Design
• 1955A GenerationCostume Design
• 1954Difficult LoveSet Decoration
• 1953Soldier of VictoryAssistant Director
• 1951The Warsaw DebutAssistant Director