Biography
Jan Lenica (4 January 1928, Poznań, Poland – 5 October 2001, Berlin) was a Polish graphic designer and cartoonist.
A graduate of the Architecture Department of Warsaw Polytechnic, Lenica became a poster illustrator and a collaborator on the early animation films of Walerian Borowczyk. From 1963 – 1986 he lived and worked in , 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 University of Kassel, , in 1979. He used cut-out stop motion animation in his numerous films, which included two features: Adam 2 (1968) and Ubu et la grande gidouille (1976, but released in only in 1979).
He died on 5 October 2001 in Berlin, .
Filmography
all 18
Movies 17
Director 16
self 2
TV Shows 1
Wyspa R.O. (2001)
Landscape (1975)
Adam 2 (1970)
A (1965)
Rhinoceros (1964)
Labyrinth (1963)
New Janko the Musician (1961)
Italia '61 (1961)
Monsieur Tête (1959)
Love Requited (1958)
House (1958)
Banner of Youth (1957)
Strip-Tease (1957)
Once Upon a Time (1957)
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Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-01-04
Deathday
2001-10-05 (73 years old)
Birth Place
Poznań, Poland
Father
Alfred Lenica
Siblings
Danuta Konwicka
Citizenships
Poland
Awards
Gold Cross of Merit, Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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