Zbigniew Rybczyński

Zbigniew Rybczyński ( born January 27, 1949 in Łódź) is a Polish experimental filmmaker and cinematographer.

Rybczyński attended the State School of Plastic Arts ( Zespół PANSTWOWYCH Szkół Plastycznych in Wojciecha Gersona -. ZPSP ) in Warsaw and studied thereafter camera at the State University of Film, Television and Theatre in Łódź ( PWSFTViT ). During his studies, his first two short films, Kwadrat and Take Five emerged (both 1972). After graduating, he worked at the Łódź film studio Se - Ma - For ( Studio Małych form Filmowych - SMFF ) and turned there from 1973 to 1981 the majority of his experimental animation films. His debut film at Se - Ma -For, Plamuz (1973, with saxophonist Zbigniew Namysłowski ) is regarded as one of the first Polish music videos.

His shot in Łódź innovative short films such as Zupa (1974 ), Nowa Książka, Lokomotywa and Święto (1975 ), Oj! Never Moge się zatrzymać! (1976 ), Piątek - Sobota (1977 ), Media (1980) and Wdech - wydech (1981 ) were also performed and celebrated abroad at festivals, but it was the eight-minute collage Tango 1980 brought him the final breakthrough. Tango won numerous prizes at international festivals, including the 1981 Cristal d' Annecy and Rybczyńskis ( after 1979 ) the second prize at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, and finally the 1983 Oscar for best animated short film.

Due to the 1981 proclaimed martial law in Poland, he left his home and went first to Austria, where he received political asylum in 1982. Here he turned together with the director Gerald Kargl the Shocker movie Fear (1983 ), in which he led the camera and as an editor as well as co- Autorfungierte.

After the Academy Awards in 1983 he moved with his family to the United States. In the following years he made over 30 music videos for artists such as Grandmaster Flash ( Sign of the Times, 1984), The Art of Noise ( Close to the Edit, 1984, and Dragnet, 1987), Simple Minds ( Alive and Kicking, 1985, and All the Things She Said, 1986), propaganda ( P -Machinery, 1985), Lady Pank ( minus Zero, 1985), Lou Reed ( the Original wrapper, 1986), the Alan Parsons Project ( Stereotomy, 1986) and the Pet Shop Boys ( Opportunities, 1986). During this time he made ​​his first HDTV experiments, the music video for John Lennon's Imagine and cameos Candy ( both 1986) and Mick Jagger Let's Work (1987). For his music videos him MTV Video Music Awards and the 1986 MTV Video Vanguard Award was awarded for his role as " a visionary in the field of music videos " and others three.

For his pioneering work in the HDTV field, he received numerous awards include a 1990 Emmy ( for the one-hour classical music program The Orchestra ). His film Kafka (1992 ) won the 1993 Special Jury Prize at the San Francisco International Festival.

From 1994 to 1997 Rybczyński worked in the CBF Studios in Berlin to develop new compositing and motion-control technologies. From 1998 he was professor of experimental film at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. Since 2001 he has been living in the United States and operates at Ultimatte in Los Angeles.