Romuald Kłys
, 1937 - 1997
Romuald Kłys (1937–1997) was a Polish director and screenwriter of animated films since 1954 connected with SFR – Studio Filmów Rysunkowych in Bielsko-Biała, known in communist Poland as the Polish Disneyland. He directed and/or animated many episodes of the most popular bedtime films and series with children’s favourite characters, such as the dog Reksio, Bolek and Lolek or the Wawel Dragon. He was awarded a prize by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: for propagating Polish culture abroad (for Przygody Bolka i Lolka), and twice honoured by the Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmów Młodego Widza „Ale Kino!” (International Festival of Young Viewers’ Films), in 1977 and 2017.
Sources:
filmpolski.pl (accessed: July 2, 2021).
sfp.org.pl (accessed: July 2, 2021).
Bio prepared by Marta Pszczolińska, University of Warsaw, m.pszczolinska@al.uw.edu.pl
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