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Zdzisław Kudła
, b. 1937
Zdzisław Kudła (born 1937) is a director of animated films, alumnus of the Faculty of Fine Arts at ASP (Academy of Fine Arts) in Cracow. Since 1963 associated with the SFR (Cartoon Studio) in Bielsko-Biała, starting from the bottom of the employment scale. Eventually, he led the company between 1992 and 2010, until his retirement. He transformed the studio according to new animation standards and resolved its economic problems. He directed or co-directed animated educational films (Żywa wystawa [A Live Exhibition], 1971; Kłopoty z wykresem [The Problem With a Graph], 1972; Wystarczy iskierka [A Spark Is Enough], 1977), cartoons for children (Bolek i Lolek episodes, Struś i słoniątko [The Ostrich and the Baby Elephant], 1974, Porwanie w Tiuturlistanie [Kidnapping in Tiuturlistan], 1986, Gwiazda Kopernika [Copernicus’ Star], 2009) and animated films aimed at more mature audiences (Arena [Arena], 1968; Syzyf [Sisyphus], 1970; Bruk [Paving-Stones], 1971; Szum lasu [The Hum of the Forest], 1972). He was awarded prizes many times at various festivals in Poland and abroad, for example, for Bruk at the festivals in Barcelona, Montreal and Oberhausen. SFP – the Society of Polish Filmmakers gave him a lifetime award for the totality of his artistic endeavours.
Sources:
polishfilmla.org (accessed: April 15, 2021).
sfp.org.pl/osoba (accessed: April 15, 2021).
sfp.org.pl/wydarzenia (accessed: April 15, 2021).
Bio prepared by Marta Pszczolińska, University of Warsaw, m.pszczolinska@al.uw.edu.pl
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