Henryk Ryszka

Directing

Henryk Ryszka

Born — Died

1939-06-07 — 2014-08-29

Place of birth

Pinsk, Poleskie, Poland [now Pinsk, Belarus]

Known for

Directing

Credits

9 titles

Henryk Ryszka, a Lodz Film School cinematography graduate, worked on many animation films as cameraman and director and was the winner of numerous prizes at festivals, among others, in Krakow, Auckland, Bilbao, Tehran and New York. In 1967, he started working as a lecturer at the Lodz Film School. He educated many generations of animators and for many years was the head of the Animation Faculty. From 2002-2005, he was the head of the Cinematography Department, and lately the head of the Television Production Faculty. Then 4 year MA studies were started the curriculum of which was created by prof. Henryk Ryszka. This is how the animation and special effects faculty was established at the Ci…

Known for

Behind the camera

Camera Obscura poster
NR

The animation takes us into the room of a lonely man, whose reality is filled by books, pictures and various bibelots. His time is measured by sunrise and sunset, and the only escape are dreams about heroic adventures. The problem is, that's where it ends. The protagonist can only dream, yet his life doesn't change at all.

Camera Obscura

1969

Camera Obscura poster
NR

The animation takes us into the room of a lonely man, whose reality is filled by books, pictures and various bibelots. His time is measured by sunrise and sunset, and the only escape are dreams about heroic adventures. The problem is, that's where it ends. The protagonist can only dream, yet his life doesn't change at all.

Camera Obscura

1969

Drought poster
NR

Tiny human figures building bridges using wooden logs - and then the whole operation is put into context.

Drought

1969

Corrosion poster
NR

With beads of hail resembling the shape of the mold grown brains.

Corrosion

1970

A Plane from Budapest poster
7.5

Here we see short scenes from a random day at the airport. We have flying planes, landings, passport checking scenes, passengers waiting for their relatives. This documentary shows the ordinary but unique behaviors and reactions of the passengers and the airport maintenance staff.

A Plane from Budapest

1961

Re - The God of Sun poster
7.7

A swarm of slaves in ancient Egypt moves massive boulders to erect a statue of Re, the god of the sun. Erecting impressive structures required knowledge and exact measurements. However, the statue's massive hand falls down and crushes the builders. The statue has been awe-inspiring for many centuries. Meditations on the religious nature of man.

Re - The God of Sun

1970

Re - The God of Sun poster
7.7

A swarm of slaves in ancient Egypt moves massive boulders to erect a statue of Re, the god of the sun. Erecting impressive structures required knowledge and exact measurements. However, the statue's massive hand falls down and crushes the builders. The statue has been awe-inspiring for many centuries. Meditations on the religious nature of man.

Re - The God of Sun

1970

Steering My Own Destiny poster
3.0

A contemporary man in the eye of the cyclone created by information. He finds no support for his hands and feet. It’s like in a poem by Tadeusz Rozewicz (‘falling in every direction’), he turns to dust when his time finally comes.

Steering My Own Destiny

1971

Walls Have Ears poster
8.0

Satire branding unhealthy interest in the lives of others and gossip.

Walls Have Ears

2008