Jerzy Wójcik (cinematographer)

Jerzy Wójcik (12 September 1930 – 3 April 2019) was a Polish cinematographer, author of screenplays and film and television director,[1] professor of University of Silesia in Katowice and Leon Schiller National Higher School of Film, Theatre and Television in Łódź.

At the beginning of Second World War, in September 1939, together with his mother and brother Marian, he was evacuated to Lwów and then returned to Nowy Sącz.

Then he carried out, among others cinematography for Andrzej Wajda's "Ashes and Diamonds" (1958), "Mother Joan of the Angels" (1961) and "Pharaoh" (1966) by Jerzy Kawalerowicz, "Westerplatte" (1967) by Stanisław Różewicz and "The Deluge" (1973) by Jerzy Hoffman, and finally "Angel in the Closet" (1987) by Stanisław Różewicz.

In the years 1976-1985 he also worked as a television director - he created several performances of the TV theater, among others "Joan of Arc" (1976) and "Report" (1977).

He was awarded many times for his work, including Officer's Cross (1998) and Commander's Cross (2005) of the Order of Polonia Restituta, the "Vitae Valor" prize for lifetime achievement at the 3rd Film Festival "Vitae Valor" in Tarnów (2003), Lifetime Achievement Award for "Golden Camera 300" at the International Manaki brothers Film Festival in Bitola in Macedonia (1999).