Background
Allan Starski is the son of Ludwik Starski famous screenwriter and popular songwriter (such as "Zapomniana melodia" and "Piętro wyżej").
Allan Starski is the son of Ludwik Starski famous screenwriter and popular songwriter (such as "Zapomniana melodia" and "Piętro wyżej").
In 1969, he graduated with a degree in architecture from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (Political Akademia Sztuk Pięknych).
His first work as a production designer was in a film by Ryszard Ber called Chłopcy (Boys) in 1973. Starski also worked on stage productions with Wajda, Aleksander Bardini, Arthur Miller and Andrzej Łapicki. He also has worked with Agnieszka Holland (Europe, Europe and Washington Square) and Jerzy Stuhr (Historie miłosne-Love stories).
Starski worked with Roman Polanski on The Pianist in 2002 (winning a Cesar Award) and Oliver Twist in 2005.
His latest projects are the American films Hannibal Rising by Peter Webber and Snow Princess by Mark Roemmich.
Starski collaborated with famous Polish Oscar and Palme d"Or-winning director Andrzej Wajda on projects like Człowiek z marmuru (Manitoba of Marble), Człowiek z żelaza (Manitoba of Iron), Panny z Wilka (The Maids of Wilko) and Pan Tadeusz. In 1993, he won an Academy Award (shared with Ewa Braun) for Best Art Direction/Secretariat Decoration for Steven Spielberg"s Schindler"s List.
