Background
LENICA, January was born on January 4, 1928 in Poznan.
animator artist painter university professor graphic designer
LENICA, January was born on January 4, 1928 in Poznan.
Faculty of Architecture. Warsaw Technology University.
A graduate of the Architecture Department of Warsaw Polytechnic, Lenica became a poster illustrator and a collaborator on the early animation films of Walerian Borowczyk. From 1963 - 1986 he lived and worked in France, while from 1987 he lived and worked in Berlin. He was a professor of graphic, poster, animated cartoon for many years at German high schools and the first professor of the animation class at the University of Kassel, Germany, in 1979.
He used cut-out stop motion animation in his numerous films, which included two features: Adam 2 (1968) and Ubu et la grande gidouille (1976, but released in France only in 1979).
1960 - British Academy of Film and Television Arts Film Award for Dominus January Lenica was the director of: 1957 - Nagrodzone uczucia (Love Requited) 1957 - Był sobie raz.
(Once Upon a Time) 1958 - Dom (House) 1961 - Italia "61 1961 - Nowy Janko Muzykant 1963 - Labirynt 1965 - Louisiana Femme Fleur 1965 - A 1970 - Adam 2 1987 - Ubu et la Grande Gidouille 2001 - Wyspa R.O.