Education
Born in Katowice, Poland, Majewski studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In the 1970s, he then studied at the National Film School in Łódź, notably as a student of Wojciech Has, who taught Majewski directing.
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Bruegel The Mill and the CrossOryginalna ksiazka Michaela Francisa Gibsona ?Mlyn i Krzyz? byla wnikliwa analiza obrazu Petera Bruegla ?Droga krzyzowa?. Rezyser Lech Majewski, ktory droge tworcza rozpoczynal od malarstwa i poezji, docenil glebie spojrzenia Gibsona na obraz Bruegla i zaproponowal mu wspolne napisanie scenariusza. Tak powstal film o podobnym tytule, a jego premiere uzupelnia niniejszy album, ktory - poza zrodlowym esejem Gibsona, bogato ilustrowanym fragmentami omawianego dziela - zawiera relacje z powstania ekranizacji laczacej swiat sztuki i filmu, scenorys rezysera oraz liczne zdjecia z planu filmowego. Angielska wersja jezykowa.
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Born in Katowice, Poland, Majewski studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In the 1970s, he then studied at the National Film School in Łódź, notably as a student of Wojciech Has, who taught Majewski directing.
In the early 80s, after completing The Knight and as martial law was declared in Poland, Majewski emigrated to England and then to the United States, where he lived for most of the late Communist era. Today, Majewski is a dual United States. / Polish citizen, and travels often between those and other countries. Majewski speaks fluent, and excellent, English, but often works with English-speaking natives on his script.
That was the initial role that Julian Schnabel had on Basquiat, before Majewski abandoned the project and Schnabel took it over.
In 2006, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City hosted a complete (until then) retrospective of Majewski"s work. This was their first ever full retrospective of a Polish filmmaker, and one of their only ever mid-career retrospectives.
Foreign that program, Majewski created the film eventually called Glass Lips, though initially it was known as Blood of a Poet. In 2006-2007, Wendy Lidell of International Film Circuit circulated a retrospective of his work across the United States and Canada.
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He is a member of the American and European film academies and the Polish International Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association.