Andrzej B. Czulda
Film director and script-writer
Born in 1951.
Graduate of the Professional Extramural Studies of TV Realisation at
Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz (PWSFTviT).
Between 1979-2010 he worked at the Educational Film Studio in Lodz
(WFO/WFOiPE). As an assistant director and II director he collaborated
with many esteemed directors of educational and documentary films,
producing evidence of considerable self-dependence and creative share in
film realization. He is especially interested in films concerning history,
culture and art.
Between 2012-2017 he worked at the Film Museum in Lodz.
Author of a book entitled “Za kurtyną pamięci. Trójwyznaniowy
Cmentarz Stary w Łodzi” (“Behind the Curtain of Memory. The
Tri-Religion Old Cemetery in Łódź”) published by the Film Museum
(2014). A member of the editing team of a book entitled “Jerzy
Kawalerowicz. Malarz X Muzy” (Film Museum 2012) and
„Bogdan Sölle. Zapiski scenografa” (Film Museum 2014). A
co-editor of a book „Janusz Morgenstern. Musi zostać rysa”
(Film Museum 2012), „Jerzy Wójcik. Sformowana energia” (Film
Museum 2014), „Witold Sobociński. Wizualna ciągłość
obrazu” (Film Museum 2015). A contributor to the „Film &
TV Kamera” magazine.
Between 1997-2002 an expert of the Film Production Agency (Agencja
Produkcji Filmowej) of the Cinematography Committee (Komitet
Kinematografii). A member of the Polish Filmmakers Association
(Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich), Union of Audiovisual Authors and
Producers. Between 2012-2017 a member of the Board of the Film Museum in
Lodz. Between 2007-2012 a Secretary of the Łódź Office of the Polish
Filmmakers Association, since 2012 its Vice-President.
MORE IMPORTANT
FILMS
- As assistant director
1986
- The Slav Down - from the cycle "History of the Polish Culture"
1986 - Secret Teaching
1987 - We Were Not Only Witnesses
1987 - The Crown of the First Piasts - from the cycle "History of
the Polish Culture"
1988 - Lutheranism. Evangelical - Augsburg Church
1988 - Poland Independent 1918
1989 – Krzywousty and His Sons - from the cycle "History of
the Polish Culture"
1989 - Gniezno Means Gniezno (a Nest)
1989 – Genesis and Development of A Basilics
1990 - History of the White Eagle
1990 - Kingdom Without a Crown - from the cycle "History of the
Polish Culture"
1990 - Rememberance of "Skamander”
- As II director
1991
- Culture of the Piast's Poland
1991 - The Jagiellons - Sigismund The Old - from the cycle "History
of the Polish Culture"
1991 - The Jagiellons - Sigismund August - from the cycle "History
of the Polish Culture"
1991 - The End of the Dynasty - from the cycle "History of the
Polish Culture"
1993 - Between Golden and Silver Age - from the cycle "History of
the Polish Culture"
1993 - Silver Age - from the cycle "History of the Polish Culture"
- As director and
script-writer
1984
- Debno Lubuskie In Forty Years
1985 - Sport in Gorzów - part I and II
1989 - Kalisz through Centuries
1989 - Lublin My Town
1990 - Grannie
1991 - Wielun - the Town on the King Track
1992 - Ist Partition of Poland
1992 - From Hope To Fall - IInd And IIIrd Partition of Poland
1994 - The Cracow Baroque - from
the cycle “The Cracow Faces of Culture”
1995 - Video Clips on the Baroque of Cracow - 11 units
1997 - Heveliusz ( script-writer )
2000 - Golden Autumn of the Cracow Middle Ages - from the cycle
“The Cracow Faces of Culture”
2000 - The Cracow Visages of the Renaissance and Mannerism - from the
cycle “The Cracow Faces of Culture”
2000 - The Magic Circle...
2001 - Pinning up the Moon
2002 - Stefan Pogonowski
2002 - Cementry of “Lvov Eagles”
2003 - The Polish Army Feast – history and traditions
2004 - Tales From Auschwitz
2008 - Tales From the Land of
Ovens…
2009 - Necropolis. The Lodz Triple
Harmony of Shadows
2013 - Persian Salvation
2024 - The Score in My Mind
Awards
"Kalisz
through Centuries"
Award of the European Federation of the Tourist Press
XVII International Short Film Festival - Cracow 1990
"The
Cracow Baroque" - from the cycle “The Cracow Faces
of Culture”
Award of the Rector of Fine Arts Academy in Cracow
I Revue of Scientific Films – Cracow 1997
"Golden
Autumn of the Cracow Middle Ages" - from the cycle “The
Cracow Faces of Culture”
Award; Cup of The Mayor of the Town Cracow
III Revue of Scientific Films – Cracow 2001
“Pinning
up the Moon”
Special Prize of the Waily “Rzeczpospolita”
VIII National Independent Review of the Documentary Forms NURT 2002
Kielce, October 2002
“Tales
From the Land of Ovens…”
The Award of the President of the Polish Filmmakers Association
The 18th Media Festival “Endangered Man”
Lodz 2008
“Tales
From the Land of Ovens…”
First Award at International Documentary Film Festival "Procinema
Dokument 2009"
Lodz 2009
“Tales
From the Land of Ovens…”
Second Award at the International Catholic Film and Multimedia Festival -
Category: Documentary movie
Niepokalanów 2010
“Tales
From the Land of Ovens…”
Special Award founded by SIGNIS Belarus at the International Catholic Film
and Multimedia Festival
Niepokalanów 2010
“Tales
From the Land of Ovens…”
II International Documentary Film Festival Tranzyt - Poznań 2010
Honourable mention at the best Polish movie longer than 40 minutes
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