FILM DIRECTOR

Zbigniew Rybczyński

1949 - Today

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Zbigniew Rybczyński (Polish: [ˈzbiɡɲɛf rɨpˈt͡ʂɨj̃skʲi]; born 27 January 1949) is a Polish filmmaker, director, cinematographer, screenwriter, creator of experimental animated films, and multimedia artist who has won numerous prestigious industry awards both in the United States and internationally including the 1983 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for Tango. He has taught cinematography and digital cinematography, and has worked as a researcher of blue and greenscreen compositing technology at Ultimatte Corporation. He is renowned for his innovative audiovisual techniques and for his pioneering experimentation in the field of new image technology. In March 2009, Rybczyński returned to Poland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Zbigniew Rybczyński is the 1,033rd most popular film director (up from 1,076th in 2024), the 989th most popular biography from Poland (up from 1,019th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Polish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Zbigniew Rybczyński ranks 1,033 out of 2,041. Before him are Christopher McQuarrie, Marleen Gorris, Michael Chapman, Deeyah Khan, Abderrahmane Sissako, and Chad Stahelski. After him are Edward Berger, Tom DiCillo, Jack Conway, Gary Ross, Caleb Deschanel, and Alex Proyas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Zbigniew Rybczyński ranks 440. Before him are Valeriu Muravschi, Mart Helme, Zé Maria, Helmut Kremers, Zlatko Mateša, and Jonathan Carroll. After him are Burghart Klaußner, Manny Villar, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Danuta Wałęsa, Tommy Seebach, and Loretta Devine.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Zbigniew Rybczyński ranks 989 out of 1,694. Before him are Jan Chryzostom Pasek (1636), Pranas Dovydaitis (1886), Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (1934), Klabund (1890), Arkady Fiedler (1894), and Ryszard Szurkowski (1946). After him are Horst Bienek (1930), Adam Kozłowiecki (1911), Maria Wittek (1899), Szolem Mandelbrojt (1899), Danuta Wałęsa (1949), and Aharon Katzir (1914).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Poland

Among film directors born in Poland, Zbigniew Rybczyński ranks 24. Before him are Max Fleischer (1883), Rudolph Maté (1898), Boris Kaufman (1906), Piotr Szulkin (1950), Wanda Jakubowska (1907), and Janusz Kamiński (1959). After him are Juliusz Machulski (1955), Dariusz Wolski (1956), Kazimierz Kutz (1929), Andrzej Sekuła (1954), Paweł Edelman (1958), and Jerzy Stefan Stawiński (1921).

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