Biography
Jan Lenica (4 January 1928, Poznań, Poland – 5 October 2001, Berlin) was a Polish graphic designer and cartoonist.
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).
He died on 5 October 2001 in Berlin, Germany.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
Wyspa R.O.
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2001
Wyspa R.O.
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2001
Ubu and the Great Gidouille
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1979
Ubu and the Great Gidouille
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1979
Landscape
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1975
Fantorro the Last Enforcer
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1972
Adam 2
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1970
Adam 2
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1970
A
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1965
A
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1965
Rhinoceros
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1964
Rhinoceros
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1964
Labyrinth
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1963
Labyrinth
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1963
New Janko the Musician
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1961
New Janko the Musician
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1961
Monsieur Tête
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 1959
Monsieur Tête
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1959
Love Requited
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1958
House
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1958