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Lech Majewski is a Director, Scriptwriter, Co-Producer, Director of Photography, Editor and Sound Polonais born on 30 august 1953 at Katowice (Pologne)

Lech Majewski

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Nationality Pologne
Birth 30 august 1953 (70 years) at Katowice (Pologne)

Lech Majewski est un metteur en scène, scénariste, réalisateur, producteur, peintre et poète américain et polonais né à Katowice (Pologne) le 30 août 1953. Il est l'auteur d'une douzaine de films, dont Basquiat, de trois opéras et cinq pièces de théâtre.

Biography

Lech Majewski a étudié à l'Académie des Beaux-Arts de Varsovie. Il est diplômé en 1977 de l'École nationale de cinéma de Łódź, où il a étudié la mise en scène avec Wojciech Has.

En 1981, il émigre au Royaume-Uni, puis aux États-Unis, où il demeure jusqu'à la fin de la période communiste. Il est actuellement citoyen américain et polonais.

En 1995, il travaille avec Julian Schnabel en tant que scénariste sur le film Basquiat qu'il coproduit, où David Bowie joue le rôle d'Andy Warhol.

La même année, il met en scène l'opéra The Black Rider de Bob Wilson, Tom Waits et William Burroughs à Heilbronn et Carmen de Georges Bizet à l'Opéra National de Pologne coproduit par Canal+.

En 2000, il est membre de l’European Film Academy.

En 2002, The Roe’s Room est présenté au Museum of Modern Art de New York et à la Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume à Paris.

En 2006, le MoMA consacre une rétrospective de son œuvre cinématographique et vidéographique. Il présente à cette occasion Blood of the Poet, une séquence de trente trois vidéos.

En 2009, il réalise son exposition de photographies Natures singulières à la Galerie Basia Embiricos à Paris.

En 2009, il réalise un film consacré à la figure du peintre Pieter Brueghel l'Ancien, Bruegel, le Moulin et la Croix (The Mill and the Cross) coécrit avec l'historien d'art Michael Gibson et interprété notamment par Rutger Hauer, Michael York et Charlotte Rampling. Le film, sorti le 28 décembre 2011 en France, invite le spectateur à pénétrer dans le tableau Le Portement de Croix (1564) pour y suivre la vie de ses personnages.

En 2013, il préside le jury du Grand Prix du Festival international du cinéma indépendant Off Plus Camera de Cracovie.

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Filmography of Lech Majewski (5 films)

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Director

The Mill and the Cross, 1h36
Directed by Lech Majewski
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Peinture
Actors Rutger Hauer, Michael York, Charlotte Rampling
Rating68% 3.443573.443573.443573.443573.44357
The film focuses on a dozen of the 500 characters depicted in Bruegel's painting. It consists of a series of vignettes depicting everyday peasant life, interspersed with monologues from some of the principal characters, including Bruegel explaining the structure and symbolism of his painting. The theme of Christ's suffering is set against religious persecution in Flanders in 1564.
Glass Lips
Glass Lips (2007)
, 1h40
Directed by Lech Majewski
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Rating58% 2.9459852.9459852.9459852.9459852.945985
The Garden of Earthly Delights, 1h43
Directed by Lech Majewski
Genres Drama, Romance
Rating64% 3.2456153.2456153.2456153.2456153.245615
Claudine is a British art scholar who has a terminal case of throat cancer. She is in Venice to give a lecture on the Bosch triptych from which the film gets its name.
Prisoner of Rio, 1h44
Directed by Lech Majewski
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Steven Berkoff, Paul Freeman, Peter Firth, Florinda Bolkan, Desmond Llewelyn, José Wilker
Rating56% 2.820392.820392.820392.820392.82039
After escaping from Wandsworth prison for his part in the Great Train Robbery, Ronald "Ronnie" Biggs (Paul Freeman) goes on the run to Rio de Janeiro and becomes the world's most wanted man. Hot on his trail however is committed copper Jack McFarland (Steven Berkoff), who will stop at nothing to bring him back to justice - even if that means stepping outside the law.

Scriptwriter

The Mill and the Cross, 1h36
Directed by Lech Majewski
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Peinture
Actors Rutger Hauer, Michael York, Charlotte Rampling
Rating68% 3.443573.443573.443573.443573.44357
The film focuses on a dozen of the 500 characters depicted in Bruegel's painting. It consists of a series of vignettes depicting everyday peasant life, interspersed with monologues from some of the principal characters, including Bruegel explaining the structure and symbolism of his painting. The theme of Christ's suffering is set against religious persecution in Flanders in 1564.
Glass Lips
Glass Lips (2007)
, 1h40
Directed by Lech Majewski
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Roles Writer
Rating58% 2.9459852.9459852.9459852.9459852.945985
The Garden of Earthly Delights, 1h43
Directed by Lech Majewski
Genres Drama, Romance
Roles Novel
Rating64% 3.2456153.2456153.2456153.2456153.245615
Claudine is a British art scholar who has a terminal case of throat cancer. She is in Venice to give a lecture on the Bosch triptych from which the film gets its name.
Basquiat
Basquiat (1996)
, 1h48
Directed by Julian Schnabel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Peinture
Actors Jeffrey Wright, David Bowie, Benicio del Toro, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Michael Wincott
Roles Story
Rating68% 3.4479153.4479153.4479153.4479153.447915
Jean-Michel Basquiat, né à Brooklyn (États-Unis), va devenir le pionnier de la figuration libre et premier artiste de type africain à connaitre une réussite exceptionnelle dans le monde de l'Art Contemporain occidental.
Prisoner of Rio, 1h44
Directed by Lech Majewski
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Steven Berkoff, Paul Freeman, Peter Firth, Florinda Bolkan, Desmond Llewelyn, José Wilker
Roles Writer
Rating56% 2.820392.820392.820392.820392.82039
After escaping from Wandsworth prison for his part in the Great Train Robbery, Ronald "Ronnie" Biggs (Paul Freeman) goes on the run to Rio de Janeiro and becomes the world's most wanted man. Hot on his trail however is committed copper Jack McFarland (Steven Berkoff), who will stop at nothing to bring him back to justice - even if that means stepping outside the law.

Producer

The Mill and the Cross, 1h36
Directed by Lech Majewski
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Peinture
Actors Rutger Hauer, Michael York, Charlotte Rampling
Roles Producer
Rating68% 3.443573.443573.443573.443573.44357
The film focuses on a dozen of the 500 characters depicted in Bruegel's painting. It consists of a series of vignettes depicting everyday peasant life, interspersed with monologues from some of the principal characters, including Bruegel explaining the structure and symbolism of his painting. The theme of Christ's suffering is set against religious persecution in Flanders in 1564.
Glass Lips
Glass Lips (2007)
, 1h40
Directed by Lech Majewski
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Roles Producer
Rating58% 2.9459852.9459852.9459852.9459852.945985
The Garden of Earthly Delights, 1h43
Directed by Lech Majewski
Genres Drama, Romance
Roles Producer
Rating64% 3.2456153.2456153.2456153.2456153.245615
Claudine is a British art scholar who has a terminal case of throat cancer. She is in Venice to give a lecture on the Bosch triptych from which the film gets its name.
Basquiat
Basquiat (1996)
, 1h48
Directed by Julian Schnabel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Peinture
Actors Jeffrey Wright, David Bowie, Benicio del Toro, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Michael Wincott
Roles Co-Producer
Rating68% 3.4479153.4479153.4479153.4479153.447915
Jean-Michel Basquiat, né à Brooklyn (États-Unis), va devenir le pionnier de la figuration libre et premier artiste de type africain à connaitre une réussite exceptionnelle dans le monde de l'Art Contemporain occidental.
Prisoner of Rio, 1h44
Directed by Lech Majewski
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Steven Berkoff, Paul Freeman, Peter Firth, Florinda Bolkan, Desmond Llewelyn, José Wilker
Roles Executive producer
Rating56% 2.820392.820392.820392.820392.82039
After escaping from Wandsworth prison for his part in the Great Train Robbery, Ronald "Ronnie" Biggs (Paul Freeman) goes on the run to Rio de Janeiro and becomes the world's most wanted man. Hot on his trail however is committed copper Jack McFarland (Steven Berkoff), who will stop at nothing to bring him back to justice - even if that means stepping outside the law.

Cameraman

The Mill and the Cross, 1h36
Directed by Lech Majewski
Origin Pologne
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Peinture
Actors Rutger Hauer, Michael York, Charlotte Rampling
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68% 3.443573.443573.443573.443573.44357
The film focuses on a dozen of the 500 characters depicted in Bruegel's painting. It consists of a series of vignettes depicting everyday peasant life, interspersed with monologues from some of the principal characters, including Bruegel explaining the structure and symbolism of his painting. The theme of Christ's suffering is set against religious persecution in Flanders in 1564.