“Janusz Majewski, one of the most famous Polish film directors, screenwriters, writers and long-time president of the Polish Cinematographers Association, has passed away,” SFP said on its social network. The creator of such films as “CK Dezerterzy” and “Zaklęte Rewiry” would have turned 93 this year.
Janusz Majewski died between Tuesday and Wednesday night. He was one of the most famous and award-winning Polish directors. The information about his death was spread by the Association of Polish Cinematographers, whose president Majewski was for many years. He was busy not only with directing, but also with the script. He was also a writer and academic lecturer.
“Winner of the Special Platinum Lions Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 41st Gdynia Film Festival (2016), Polish Cinematographers' Association Awards for Outstanding Artistic Achievement and Contribution to the Development of Polish Cinema, and Polish Film Award “Orzeł” for Lifetime Achievement” – list the achievements of members of the association's late doyen of Polish cinema, who call Majewski “the master of genre cinema”.
Janusz Majewski died. The director of iconic Polish films was 92 years old
Janusz Majewski realized, among others, such films as “The Criminal Who Stole Crime” (1969), “Lokis” (1970), “Jealousy and Medicine” (1973), “Zaklęte Wiry” (1975), “The Gorgon Case” ( 1977), “Lesson”. About a Dead Language” (1979), “CK Dezerterzy” (1985), “Eccentrics, or On the Sunny Side of the Street” (2015). The TV series “Królowa Bona” (1980) brought extraordinary popularity to Janusz Majewski.
“He greatly valued meeting the audience he loved and participated in large numbers in his reviews, retrospectives and meetings with authors,” writes SFP. In October, the filmmaker took part in a retrospective of his films organized by the association. “In November, he was a guest of Roman Polanski at the screening of his films at the Kultura cinema,” the director's friends remind us on the social network.
