Bohdan Poręba
Bohdan Poręba | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 April 1934 |
| Died | 25 January 2014 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Film director |
Bohdan Poręba (5 April 1934 – 25 January 2014) was a film and theatre director and screenwriter.
Biography
His father was a soldier of Polish Legions and member of the Home Army,[1] and his mother was a teacher.[2] Bohdan Poręba until 1945 lived with his family in Vilnius.[2] Later, he attended Ludwik Waryński High School in Bydgoszcz, where he led a drama club.[3] In 1955 graduated in film direction from the Łódź Film School.[4]
He headed Profil Film Unit from 1975 to 1981 and from 1982 to 1998.[4][5] He was a member of the Polish United Workers' Party (from 1969)[1] and Patriotic Movement for National Rebirth;[4] as well as first president of the Zjednoczenie Patriotyczne “Grunwald”.[4] From 1987 to 1989 he was a member of the Cinematography Committee.[4]
He directed more than twenty theatre plays.[6] From 1986 to 1989 he was an artistic director of the Dramatic Theatre in Gdynia.[6]
In 2005 parliamentary election he ran for Sejm from the committee of Samoobrona, as a member of National Party.[7] He was married twice.[2] With his second wife, Ewa Jastrzębowska, they had a son Maciej.[2] He lived at Targowa Street at Praga.[8] He was buried at the Northern Communal Cemetery in Warsaw.[4]
Filmography
- Wyspa wielkiej nadziei (1957; documentary film)
- Lunatycy (1959)
- Droga na Zachód (1961)
- Daleka jest droga (1963)
- Nad odrą (1965)
- Gniewko, syn rybaka (1969; TV series)
- Prawdzie w oczy (1970)
- Hubal (1973)[9]
- Jarosław Dąbrowski (1975)
- Gdzie woda czysta i trawa zielona (1977)
- Polonia Restituta (1980)
- Katastrofa w Gibraltarze (1983)
- Złoty pociąg (1986)
- Penelopy (1988)
- Siwa legenda (1991)
Source.[4]
Awards
- Syrenka Warszawska for Wyspa wielkiej nadziei (1958)[4]
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1983)[4]
References
- 1 2 "Samozwańczy cenzor Bohdan Poręba - niszczył artystów i polskie kino". dzieje.pl. Archived from the original on 19 June 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 "Bohdan Poręba". relacjebiograficzne.pl. Archived from the original on 31 July 2026. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
- ↑ "Bohdan Poręba - reżyser filmu, teatru, telewizji wspomina I Państwowe Gimnazjum i Liceum Męskie im. Waryńskiego". pomorska.pl. 7 October 2012. Archived from the original on 18 September 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Bohdan Poręba". filmpolski.pl. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
- ↑ Grzechowiak, Jarosław (2023). "The audience and reception of the films from the Profil Film Unit in 1982–1989". Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication. 32 (41): 113–127. Archived from the original on 30 March 2025.
- 1 2 "Bohdan Poręba". encyklopediateatru.pl. Archived from the original on 31 July 2026. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
- ↑ "Komitet Wyborczy Samoobrona Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej". wybory2005.pkw.gov.pl. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
- ↑ "Poręba chce zmartwychwstać". wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
- ↑ Maron, Marcin (2015). "„Hubal" Bohdana Poręby i „Pasja" Stanisława Różewicza – spór o romantyzm w kinie polskim lat 70". Kwartalnik Filmowy. 92: 123–140. Archived from the original on 31 July 2026.
External links
- "Photos of Bohdan Poręba". fototeka.fn.org.pl. Retrieved 31 July 2026.