Andrzej Fidyk


Andrzej Fidyk is a Polish documentary filmmaker, producer, and professor of the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice. He is best known for work his 1989 documentary Defilada, which depicts the mass parades choreographed to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in 1988.

Biography

Initially, Fidyk planned to be an economist. During 1972 and 1977 he studied foreign trade at
the Central School of Planning and Statistics at the Warsaw School of Economics. After graduation, he worked at the Foreign
Trade Bureau for two years, work which he hated
He first started working for television in 1980, since when he has made over 40 documentary films shown primarily on Polish and British television. From 1991 to 1996 he worked for the BBC in the Music and Arts Department. Between 1996 and 2004 he was Head of Documentaries at Polish Television.

Filmography

1982Idzie Grześ przez wieś, production, script,
1983Optymistyczny film o niewidomych, director,
1984Ich teatr, director, script,
1985Prezydent, director,
1986Noc w pałacu, director, script,Praga, director, script,
1987Królewna Śnieżka, telefon i krowa, director, script,
1988Paryż, miasto kontrastów, director, script,
1989Defilada, production, script,
1990Ostatki, script, production
1993Sen Staszka w Teheranie, director, script,
1994Niebo oplutych, production,Pocztówka z Japonii, production, script,The Russian Striptease, director, production,
1995Carnaval. The Biggest Party In The World, production, production,Ostatki, production, script,
1997Ciężar nieważkości, editing,Cross, art consultation,Dziewczyny z Szymanowa, production,East Of Eastenders, director,Historia Jednej Butelki, art consultation,Jeden dzień z życia Tomka Karata, art consultation,Kanar, production,El Porvenir de Una Ilusion, production,
1998Dotknięci, art consultation,Ganek, production,Kiniarze z Kalkuty, director, script, production,Marzenia i śmierć, art consultation,
199924 dni, production,Oni, editing,Takiego pięknego syna urodziłam, art consultation,Twarzą w twarz z Papieżem, editing,1989-1999 w dziesiątkę, editing,
2000Jan Paweł II w Ziemi Świętej, editing,Ziemia podwójnie obiecana. Jan Paweł II w Ziemi ŚwiętejŚlub w Domu Samotności, editing,Taniec trzcin, production, script,
2001Prawdziwe psy, editing,Serce Z Węgla, editing,
2002Bobrek Dance, editing,Mój syn Romek, editing,Przedszkolandia, editing,
2003Imieniny, art consultation,
2008Yodok Stories, director i script,
2009Balcerowicz. Gra o wszystko, director, script.
2016