Marcin Giżycki

degrees:
dr hab., profesor PJATK

functions performed in the faculty structures:
Educator

Bio:
An art and film historian, critic, film director and photographer, Dr Giżycki is Senior Lecturer at Rhode Island School of Design and Artistic Director of the International Animator Film Festival in Poznań. He has worked on the editorial teams of “Literatura”, “Projekt” and “Animafilm” (the quarterly journal of ASIFA, the international association of animated film makers). A member of the “Kwartalnik Filmowy” and “Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal” research councils, Dr Giżycki is also the author of 8 books and co-editor of several others. He has written over 350 articles for Polish and foreign periodicals. He has authored and co-authored approximately 30 films (documentary, animated, experimental and dramatic), which have won awards both in Poland and abroad. In his rare moments of free time, he enjoys playing chess against his computer and translating absurd poems from English.

links:
www.risd.edu/people/marcin-gizycki/
www.vimeo.com/user8456372