Jerzy Szeski

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His real name was Beniamin Sheskin. He used this name until the mid-1940s. Jerzy Szeski (March 29, 1920 – December 7, 1992) was a set and costume designer for film and theater. He came to Poland (Grodno) with his family in 1938. During the Soviet occupation, in December 1939, he became a set decorator and actor at the Polish Puppet Theatre of Western Belarus in Grodno. After the outbreak of the German-Soviet war, he escaped to Warsaw. After the war, he began studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, simultaneously collaborating with Krakow theaters. From the fall of 1945 to April 1946, he served as artistic director of the "Wesoła Gromadka" Children's Theater, and in 1946-47, he was employed as a painter-decorator at the Słowacki Theater. After graduating, he worked in numerous theaters throughout Poland, including: at the Dramatic Theatres in Wrocław (1949-51), the Dramatic Theatres in Szczecin (1951-54), and the Powszechny Theatre in Łódź (1955-57). From 1967, he was a full-time employee of the Polish Film Federation (PRF) "Zespoły Filmowe." He was one of the most outstanding Polish film set designers of the second half of the 20th century, and an expert on military artifacts, particularly those from the 17th century.

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1985
Pobojowisko
Movie Production Design
1980
The Knight
Movie Production Design
1980
Racławice. 1794
Movie Production Design
1978
80 Hussars
Movie Production Design
1978
Wherever You Are, Mr. President
Movie Production Design
1976
The Leper
Movie Production Design
1976
Beniamiszek
Movie Production Design
1975
The Story of Sin
Movie Costume Design
1974
The Nest
Movie Armorer
1973
Copernicus
Movie Armorer
1972
Glass Ball
Movie Costume Design
1971
Dekameron 40 czyli cudowne przytrafienie pewnego nieboszczyka
Movie Costume Design
1971
Mateo Falcone
Movie Screenplay
1971
Theatre Macabre
TV show Adaptation
1971
Jeszcze słychać śpiew. I rżenie koni...
Movie Production Design
1970
Landscape After Battle
Movie Production Design