Andrzej Szczytko
| Andrzej Szczytko | |
|---|---|
 Szczytko as Captain Gregg (2006) | |
| Born |
Andrzej Szczytko 9 October 1955 Grajewo, Poland |
| Alma mater | National Film School in Łódź (MFA) |
| Occupation | Actor, Theatre Director |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Awards | Witkacy Prize - Critics' Circle Award (2016) |
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Andrzej Szczytko (born 9 October 1955) is a Polish stage director and actor.[1]
Career
Graduate of National Film School in Łódź (1978). His first professional stage appearance was as a Lentulus in a performance of Androcles and the Lion directed by Henryk Tomaszewski in 1977. He performed in theatres: Cyprian Norwida in Jelenia Góra (1977–78), Węgierki in Białystok (1978–1980), Polish Theatre in Szczecin (1981–83), Theater in Zielona Góra (1993–95), the Polish Theatre in Poznań (1983–2000), Nowy Theatre in Łódź (2009-2012). He collaborated with some of the most renowned theatre directors. Among them were Krystian Lupa (as Mandelabum in Dainty Shapes and Hairy Apes, or The Green Pill by Witkacy), Alina Obidniak (as Orestes in Iphigenia in Tauris by Goethe), Wanda Laskowska (as a Doctor in Ulysses by Joyce), Lech Raczak (as Titorelli in The Trial by Kafka), Jerzy Kreczmar (as German in Master Olof by Strindberg) and Krzysztof Babicki (as Gottlieb Biedermann in The Fire Raisers by Frisch). From 1991 to 1993 Szczytko was an artistic director of Polish Institute of Theatre Arts in New York City and between 1998 and 2000 he worked for Polish Theatre in Poznań as an associate director.[2][3][4]
Since 2012 he is a guest director in Kharkiv Ukrainian Drama Theatre.[2][5][6] Ministry of Culture and National Heritage awarded him 2012 Decoration of Honor "Meritorious for Polish Culture", and in 2017, Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis. Szczytko was awarded the Witkacy Prize - Critics' Circle Award in 2016.
Filmography
- Mother Courage and Her Children (TV, 1983) – Sergeant
- Republic of Hope (1986) – Feliks Krogulecki
- The Burning Border (TV, 1988−1991) – Lieutenant Lenart
- The Normal Heart (TV, 1989) – Bruce Niles
- Poznań '56 (1996) – Surgeon
- With Fire and Sword (1999) – Ottoman
- Teachers (TV, 2000−2001) – Zbigniew Szawdzianiec, chemistry teacher
- For better and for worse (TV, 2001−2004) – Doctor Biernacki
- Fala zbrodni (TV, 2006) – Vice-Minister of Finance
- The File (2007) – Włodzimierz Ostrowski[7]
- Mystery of the Codes Stronghold (TV, 2007) – Captain Thomas Gregg
- Father Matthew (TV, 2009−2011) – Rector
- True Law (TV, 2014) – Military Judge
External links
References
- ↑ "FilmPolski.pl". Retrieved 2016-08-02.
- 1 2 "Andrzej Szczytko". Retrieved 2016-08-02.
- ↑ "Gudejko Actors Agency". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26.
- ↑ "Andrzej Szczytko". Wikipedia, wolna encyklopedia (in Polish). 2016-07-26.
- ↑ ""Antigone in New York" in Ivan Franko National Theatre, Kiev". eepap.culture.pl. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
- ↑ "The Ukrainian premiere of "THE CARD INDEX"". eepap.culture.pl. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
- ↑ director, Jakub Kossakowski | (2012-03-12), TECZKA (THE FILE) trailer - english subtitles, retrieved 2018-08-11