Jerzy Szeski
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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Movies (41)
Pobojowisko
1985 · Set Decoration, Costume Design, Production Design
The Knight
1980 · Production Design
Racławice. 1794
1980 · Production Design
80 Hussars
1978 · Production Design
Wherever You Are, Mr. President
1978 · Production Design
The Leper
1976 · Production Design
Beniamiszek
1976 · Costume Design, Production Design
The Story of Sin
1975 · Costume Design
The Nest
1974 · Armorer
Copernicus
1973 · Armorer
Glass Ball
1972 · Costume Design
Dekameron 40 czyli cudowne przytrafienie pewnego nieboszczyka
1971 · Costume Design
Mateo Falcone
1971 · Costume Design, Screenplay, Production Design
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1971 · Production Design
Landscape After Battle
1970 · Costume Design, Production Design
Album polski
1970 · Production Design
Makbet
1969 · Costume Designer, Art Direction
Venus of Ille
1969 · Costume Design
Colonel Wolodyjowski
1969 · Armorer
When Love Was a Crime
1968 · Production Consultant
The Siding
1968 · Costume Design
I Am Burning!
1968 · Costume Design
Checkmate!
1967 · Costume Design
Cat and Mouse
1967 · Production Design
The Ashes
1965 · Weapons Master, Costume Design
Teenager
1963 · Assistant Production Design
Marysia i Krasnoludki
1961 · Production Design, Screenplay, Director
Place on Earth
1960 · Costume Design
Octopus Cafe
1959 · Set Decoration, Costume Design
The Attempt
1959 · Costume Design
The Eighth Day of the Week
1958 · Costume Design
Trzy kobiety
1957 · Costume Design
Kanal
1957 · Costume Design
Nikodem Dyzma
1956 · Costume Design
Shadow
1956 · Set Decoration, Costume Design
The Hours of Hope
1955 · Assistant Director, Costume Design
Career
1955 · Costume Design
A Generation
1955 · Costume Design
Difficult Love
1954 · Set Decoration, Costume Design
Soldier of Victory
1953 · Assistant Director
The Warsaw Debut
1951 · Costume Design, Assistant Director
