DOMARADZKI, JERZY

(1943-)

Director and scriptwriter, graduate of the Warsaw University (1970) and theŁódź Film School(1974). Domaradzki started his career at the beginning of the 1970s working as a second director withJanusz Majewski, Janusz Morgenstern, andAndrzej Wajda, among others. In 1975 he contributed a novella calledRomance(Romans) to a seven-part film,Pictures from Life(Obrazki z życia), produced for thefilm unit Xby some of the future creators of theCinema of Distrust, includingAgnieszka Holland, Feliks Falk, andBarbara Sass-Zdort.In 1977, together with Holland and Paweł Kędzierski, Domaradzki directed another generational film,Screen Tests(Zdjęcia próbne). In 1981 he made an important film dealing with the Stalinist period,The Big Run(Wielki bieg), released by the authorities as late as 1987. After making several popular films in Poland, includingThe Beast(Bestia, 1979),The Planet"Tailor" (Planeta krawiec, 1984), and the underestimatedCupid's Bow(Łuk Erosa, 1988), Domaradzki continued his career in Australia. In that country he directed two critically acclaimed films:Struck by Lightning(1990) andLilian's Story(1996).

Other films:The Long Wedding Night(Długa noc poślubna, TV, 1976),The Laureate(Laureat, 1980),Three Mills(Trzy młyny, 1984),Legend of the White Horse(children's film, Poland-United States, codirected withJanusz Morgenstern, 1987).