Andrzej Fidyk (born in 1953, Warsaw) is a Polish documentary filmmaker, producer, and professor of the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice. He is best known for work his 1989 documentary Defilada (The Parade), which depicts the mass parades choreographed to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) in 1988.
Biography Initially, Fidyk planned to be an economist. During 1972 and 1977 he studied foreign trade at the Central School of Planning and Statistics at the Warsaw School of Economics. After graduation, he worked at the Foreign Trade Bureau for two years, work which he hated
He first started working for television in 1980, since when he has made over 40 documentary films shown primarily on Polish and British television. From 1991 to 1996 he worked for the BBC in the Music and Arts Department. Between 1996 and 2004 he was Head of Documentaries at Polish Television.
Filmography 1982 Idzie Grześ przez wieś, production, script, 1983 Optymistyczny film o niewidomych, director, 1984 Ich teatr, director, script, 1985 Prezydent, director, 1986 Noc w pałacu, director, script, Praga, director, script, 1987 Królewna Śnieżka, telefon i krowa, director, script, 1988 Paryż, miasto kontrastów, director, script, 1989 Defilada, production, script, 1990 Ostatki, script, production 1993 Sen Staszka w Teheranie, director, script, 1994 Niebo oplutych, production, Pocztówka z Japonii, production, script, The Russian Striptease, director, production, 1995 Carnaval. The Biggest Party In The World, production, production, Ostatki, production, script, 1997 Ciężar nieważkości, editing, Cross, art consultation, Dziewczyny z Szymanowa, production, East Of Eastenders, director, Historia Jednej Butelki, art consultation, Jeden dzień z życia Tomka Karata, art consultation, Kanar, production, El Porvenir de Una Ilusion, production, 1998 Dotknięci, art consultation, Ganek, production, Kiniarze z Kalkuty, director, script, production, Marzenia i śmierć, art consultation, 1999 24 dni, production, Oni, editing, Takiego pięknego syna urodziłam, art consultation, Twarzą w twarz z Papieżem, editing, 1989-1999 w dziesiątkę, editing, 2000 Jan Paweł II w Ziemi Świętej, editing, Ziemia podwójnie obiecana. Jan Paweł II w Ziemi Świętej Ślub w Domu Samotności, editing, Taniec trzcin, production, script, 2001 Prawdziwe psy (TV documentary/novel), editing, Serce Z Węgla, editing, 2002 Bobrek Dance, editing, Mój syn Romek, editing, Przedszkolandia (TV documentary/novel), editing, 2003 Imieniny, art consultation, 2008 Yodok Stories, director i script, 2009 Balcerowicz. Gra o wszystko, director, script.
2016
Lech Walesa, A Portrait, director.
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