Jerzy Toeplitz AO (24 November 190924 July 1995) was a Polish film educator and theorist. He was the co-founder of the

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, and later took up an appointment in

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for the

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. Between 1948 and 1972 he was Vice-President of the International Film and Television Council (USA). In 1959, he was a member of the jury at the

1st Moscow International Film Festival The 1st Moscow International Film Festival was held from 3 to 17 August 1959. The Grand Prix was awarded to the Soviet film ''Destiny of a Man'' directed by Sergei Bondarchuk. Jury * Sergei Gerasimov (USSR - President of the Jury) * Antonin Br ...

. Two years later, he was a member of the jury at the

2nd Moscow International Film Festival The 2nd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 9 to 23 July 1961. The Grand Prix was shared between the Japanese film ''The Naked Island'' directed by Kaneto Shindo and the Soviet film '' Clear Skies'' directed by Grigori Chukhrai. Jur ...

. He was an author and published a number of books which have been translated into many languages. Toeplitz also, for almost 30 years (1948–1971), was the president of the International Federation of Films Archives (FIAF), where he accomplished a very important role, overall in the

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, especially into a very big crisis of the FIAF's history (perhaps the worst), when

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(one of the Cinemathèquè Française's founders) left the FIAF. Toeplitz's job was a very important differential (typical of his generation) because he was a cinema's teacher and a leader of an educational project in the Polish city of

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(a reference into the period). This school had a decisive impact on the modern cinema in Poland. In 1985 he was appointed an Honorary Officer of the

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for his services to Australian film.It's an Honour: AO
In 1986, he was a member of the jury at the

36th Berlin International Film Festival The 36th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held 14–25 February 1986. The festival opened with ''Ginger and Fred'' by Federico Fellini, which played out of competition at the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to West German film ...

References

Bibliography

* ''History of Cinema Art'' Five volume set translated from Polish into Russian and German * ''Film and TV in the USA'' Translated into Russian, Czech and Slovak * ''Hollywood and After: The changing Face of American Cinema'' Translated into English by Boleslaw Sulik * Borde, Raymond. ''Les Cinémathèques, L'Age D'Homme'', 1983,

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. 1909 births 1995 deaths Film people from Kharkiv People from Kharkov Governorate Polish film historians Film educators Film theorists Christian Peace Conference members Honorary Officers of the Order of Australia {{Poland-film-bio-stub