Józef Arkusz (18 March 1921 – 29 June 1995) was a Polish
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
and
producer
Producer or producers may refer to:
Occupations
*Producer (agriculture), a farm operator
*A stakeholder of economic production
*Film producer, supervises the making of films
**Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...
of over 70 educational films.
Józef Arkusz was born on 18 March 1921 in Peratyn,
Tarnopol Voivodeship
Tarnopol Voivodeship ( pl, Województwo tarnopolskie) was an administrative region of interwar Poland (1918–1939), created on 23 December 1920, with an area of 16,500 km² and provincial capital in Tarnopol (now ''Ternopil'', Ukraine). The voi ...
(modern day
Chervonohrad Raion,
Lviv Oblast).
His family moved to
Lviv in the early 1930s. During
World War II he took part in the underground movement
Armia Krajowa
The Home Army ( pl, Armia Krajowa, abbreviated AK; ) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II. The Home Army was formed in February 1942 from the earlier Związek Walki Zbrojnej (Armed Resistance) esta ...
, for which he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the
Order of Polonia Restituta. Following the war, he moved to the industrial city of
Łódź, in central Poland, where he began studying biology.
He attended the University of
Poznań, and received a degree in Biology in 1950.
He furthered his education by attending and graduating from the Łódż Film School in 1953.
He worked on minor films and projects until the 1960s when he began to be noticed by the international community. At this point, his career took off and he made some of his most famous educational films. Working at the Educational Film Studio (Wytwórnia Filmów Oświatowych) in Łódż, he created General Topic Films (Filmy Oświatowe), and is credited as being one of the most influential Polish documentary filmmakers. He pioneered new methods of filming and documentary production, which are now used as standard practice around the world. His film topics included technical and biological specialties and focused on new biological advances of the modern age.
He died in Łódź, Poland on Monday 19 June 1995.
Filmography
* 1989 - ''
Choroby Wywoływane Przez Grzyby'' (Diseases Caused by
Fungi),
* 1986 - ''
Wirusowe Zapalenie Watroby'' (
Viral hepatitis),
* 1986 - ''
Jamochłony'',
* 1985 - ''
Wincenty Wcisło'',
* 1985 - ''
Tajemniczy Mikroskop'' (Mysterious Microscope),
* 1984 - ''
Nasz Organizm'' (Our Organism),
* 1984 - ''
CO JEŚĆ I DLACZEGO'' (What to Eat and Why),
* 1982 - ''
OPOWIEŚĆ O KROPLI WODY'' (Story About a Drop of Water),
* 1982 - ''
BIOELEKTRONICZNA TAJEMNICA ŻYCIA'' (Bioelectronik Secrets of Life),
* 1981 - ''
CZĄSTKI WODORU'',
* 1979 - ''
ŻYCIE I ODŻYWIANIE. BIOLOGIA ODŻYWIANIA'' (Biology of
Nutrition),
* 1979 - ''
OPOWIEŚĆ O OWADACH'' (Story of Insects),
* 1978 - ''
Z Filmoteki Marczaka - Filmowa Pracownia'',
* 1978 - ''
Filmowa Pracownia'',
* 1976 - ''
ŻYCIE I ODŻYWIANIE. CZYNNOŚCI JELIT'' (Function of
Intestines),
* 1976 - ''
PRZEMYSŁ GÓRNEGO ŚLĄSKA'' (
Silesian Industry),
* 1976 - ''
PRACA ZASTAWEK SERCA'' (Function of
Heart valves),
* 1976 - ''
PODZIAŁ ZAPŁODNIONYCH KOMÓREK - BRUZDKOWANIE'',
* 1976 - ''
PODZIAŁ KOMÓRKI - MITOZA'' (Cell Division -
Mitosis
In cell biology, mitosis () is a part of the cell cycle in which replicated chromosomes are separated into two new nuclei. Cell division by mitosis gives rise to genetically identical cells in which the total number of chromosomes is mainta ...
),
* 1975 - ''
Praca Huty'',
* 1975 - ''
PRACA GÓRNIKA'',
* 1975 - ''
Ochrona Gleby'' (Preserving Earth),
* 1975 - ''
ENERGIA WEWNĘTRZNA I JEJ ZMIANY'' (Energy Within),
* 1974 - ''
ŻEBY WODY BYŁY WODAMI'',
* 1973 - ''
UPRAWA WARZYW W OGRZEWANYCH TUNELACH FOLIOWYCH'',
* 1973 - ''
GŁOWNIE PYŁKOWE PSZENICY, JĘCZMIENIA I OWSA'',
* 1972 - ''
ZWALCZANIE CHWASTÓW W WARZYWACH'' (War with Weeds),
* 1972 - ''
Pługofrezarka'',
* 1972 - ''
Metody Produkcji Stali'' (Methods of Steel Production),
* 1972 - ''
ELEKTRONIKA TRANZYSTORÓW'' (Electronic Properties of
Transistors),
* 1972 - ''
BUDOWA PIECA STALOWNICZEGO TANDEM'',
* 1971 - ''
Twoje Serce'' (Your Heart),
* 1971 - ''
PRODUKCJA SURÓWKI'',
* 1971 - ''
PLONIARKA I NIEZMIARKA-SZKODNIKI ZBÓŻ'',
* 1970 - ''
ZWALCZANIE SZKODNIKÓW'',
* 1970 - ''
Tandem - Piec Stalowniczy'',
* 1970 - ''
SZKODNIKI MAGAZYNÓW ŻYWNOŚCIOWYCH'',
* 1970 - ''
REKULTYWACJA PIASKÓW'',
* 1970 - ''
PRACA PIECA STALOWNICZEGO "TANDEM"'',
* 1970 - ''
OWADY - SZKODNIKI PÓL, SADÓW I LASÓW'',
* 1970 - ''
METODY WYKRYWANIA SZKODNIKÓW MAGAZYNÓW ŻYWNOŚCIOWYCH'',
* 1970 - ''
CHWASTY ZBÓŻ'',
* 1969 - ''
WPŁYW ŚRODOWISKA NA ROZWÓJ EMBRIONALNY'' (Influence of Environment on
Embryology),
* 1969 - ''
PIEC MARTENOWSKI'',
* 1969 - ''
BIOENERGETYKA SERCA'' (Bioenergy of the Heart),
* 1968 - ''
PRZYRODNICZE PODSTAWY ZMIANOWANIA'',
* 1968 - ''
PRZYGOTOWANIE WSADU DO WIELKIEGO PIECA'',
* 1968 - ''
Polska Metoda Spawania Miedzi'',
* 1968 - ''
Od Rudy Do Stali'',
* 1967 - ''
Sanitariusze Morza'',
* 1967 - ''
Magia Zimna'' (
Cold Fusion),
* 1967 - ''
Alergia'' (
Allergies),
* 1966 - ''
TRAWIENIE U PRZEŻUWACZY'',
* 1966 - ''
CZYNNOŚCI SERCA'' (Function of the Heart),
* 1965 - ''
UPRAWIAJMY POPLONY OZIME'',
* 1965 - ''
KREW KRĄŻĄCA'' (Circulating Blood),
* 1964 - ''
PRZEMIANY W STALI'',
* 1964 - ''
Płastuga'',
* 1964 - ''
MORSKIE ZWIERZĘTA OSIADŁE'',
* 1964 - ''
HARTOWANIE STALI'',
* 1963 - ''
Życie Gleby'' (Living Earth),
* 1962 - ''
Życie Trwa'' (Life Goes On),
* 1962 - ''
ŹRÓDŁA ENERGETYCZNE KRĄŻENIA KRWI'' (Function of
Circulatory System),
* 1962 - ''
KRĄŻENIE WIEŃCOWE'' (
Coronary Circulation
Coronary circulation is the circulation of blood in the blood vessels that supply the heart muscle (myocardium).
Coronary arteries supply oxygenated blood to the heart muscle. Cardiac veins then drain away the blood after it has been deoxygenat ...
),
* 1962 - ''
DLACZEGO CHRONIMY ROPUCHĘ'',
* 1962 - ''
Biologia Żaby'' (Biology of Frogs),
* 1961 - ''
Rak Pustelnik'' (
Hermit Crab),
* 1961 - ''
KORZENIONÓŻKI'',
* 1960 - ''
ZE ŚWIATA PLEŚNI'' (From the World of Molds),
* 1960 - ''
SKRZYDLACI NURKOWIE'',
* 1960 - ''
PRZYBYSZE Z DALEKIEJ PÓŁNOCY'',
* 1960 - ''
Płaszczyniec Burakowy'',
* 1960 - ''
ODCZYN WIĄZANIA DOPEŁNIACZA'',
* 1960 - ''
NAKŁUCIE MOSTKA I BADANIE SZPIKU KOSTNEGO'',
* 1959 - ''
Molanna Z Piaskowego Domku'',
* 1959 - ''
Inseminacja'' (
Artificial Insemination),
* 1957 - ''
ŚWIATŁO W ŻYCIU ROŚLINY'' (Light in the Life Cycle of Plants),
* 1956 - ''
O WODZIE, ROŚLINIE I SZPARKACH''
Trivia
* Józef Arkusz is credited with having created the first footage of the inside of a living beating heart using
fiberoptics
An optical fiber, or optical fibre in Commonwealth English, is a flexible, transparent fiber made by drawing glass (silica) or plastic to a diameter slightly thicker than that of a human hair. Optical fibers are used most often as a means to ...
.
References
External links
Official WFO-Educational Film Studio WebsiteMore complete filmography with awards
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1921 births
1995 deaths
People from Tarnopol Voivodeship
People from Lviv Oblast
Polish film directors
Home Army members
Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta