Wiktor Grodecki (born 25 February 1960 in
Warsaw) is a Polish film director, screenwriter and producer known for ''Mandragora'' (five main prizes at Geneva "Stars Of Tomorrow" film festival in Switzerland in 1997 and Audience Choice Award at Palm Springs Intl Film Fest, USA 1998) as well as ''Insatiability'' - an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz - which was awarded Best Indie Director prize by SAG in USA in 2004.
Biography
Grodecki studied with the film direction faculty in the
National Film School
The National Film and Television School (NFTS) is a film, television and games school established in 1971 and based at Beaconsfield Studios in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England. It is featured in the 2021 ranking by ''The Hollywood Repo ...
in
Łódź under the supervision of
Wojciech Jerzy Has
Wojciech Jerzy Has (1 April 1925, Kraków – 3 October 2000, Łódź) was a Polish film director, screenwriter and film producer.
Early life and studies
Wojciech Jerzy Has was born in Kraków. Has himself was agnostic. However, his family ...
.
The first step of his international career was directing the 1985 movie ''Him'', which was produced by the University of Minnesota Film Society in collaboration with producer
Albert Milgrom.
In 1994 he made a documentary film about male
child prostitution
Child prostitution is prostitution involving a child, and it is a form of commercial sexual exploitation of children. The term normally refers to prostitution of a minor, or person under the legal age of consent.
In most jurisdictions, child ...
in the Czech republic, ''
Not Angels But Angels
''Not Angels But Angels'' is a 1994 documentary film about teenage boys and young men in Prague working as prostitutes, primarily there and also in other European cities in the region. The creator of the documentary, Wiktor Grodecki interviews t ...
'', followed by another one on the same theme, ''
Body Without Soul
''Body Without Soul'' ( cs, Tělo bez duše) is a 1996 documentary film about a number of 14- to 17-year-old boys in Prague working as Male prostitution, prostitutes. The creator of the documentary, Wiktor Grodecki, interviews the boys about thei ...
''. The two documentaries feature graphic, sexually explicit footage of underage minors and the dissection of a corpse shot on location in Prague.
In 1997, he made ''
Mandragora'', which is a dramatic story about a young man exploring the world of prostitution, drugs and AIDS. The film won many awards and was seen by
Václav Havel, who wrote a letter to congratulate Grodecki personally. The letter from Havel praising Grodecki was published by the Czech newspaper ''Mlada Fronta Dnes''.
In 2004 Grodecki filmed ''Insatiability'' based on the eponymous novel by
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (commonly known as
Witkacy). The film starred Cezary Pazura in three different roles (Zypcio's Father, his seducer Tengier and his commander Kocmoluchowicz). ''Insatiability'' premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2004 (in the official section: Panorama Special), where it received excellent reviews. In Los Angeles, the Screen Actors Guild of America awarded Grodecki the SAG Best Indie Director Award for ''Insatiability'' (2004).
Filmography
Screenwriter
* 1984: ''Him''
* 1994: ''
Not Angels But Angels
''Not Angels But Angels'' is a 1994 documentary film about teenage boys and young men in Prague working as prostitutes, primarily there and also in other European cities in the region. The creator of the documentary, Wiktor Grodecki interviews t ...
''
* 1996: ''
Body Without Soul
''Body Without Soul'' ( cs, Tělo bez duše) is a 1996 documentary film about a number of 14- to 17-year-old boys in Prague working as Male prostitution, prostitutes. The creator of the documentary, Wiktor Grodecki, interviews the boys about thei ...
''
* 1997: ''
Mandragora''
* 2000: ''Inferno''
* 2003: ''
Nienasycenie''
* 2011: ''
The Soul of the Murdered Kingdom''
* 2012: ''
Forefathers' Eve''
* 2013: ''
Beefcake''
Director
* 1981: ''
Nie brooklinski most''
* 1981: ''
Portret artysty z czasów młodości''
* 1981: ''
Już tylko tyle''
* 1982: ''
Nagi przyszedlem''
* 1984: ''
Him''
* 1994: ''
Not Angels But Angels
''Not Angels But Angels'' is a 1994 documentary film about teenage boys and young men in Prague working as prostitutes, primarily there and also in other European cities in the region. The creator of the documentary, Wiktor Grodecki interviews t ...
''
* 1996: ''
Body Without Soul
''Body Without Soul'' ( cs, Tělo bez duše) is a 1996 documentary film about a number of 14- to 17-year-old boys in Prague working as Male prostitution, prostitutes. The creator of the documentary, Wiktor Grodecki, interviews the boys about thei ...
''
* 1997: ''
Mandragora''
* 1999: ''
Ich wünsch Dir Liebe''
* 2000: ''Inferno''
* 2003-2005: ''
Czego się boją faceci, czyli seks w mniejszym mieście'', Season 1, Episodes 4-13
* 2003: ''
Nienasycenie''
* 2011: ''
The Soul of the Murdered Kingdom'' (Pre-Production)
Editor
* 1994: ''
Nocny pociąg do Wenecji''
* 1997: ''
Mandragora''
* 2000: ''Inferno''
See also
*
Cinema of Poland
The history of cinema in Poland is almost as long as the history of cinematography, and it has universally recognized achievements, even though Polish films tend to be less commercially available than films from several other European nations.
Af ...
*
List of Polish language films
There are two lists of Polish language films:
# Alphabetical by Polish title
# Alphabetical by title of English release
Alphabetical by Polish title
* ''Austeria''
* '' Bilans kwartalny''
* '' Człowiek na torze''
* '' Człowiek z Marmuru''
* ...
Notes
External links
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Trailers for some of his films
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Film people from Warsaw
Polish film directors
Polish screenwriters
1960 births
Living people