简介：BorninKwilicz,nearPoznań,hestudiedpaintingattheAcademyofFineArtsinKraków,thendevotedhimselftopaintingandlithography[1],includingthecreationofpostersforthecinema[2],whichearnedhimanationalprizein1953.In1959,hesettledinParis. Hisearlyfilmsweresurrealanimations,someonlyafewsecondslong,includingseveralcomicabecedaria.HismostacclaimedearlyfilmswereByłsobieraz(OnceUponATime)(1957)andDom(House)(1958,withJanLenica).In1959,heworkedwithChrisMarkerforLesAstronautes.MajorworksofthisperiodincludethenightmarishJeuxdesanges(1964)andthestopmotionfilmRenaissance(1963),whichusesreversemotiontodepictvariousdestroyedobjects(aprayerbook,astuffedtoy,etc.)re-assemblingthemselves,onlytobedestroyedagainwhenthelastobject(abomb)iscomplete.In1967,hedirectedhisfirstanimatedfeaturefilm,ThéâtredeMonsieur&MadameKabal:unfilmdessinépourlesadultes(Mr.andMrs.Kabal'sTheatre).…