Jerzy Szeski
- Known for
- Costume & Make-Up
- Born
- March 29, 1920
- Died
- December 7, 1992
- Birthplace
- Chersoń nad Dnieprem, Ukraina
His real name was Beniamin Sheskin. He used this name until the mid-1940s. Jerzy Szeski (March 29, 1920 – December 7, 1992) was a set and costume designer for film and theater. He came to Poland (Grodno) with his family in 1938. During the Soviet occupation, in December 1939, he became a set decorator and actor at the Polish Puppet Theatre of Western Belarus in Grodno. After the outbreak of the German-Soviet war, he escaped to Warsaw. After the war, he began studying at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, simultaneously collaborating with Krakow theaters. From the fall of 1945 to April 1946, he served as artistic director of the "Wesoła Gromadka" Children's Theater, and in 1946-47, he was employed as a painter-decorator at the Słowacki Theater. After graduating, he worked in numerous theaters throughout Poland, including: at the Dramatic Theatres in Wrocław (1949-51), the Dramatic Theatres in Szczecin (1951-54), and the Powszechny Theatre in Łódź (1955-57). From 1967, he was a full-time employee of the Polish Film Federation (PRF) "Zespoły Filmowe." He was one of the most outstanding Polish film set designers of the second half of the 20th century, and an expert on military artifacts, particularly those from the 17th century.
Filmography
Pobojowisko 1985
Production Design, Set Decoration, Costume Design
The Knight 1980
Production Design
Racławice. 1794 1980
Production Design
80 Hussars 1978
Actor, Production Design
Wherever You Are, Mr. President 1978
Production Design
The Leper 1976
Production Design
Beniamiszek 1976
Production Design, Costume Design
The Story of Sin 1975
Costume Design
The Nest 1974
Armorer
Copernicus 1973
Armorer
Glass Ball 1972
Costume Design
Dekameron 40 czyli cudowne przytrafienie pewnego nieboszczyka 1971
Costume Design
Mateo Falcone 1971
Production Design, Screenplay, Costume Design
Jeszcze słychać śpiew. I rżenie koni... 1971
Production Design
Landscape After Battle 1970
Production Design, Costume Design
Album polski 1970
Production Design
Makbet 1969
Art Direction, Costume Designer
Venus of Ille 1969
Costume Design
Colonel Wolodyjowski 1969
Armorer
When Love Was a Crime 1968
Production Consultant
The Siding 1968
Costume Design
I Am Burning! 1968
Costume Design
Checkmate! 1967
Costume Design
Cat and Mouse 1967
Production Design
The Ashes 1965
Weapons Master, Costume Design
Teenager 1963
Assistant Production Design
Marysia i Krasnoludki 1961
Production Design, Director, Screenplay
Place on Earth 1960
Costume Design
Octopus Cafe 1959
Set Decoration, Costume Design
The Attempt 1959
Costume Design
Credits from TMDB.