Tad Danielewski

Tad Danielewski (born Tadeusz Zbigniew Danielewski; March 29, 1921 – January 6, 1993) was a Polish-born American film director.

Early years

Born as Tadeusz Zbigniew Danielewski in Radom, Poland, he served in the Polish Underground during World War II and eventually ended up in a concentration camp. He and his then wife, actress Sylvia Daneel, emigrated to the United States in 1948. They were naturalized as United States citizens on April 19, 1954 through a Special Act of Congress. The couple later divorced.

Career

After the war, he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and started the Professional Actors Workshop in New York City, New York, whose students included Martin Sheen, James Earl Jones, and Mercedes Ruehl, who thanked Danielewski in both her Oscar and Tony acceptance speeches. He was president of Stratton Productions, Inc. (NYC), a firm engaged in stage, film and TV productions. He also worked at NBC as a studio supervisor and helped develop a new method for directing TV programs.^{[citation needed]} He worked at the Brigham Young University Department of Theatre and Cinematic Arts from 1975 to

Family

With his second wife, Priscilla, Tad Danielewski had two children: Anne Danielewski (the musician Poe) and Mark Z. Danielewski, a novelist and the author of House of Leaves and Only Revolutions.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Tad Danielewski died of cancer in 1993 in Los Angeles, California, aged 71.

External links

• Tad Danielewski at the Internet Movie Database
• Article in The New York Times