Allan Starski

Allan Starski
Born	(1943-01-01) 1 January 1943 Warsaw, Poland
Occupation(s)	Production designer, set decorator
Years active	1973 – present

Allan Mieczysław Starski (born 1 January 1943 in Warsaw) is a Polish Academy Award winning production designer and set decorator.

Allan Starski is the son of Ludwik Starski famous screenwriter and popular songwriter (such as "Zapomniana melodia" and "Piętro wyżej"). In 1969, he graduated with a degree in architecture from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw (Pol. Akademia Sztuk Pięknych). His first work as a production designer was in a film by Ryszard Bera called Chłopcy (Boys) in 1973. Starski collaborated with famous Polish Oscar and Palme d'Or-winning director Andrzej Wajda on projects like Człowiek z marmuru (Man of Marble), Człowiek z żelaza (Man of Iron), Panny z Wilka (The Maids of Wilko) and Pan Tadeusz. Starski also worked on stage productions with Wajda, Aleksander Bardini, Arthur Miller and Andrzej Łapicki.

In 1993, he won an Academy Award (shared with Ewa Braun) for Best Art Direction/Set Decoration for Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List. He also has worked with Agnieszka Holland (Europe, Europe and Washington Square) and Jerzy Stuhr (Historie miłosne-Love stories). Starski worked with Roman Polanski on The Pianist in 2002 (winning a Cesar Award) and Oliver Twist in 2005. His latest projects are the American films Hannibal Rising by Peter Webber and Snow Princess by Mark Roemmich.

Further reading

Agnieszka Niezgoda ( conversations ), Jacek Laskus ( photographs ). Hollywood PL. Beyond The Dream: Personal Roads to The Silver Screen. ( Warsaw, Poland, 2013 ). Wydawnictwo Hollywood PL. ISBN 978-83-932192-1-6 link: http://www.hollywood-pl.com/excerpts-from-the-conversations/ the book's trailer: http://www.hollywood-pl.com/trailer/

External links

• Allan Starski at IMDb
• Allan Starski’s 70 Years at Culture.pl