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Michael Majerski
DOB: 19 April 1948
POB: Altheide / Poland
Married, 3 children


Curriculum Vitae


Schooling

1966 – High School graduation with schooling as photographer

1972 – 1976 National Film School for Film and TV, Lodz, Poland.
Master of Fine Arts Degree in the Field of Cinematography (Camera) and TV Directing.
Continued education – Advanced training courses in film and theater directing under the supervision of Luc Bondy, Erwin Axer, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Andrej Tarkowski.


Professional Work

Practical Experience
1968 – 1972 Assistant cameraman and film assistant for the National TV Network TVP in Poland.
1976 – 1978 TV producer for the TVP.
Live current news features and production of various studio feature programs
Directing of films on industries while working in the WFO Film Company.

1994 – 1996 TV Director for the TVP in Stettin, Poland
TV journalist and commentator
1995 - Establishment of own film production firm “Arkonafilm” in Stettin, Poland, and Berlin, Germany
Since 1996 - Production of features for TV programs; production of documentary features for state owned TV networks, such as NDR, ZDF, Arte, TVP, and others.
Production manager of “Dethmann`s Wide World”, a TV crime series in Poland.
Author and producer of a series of biographic films for a historic exhibition “Forced Ways” in Berlin; features of the forced migrations in Europe.
Video art projects.

Teaching Experience

1976 – 1978 Scientific Assistant and Assistant of a Professor at the National School for Film and TV in Lodz, Poland. Lecturer of art photography and visual advertising. Subsequently lecturer of Courses in TV Directing
1980 – 1992 Instructor of “Cinematography” and “Camera Assistant”, School for Optics and Photo Technology, Berlin, Germany.
1986: Supervisor of the work shop “Film Acting”, Berlin, Germany.
2007: Head of film workshops and film seminars to the subject of “Film and Poetry” and “Documentary Films” at the Universities of Stettin and Lodz, Poland.



Rewards and Honors
2005 – German title: “Meiner Mutter Land” (English: “Once I was a German”). Best German documentary film at the Film Festival in Lagow, Poland.
2006 – Nomination for the German-Polish Journalist Prize, Schwerin, Germany.

Films:
1976 – “Elegie auf den Tod von J.K.” , Finakmovie for the MFA Degree , DOP
Several films on industry. Prepared for the WFO Film Studio. Director and camera.
1978 – “Die Kurve”, TV play, director.
1982 – “Ostwind”, short film, director and camera.
1983 – “Made in Germany”, director and camera.
1983 – “Homecoming”, director and camera.
1984 – “Die Musikstunde”, director and camera.
1988 – “Die Beute” director and camera.
1989 – “Una notte-speziale”, director, producer.
2003 – “Begegnung an polnischen Fluessen”, 45 min.,. documentary film, script, producer, camera.
2003 – „Dragos“ introductory feature for a history series for TV, director.
2003 – “Die Perlenfischer”, documentary film, director.
2004 – “Cusanus – de Ludo Globi”, video art installation in the Catherin Church, Hamburg, Germany.
2005 – “Meiner Mutter Land”. Documentary film, 70 min., producer, script, director, camera.
2006 – “Mandelstam Street”. Opera in Stettin, director.
2007 – “Lorelei” and “Aber wieder”. Head of the film workshop on the topic of structural space in the filming of poems, University of Stettin, Poland.
2008 – “Meines Vaters Haus”. Documentary film, 84 min., producer, script, director.
2009 – “Draheim”. Biographic film, 30 min., producer, script, director.
“Zeitzeugenprojekt” 180 min.
2010 – “Oberschlesien – kolocz na droga”. 80 min. Documentary , producer, script, director

Staatliche Filmhochschule in Lodz / Polen

Filmkameramann (Diplom)

''Wolfschanze'' Spielfilm. In Vorbereitung

''Film - Kunst der Bilder ? ''

Preis für den besten deutschen Dokumentarfilm. Deutsch - polnischer Journalistenpreis, Nominierung.
Dritte Preis beim dem Internationalen Filmfestival ''Regiofun'' 2011
''Erasmus'' MediaAward. Filmfestival in New York 2011.