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Filmmaker · Poland

Ryszard Bugajski

Died in 2019

Ryszard Bugajski was born in Warsaw on 27 April 1943, studied philosophy at the University of Warsaw and directing at the Łódź film school, from which he graduated in 1973. Assistant to Daniel Szczechura and Krzysztof Zanussi, he joined the X group led by Andrzej Wajda in 1976. Kept at a distance by the authorities, he emigrated to Canada in 1985, where he directed episodes of television series, then returned to Poland in the mid-nineties. A novelist and translator, he died in Warsaw on 7 June 2019.

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