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#2: Photo by Michal Dabal
WIT DABAL PSC
Born: 26 September 1955, Tarnowskie Góry, Poland.
Education: PWSFTviT, Lódz [1979-83].
Career: Ph commercials dir by Johan Gulbranson, Kevin Molony [for Panasonic (2005), botaniQ (2007)], Andrzej Fidyk, Dariusz Kuc, a.o.
Wrote, together with Piotr Andrejew, the books 'Kompendium Terminologii Filmowej' [2005] and 'Slownik filmowy polsko-angielski' [2007].
His son Michal [1985-] is a doph [e.g. 'My First Claire', 2010, dir by Lou Howe].
Appeared in the doc 'Wiecej swiatla. Festiwal Operatorów Filmowych Camerimage '97' [1997, Piotr Lazarkiewicz; ph: Adam Sikora; 54m].
Awards: Gdansk-Gdynia Polish FF [1984] for 'Wir'; Lagów FF [1984] for 'Kartka z podrózy/Postcard from a Journey'; Poznan FF [1988] for 'Cudowne dziecko/The Young Magician'; Krakow FF 'Best Cinematography Award' [1988; shared] for 'Widze'.
Website: Wit Dabal
| FILMS | |
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1977 |
Memento mori [Nono Dragovic] b&w; doc/5m; prod PWSFTviT |
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1978 |
Skarbnicy [Nono Dragovic] b&w; doc/7m; prod PWSFTviT |
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1978 |
Dwubój klasyczny [Bogdan Dziworski] c; doc/11m; co-addph; ph: Krzysztof Ptak |
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1978 |
Olimpiada [Bogdan Dziworski] c; doc/17m; co-addph; ph: Krzysztof Ptak |
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1979 |
Arena zycia/Arena of Life [Bogdan Dziworski] c; doc/20m; cph: Ryszard Lenczewski, Krzysztof Ptak & Piotr Sobociński |
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1979 |
Moje okno [Bogdan Dziworski] b&w; doc/83m |
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1979 |
Pielgrzym/The Pilgrim [Andrzej Trzos-Rastawiecki] c; doc/80m; cph: Witold Stok, Krzysztof Ptak, Jacek Petrycki, a.o. |
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1982 |
Kartka z podrózy/Postcard from a Journey [Waldemar Dziki] c |
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1983 |
Credo... [Andrzej Trzos-Rastawiecki] c; doc/78m; cph: Krzysztof Ptak, Jacek Petrycki, Zygmunt Samosiuk, a.o. |
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1983 |
Wir/Whirlpool/Vortex [Henryk Jacek Schoen] c |
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1984 |
Szapito [Bogdan Dziworski] c; doc/29m; cph: Krzysztof Ptak |
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1985 |
Medium/Déjà vu [Jacek Koprowicz] c; cph: Jerzy Zielinski |
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1985 |
Cudowne dziecko/The Young Magician/Le jeune magicien [Waldemar Dziki] c; part #4 of film series 'Tales for All' |
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1986 |
Sen/Hommage à Beksinski [Bogdan Dziworski] c; doc/9m |
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1987 |
Cienie/The Road Home/Shadows [Jerzy Kaszubowski] c |
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1987 |
Seobe/Migrations [Aleksandar Petrovic] c; cph: Igor Luther |
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1988 |
Shadowman [Piotr Andrejew] c |
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1988 |
Alchemik [Jacek Koprowicz] c; 117m; cph: Bogdan Stachurski; also 4-part (x 44m) tv-miniseries 'Alchemik Sendivius' (1991) |
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1988 |
Widze/I See/I Can See [Bogdan Dziworski] b&w; doc/23m; cph: Krzysztof Ptak |
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1990 |
Ucieczka z kina 'Wolnosc'/Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema [Wojciech Marczewski] c; co-addph; ph: Jerzy Zielinski |
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1994 |
Wielki tydzien/Holy Week [Andrzej Wajda] c |
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1996 |
The Tribe [Stephen Poliakoff] c |
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1996 |
Food of Love [Stephen Poliakoff] c; cph: Denis Lenoir (see Denis Lenoir) |
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2001 |
Sylvester [Kevin Molony] b&w-c; short/23m |
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2006 |
The Restraint of Beasts [Pawel (Paul) Pawlikowski] suspended in mid-production (60% was shot) when Pawlikowski's wife died; film is now in the hands of the insurers |
| TELEVISION | |
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1981 |
Wahadelko/Shilly-Shally/Pendulum [Filip Bajon] tvm/55m |
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1984 |
Engagement [Filip Bajon] tvm/55m |
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1984 |
Trzy mlyny/Three Windmills [Jerzy Domaradzki] 3-part miniseries |
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1985 |
Forget-Me-Not [Witold Starecki] doc/40m; ep BBC-tv series 'Forty Minutes' |
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1986 |
Cannon in Flowers/Canons and Flowers [Witold Starecki] doc/49m; ep BBC-tv series 'Omnibus' |
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1988 |
Vaclav Havel: A Czech Drama [Pawel (Paul) Pawlikowski] doc/85m; ep BBC-tv series 'Bookmark' (1989) |
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1989 |
Portrait of Great Britain [ep (49m) 'True Brit' dir by Witold Starecki] 4-part doc series; for TBS-tv (1990) |
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1990 |
The Prisoner [Bogdan Dziworski] doc/40m; ep BBC-tv series 'Forty Minutes' |
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1990 |
From Moscow to Pietushki/Moscow Circles: Yerofeyev [Pawel (Paul) Pawlikowski] doc/50m; cph: Bogdan Dziworski; ep BBC-tv series 'Bookmark' |
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1990 |
Troubleshooter [Robert Thirkell] doc series, 1990-95; for BBC-tv |
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1990 |
Pears on a Willow Tree [Witold Starecki] 2-part (x 60m) doc; for BBC-tv |
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1991 |
Sauna [Filip Bajon] tvm |
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1991 |
Dostoevsky's Travels [Pawel (Paul) Pawlikowski] doc/50m; ep BBC-tv series 'Bookmark' |
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1991 |
Ruby Takes a Trip... [Witold Starecki] doc/70m |
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1992 |
Jesienny wieczór [Jacek Koprowicz] tvm/58m |
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1992 |
You Me + It [Edward Bennett] tvm |
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1993 |
Dog Eat Dog [- The Trade in Animals in Moscow] [Witold Starecki] doc/95m; cph: Krzysztof Ptak; ep Channel 4 doc series 'True Stories' |
| MISCELLANEOUS | |
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1979 |
Wlasna wina [Wieslaw Helak; tvm] c.op; ph: Witold Sobociński |
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1979 |
Obraz [Bogdan Dziworski; doc] co-asst dir; ph: B. Dziworski |
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1980 |
Wizja lokalna 1901/Inspection of the Crime Scene 1901 [Filip Bajon] c.op; ph: Jerzy Zielinski |
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1981 |
Dreszcze/Creeps/Shivers [Wojciech Marczewski] c.op; ph: Jerzy Zielinski |
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1981 |
Limuzyna Daimler-Benz/The Consul [Filip Bajon] 2nd c.op; ph: Jerzy Zielinski |
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1981 |
Rys [Stanislaw Rozewicz] c.asst; ph: Jerzy Wójcik |
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1982 |
Bluszcz [Hanka Wlodarczyk] Steadicam op; ph: Zbigniew Wichlacz |
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1982 |
Pajeczyna [Witold Starecki; tvm] Steadicam op; ph: Jerzy Zielinski |
