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WITOLD STOK   BSC

 

Born: 14 June 1946, Trani, Puglia [Apulia], Italy.

Education: PWSFTviT, Lódz [1969-72].

Career: Became staff member at the State Documentary Film Studio in Warsaw. Went to Great Britain in 1982.

Teaches at the National Film and Television School [Beaconsfield, UK], Mistrzowska Szkoła Reżyserii Filmowej Andrzeja Wajdy/Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing [Warsaw, Poland] and the Arts University College [Bournemouth, UK].

Member [now honorary accredited] of the BSC.

Awards: Gdansk-Gdynia Polish FF 'Best Cinematography Award' [1981] for 'W bialy dzien'; BAFTA TV Award nom [1995] for 'The Rector's Wife'.


 

 FILMS AT THE PWSFTviT

1967

Maestro [Janusz Zaorski] b&w; short/5m

1967

Poczatek eksperymentu [Antoni Halor] b&w; doc/7m

1967

Wielka gra [Janusz Zaorski] ?; doc/?m; cph: Witold Adamek

1968

Spowiedz [Janusz Zaorski] b&w; short/19m

1968

La jungle/Ucieczka do dzungli [Wojciech Kozlowski] ?; short/11m; cph: Witold Adamek

1969

Inauguracja 1969 / 70 [Witold Stok & Wojciech Kozlowski] b&w; doc/8m; cph: W. Kozlowski

1970

Wlóczega [Fausto Fusser; short] co-c.asst; ph: Roupen Vosquimoroukian

1970

Jutro. 31 kwietnia - 1 maja 1970 [Wojciech Wiszniewski] b&w; doc/7m; cph: Wojciech Kozlowski

1970

Tyle czasu do zmierzchu [Piotr Wojciechowski] b&w; short/20m

 

 FILMS

1971

Osadnicy [Ewa Kruk] b&w; doc/13m

1971

Sezon [Ewa Kruk] b&w; doc/565mtr

1971

W takim nieduzym miescie [Andrzej Titkow] b&w; doc/13m; cph: Stanislaw Niedbalski

1971

Wyszedl w jasny pogodny dzien [Krzysztof Wojciechowski] b&w; doc/11m; cph: Ryszard Wróblewski

1971

Robotnicy '71: nic o nas bez nas/Workers '71: Nothing About Us Without Us [Krzysztof Kieslowski, Tomasz Zygadlo, Wojciech Wiszniewski, Pawel Kedzierski & Tadeusz Walendowski] 16mm/b&w; doc/47m; cph: Jacek Petrycki & Stanislaw Mroziuk

1972

Nie placz [Grzegorz Królikiewicz] b&w; doc/9m; cph: Stanislaw Niedbalski & Jacek Tworek

1972

Warszawa - moja milosc [Maria Kwiatkowska] c; doc/18m

1972

Gospodarze [Krzysztof Kieslowski, Tomasz Zygadlo, Wojciech Wiszniewski, Pawel Kedzierski & Tadeusz Walendowski] b&w; doc/1334mtr; re-edited version of 'Robotnicy '71' (1971)

1972

Owocobranie [Andrzej Titkow] 16mm/?; doc/?m; cph: Andrzej Poplawski

1972

Refren/Refrain [Krzysztof Kieslowski] b&w; doc/10m

1973

Portobello [Tomasz Pobóg-Malinowski] ?; doc/?m

1973

Portret ze Statfordu [Tomasz Pobóg-Malinowski] ?; doc/?m

1973

Sasiedzka wspólpraca [Tomasz Pobóg-Malinowski] ?; doc/?m

1973

Happy End [Pawel Kedzierski & Marcel Lozinski] b&w; doc/17m; cph: Stanislaw Niedbalski & Jacek Petrycki

1973

Murarz/Bricklayer/Mason [Krzysztof Kieslowski] c; doc/18m

1973

Opowiesc o czlowieku który wykonal 552% normy [Wojciech Wiszniewski] b&w; doc/25m; cph: Tomasz Tarasin, a.o.

1973

Oto Polska [Józef Gebski & Antoni Halor] c; doc/?m; cph: Ryszard Wróblewski & Janusz Kreczmanski

1973

Przezyc dobrze jedno zycie [Krystyna Gryczelowska] b&w; doc/12m

1973

Rzetelny trud [Miroslaw Chrzanowski & Janusz Kedzierzawski] c; doc/397mtr; cph: Ryszard Golc, Ewa Strzalka, a.o.

1974

Drukarz [Andrzej Titkow] b&w; doc/453mtr

1974

Dzien dobry Warszawo [Maria Kwiatkowska] c; doc/508mtr

1974

Limanowa 74 [Ewa Kruk] c; doc/494mtr

1975

Na krakowskim rynku [Tomasz Pobóg-Malinowski] ?; doc/?m

1975

Milosc [Tomasz Zygadlo] c; doc/14m

1975

Stójka [Radoslaw Piwowarski] 16mm/c; doc/292mtr

1975

Motyw [Irena Kamienska] c; doc/11m

1975

W tym miejscu... [Tomasz Zygadlo] c; doc/14m

1975

Zderzenie czolowe [Marcel Lozinski] c; doc/293mtr; cph: Jacek Petrycki & Roman Miastowski

1975

CDN/Ciag dalszy nastapi/To Be Continued [seg #1 'Na smyczy/On the Lead' dir by Pawel Kędzierski & seg #3 'Piorun kulisty/Spherical Lightning/Thunderball' dir by Radoslaw Piwowarski] b&w; seg #2 dir by Zbigniew Kaminski & ph by Zdzislaw Kaczmarek

1976

Ogólnopolski Festiwal Folklorystyczny Plock 1976 [Tomasz Pobóg-Malinowski] ?; doc/?m

1976

Przepraszam, czy tu bija?/Foul Play [Marek Piwowski] c

1976

Mikrofon dla wszystkich [Tomasz Zygadlo] b&w; doc/665mtr; cph: Jacek Petrycki

1976

Próba wspólnoty [Andrzej Titkow] c; doc/682mtr; cph: Jacek Petrycki

1977

Rebus/Puzzle [Tomasz Zygadlo] c

1977

Z punktu widzenia nocnego portiera/From a Night Porter’s Point of View [Krzysztof Kieslowski] c; doc/17m

1977

Maly wielki swiat [Andrzej Titkow] c; doc/13m

1978

Monsieur Jury [Andrzej Brzozowski] ?; doc/?m; cph: Jacek Petrycki

1978

Dotkniecie [Marcel Lozinski] b&w; doc/370mtr

1978

Sonderzug - Pociag specjalny [Witold Stok] ?; doc/?m; cph: Jan Naukowicz; + scrpl

1978

Temat sportowy [Bohdan Kosinski] b&w; doc/9m

1978

Siedem kobiet w róznym wieku/Seven Women of Different Ages [Krzysztof Kieslowski] b&w; doc/15m

1979

Egzamin dojrzalosci/Matriculation [Marcel Lozinski] b&w; doc/16m; cph: Jacek Petrycki

1979

Okno na podwórze [Marcel Lozinski] b&w; doc/85m

1979

Pielgrzym [Andrzej Trzos-Rastawiecki] c; doc/80m; cph: Wit Dabal, Krzysztof Ptak, Jacek Petrycki, a.o.

1979

Zza szyby [Andrzej Titkow] b&w; doc/85mtr

1980

Adam Karas film [Maria Kwiatkowska] c; doc/20m

1980

Dokad? [Tomasz Pobóg-Malinowski] c; doc/542mtr

1980

Piernikiana - per tuba sola [Sergiusz Sprudin & Edward Borowiak] b&w; mus doc/315mtr; cph: Zbigniew Skoczek

1980

Dworzec/Railway Station [Krzysztof Kieslowski] b&w; doc/13m; cph: Jacek Piotr Latallo

1980

W bialy dzien/In Broad Daylight [Edward Zebrowski] c

1981

Dzien dziecka [Pawel Kedzierski] b&w; doc/16m; cph: Andrzej Albinowski

1981

Chlopi 81 [Andrzej Piekutowski] b&w; doc/119m; co-addph; ph: Bronislaw Baraniecki

1981

Wolny zawód [Andrzej Titkow] b&w; doc/14m

1981

Otwarty - zamkniety [Andrzej Titkow] c; doc/500mtr

1982

Wajda's Danton [Tomasz Pobóg-Malinowski & Witold Stok] 16mm/c; doc/60m

1982

K.491... In Preparation [Philip Trevelyan] c; mus doc/55m

1983

Wycieczka na parnas [Tomasz Pobóg-Malinowski & Dorota Wardeszkiewicz] c; doc/628mtr

1984

Advanced Foreign Exchange [Peter Fudakowski] c; doc/22m

1986

Body Language - What the Window Cleaner Saw [Martin Holland] 16mm/c; doc/20m; cph: Rodrigo Gutierrez

1986

End of the Pier [D.J. Eadington] c; doc/26m; cph: Philip Trevelyan

1986

Hot News [Maxim Ford] c; comm doc/20m

1986

Sounds for Mandela [Lynda Fowke] 16mm/c; doc/45m; cph: Begonia Tamarit

1987

Eat the Rich [Peter Richardson] c; addph: John Metcalfe

1987

Friendship's Death [Peter Wollen] c

1987

Hidden City [Stephen Poliakoff] b&w-c

1989

Las katynski/Katyn-Forrest [Marcel Lozinski] c; doc/53m; cph: Andrzej Adamczak, Jacek Petrycki & Andrzej Kostenko

1990

Close My Eyes [Stephen Poliakoff] c

1991

Broken Skin [Anna Campion] c; short/12m

1992

The Turn of the Screw [Rusty Lemorande] c

1992

Bad Behaviour [Les Blair] c

1993

Century [Stephen Poliakoff] c; 2uc: Andrew Speller

1994

Two Deaths [Nicolas Roeg] c

1995

Sweet Angel Mine [Curtis Radclyffe] c

1996

The Stringer [Pawel (Paul) Pawlikowski] c

1997

The Commissioner [George Sluizer] c; cph: Bruno de Keyzer

1997

Among Giants [Sam Miller] c

1998

The Match/The Beautiful Game [Mick Davis] c

1999

Best [Mary McGuckian] c; 2uc: Jamie Harcourt

1999

La Luna/Over the Moon [Vera Neubauer] c; anim + live action/26m

2000

Gypsy Woman [Sheree Folkson] c

2002

Gladiatress [Brian Grant] c

2008

Galerianki/Mall Girls [Katarzyna Roslaniec] c; based on a 30m student film (2006; ph: Michal Szewczuk)

 

[Left] - "Sluby panienskie"

 

2009

Sluby panienskie/Maiden Vows [Filip Bajon] s35/c

2010

Lincz [Krzysztof Lukaszewicz] c

2011

Zyvie Bielarus!/Viva Belarus! [Krzysztof Lukaszewicz] c

 

 TELEVISION

1972

7896 piszczalek/Siedem tysiecy osiemset dziewiecdziesiat szesc [Krzysztof Riege] doc/b&w/614mtr

1972

Leon Bator gra na organach katedry w oliwie [Krzysztof Riege] doc/b&w/518mtr

1973

Górale, górale, góralska muzyka [Stefan Szlachtycz] doc/961mtr; cph: Ryszard Wróblewski & Stanislaw Szablowski

1974

Komeda [Krzysztof Riege] doc/1001mtr

1974

Pozwólcie nam do woli fruwac nad ogrodem/Lasst uns frei fliegen über den Garten [Stanislaw Latallo] tvm/b&w/40m

1975

Personel/The Staff/Personnel [Krzysztof Kieslowski] tvm/66m

1976

Oczy uroczne [Piotr Szulkin] tvm/41m

1979

Terrarium [Andrzej Titkow] tvm/54m

1983

Labouring Under the Law [prod: Trade Films] doc/59m; cph: Peter Woodhouse, Peter Roberts & Dennis Cullum; for Channel 4-tv

1983

Through an Unknown Land [Phil Mulloy] tvm

1985

Zastrozzi: A Romance [David G. Hopkins] 4-part miniseries/16mm; cph: Bernard Hedges

1986

Up Line [Bob Spiers] 4-part miniseries

1987

Keeping Love Alive [Stephen Garrett & David Robinson] doc/78m

1988

Echoes [Barbara Rennie] 4-part miniseries

1988

Capital City [ep #13 dir by Paul Seed] 23-part series, 1989-90; 1st season, 1989 (13 ep)

1988

Star Trap [Tony Bicat] tvm

1988

Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy/Coded Hostile [David Darlow] tvm

1989

Back Home [Piers Haggard] tvm

1989

Wild Flowers [Robert Smith] tvm/66m

1989

Shooting Stars [Chris Bernard] tvm

1990

Menuhin: A Family Portrait [Tony Palmer] doc/b&w-c/120m; cph: Simon Archer, Peter Bartlett & Nic Knowland

1991

A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia [Christopher Menaul] tvm

1993

The Rector's Wife [Giles Foster] 4-part miniseries; in USA 3-part ep of PBS-tv series 'Masterpiece Theatre'

1994

The Grave Case of Charlie Chaplin/Charlie Chaplin and the Cossack Gold [Paul Pawlikowski] dram doc/62m; ep BBC-tv series 'Arena Relics' (part of the 'Arena'-series)

1994

Bliss [Les Blair] tvm/16mm; uncred cph: Robin Vidgeon; ep BBC-tv series 'Screen Two'

1994

The Shadowy Third [Carol Wiseman] tvm/50m; ep #4 of 6-part BBC-tv series 'Ghosts'

1995

Dido and Aeneas [Peter Maniura] opera/56m; in USA ep of PBS-tv series 'Great Performances'

1995

Hotel Paradise/Hotel Paradies [Nicolas Roeg] tvm/29m; ep 27-part series 'Erotic Tales - Die schönste Sache der Welt', 1993-2002

1995

Silent Witness [ep #7-8 'Sins of the Fathers' dir by Ben Bolt] series, 1996-present; 1st series, 1996 (8 ep); other ph: Brian Tufano

1996

[Agatha Christie's] The Pale Horse [Charles Beeson] tvm

1997

Bloodlines: The Legacy of a Lord/Lord Lucan [Brian Grant] tvm/s16

1999

Deceit [Stuart Orme] 2-part tvm

2001

As If [Brian Grant] 7-part (5 unaired) series, 2002

2003

Murphy's Law [various] pilot (2001) + 22-part series, 2003-07; 2nd season, 2004; other ph: Julian Court & Mac Kenny

 

 MISCELLANEOUS

1970

Fabryka/Factory [Krzysztof Kieslowski; doc] c.asst; ph: Stanislaw Niedbalski

1971

Czlowiek o dwóch nazwiskach [Roman Wionczek; doc] c.asst; ph: R. Wionczek

1974

Grazyna Bacewicz 1913-1969 [Ludwik Perski; doc] c.asst; ph: Franciszek Fuchs

1974

Historia pewnej milosci [Wojciech Wiszniewski; tvm] co-c.asst; ph: Edward Klosinski

1976

Blizna [Krzysztof Kieslowski] c.op; ph: Slawomir Idziak

1982

Moonlighting/Fucha [Jerzy Skolimowski] co-asst on the scrpl; ph: Tony Pierce-Roberts

1986

Mid Air [Vera Neubauer; anim + live action/16m/16mm] c.op; ph: David Hoffman

 

 DOCUMENTARIES AS DIRECTOR

1969

Inauguracja 1969 / 70 [co-dir: Wojciech Kozlowski; + cph] see Films at the PWSFTviT

1973

Ostatnie listy z solury [doc] ph: Tomasz Pobóg-Malinowski

1973

Wilhelm Tell 73 [doc] ph: Tomasz Pobóg-Malinowski

1974

Do mlodosci [co-dir: Andrzej Titkow; + co-scrpl; doc] ph: ?

1977

Zapada czas [doc/14m; + scrpl] ph: Jacek Petrycki

1978

Swieci nie chca mówic do mnie [doc/13m; + scrpl] ph: Piotr Kwiatkowski

1978

Sonderzug - Pociag specjalny [doc; + scrpl/cph] see Films

1979

Jeden z nas [doc/17m; + scrpl] ph: Jacek Petrycki

1979

Syn - Sohn - Son [co-dir: Jacek Petrycki, Elzbieta Kurkowska, a.o.; doc/85m] ph: ?

1981

Modlitwa [doc/8m; + scrpl] ph: Krzysztof Pakulski

1982

Film o babci [co-dir: Andrzej Titkow; + scrpl; doc/15m] ph: Piotr Latallo

1982

Wajda's Danton [co-dir: Tomasz Pobóg-Malinowski; + ph] see Films