Allan Starski

Allan Starski

Allan Mieczysław Starski (born January 1, 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 ahs 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.

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