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Voytek(1925-2014)

  • Production Designer
  • Director
  • Writer
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Voytek was born on 15 January 1925 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was a production designer and director, known for The Witches (1990), Four People (1966) and Dandelion Dead (1994). He was married to Renate Brent and Fionnuala Kenny. He died on 7 August 2014 in London, England, UK.
BornJanuary 15, 1925
DiedAugust 7, 2014(89)
BornJanuary 15, 1925
DiedAugust 7, 2014(89)
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  • Won 1 BAFTA Award
    • 1 win total

Known for

Anjelica Huston, Jasen Fisher, and Mai Zetterling in The Witches (1990)
The Witches
6.8
  • Art Department
  • 1990
Four People
TV Mini Series
  • Director
Dandelion Dead (1994)
Dandelion Dead
7.4
TV Mini Series
  • Production Designer
The Avengers (1961)
The Avengers
8.3
TV Series
  • Production Designer

Credits

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Production Designer

  • Dandelion Dead (1994)
    Dandelion Dead
    7.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Production Designer
    • 1994
  • I, the Worst of All (1990)
    I, the Worst of All
    7.1
    • Production Designer
    • 1990
  • Rosanna Arquette in Black Rainbow (1989)
    Black Rainbow
    6.0
    • Production Designer
    • 1989
  • Stealing Heaven (1988)
    Stealing Heaven
    6.5
    • Production Designer
    • 1988
  • Florida Straits (1986)
    Florida Straits
    5.3
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 1986
  • Bernard Hill in Squaring the Circle (1984)
    Squaring the Circle
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 1984
  • Success Is the Best Revenge (1984)
    Success Is the Best Revenge
    5.7
    • Production Designer
    • 1984
  • The Canterville Ghost (1974)
    The Canterville Ghost
    6.9
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 1974
  • Who's Afraid of Opera?
    TV Series
    • designer
    • 1972
  • Cul-de-sac (1966)
    Cul-de-sac
    7.0
    • Production Designer
    • 1966
  • Armchair Theatre (1956)
    Armchair Theatre
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Production Designer
    • designed by
    • 1958–1966
  • Ian Holm, Denholm Elliott, Robert Eddison, Freddie Jones, and Patrick Mower in Mystery and Imagination (1966)
    Mystery and Imagination
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Production Designer
    • 1966
  • Armchair Mystery Theatre (1960)
    Armchair Mystery Theatre
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Production Designer
    • 1964–1965
  • Out of This World (1962)
    Out of This World
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Production Designer
    • 1962
  • The Avengers (1961)
    The Avengers
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Production Designer
    • 1961

Director

  • BBC2 Playhouse (1973)
    BBC2 Playhouse
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1974
  • Don Henderson, Diane Keen, Peter Sallis, and Don Warrington in Crown Court (1972)
    Crown Court
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1973–1974
  • Centre Play (1973)
    Centre Play
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1974
  • Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)
    Thirty-Minute Theatre
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1972
  • Clifford Rose and Mollie Sugden in Six Days of Justice (1972)
    Six Days of Justice
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1972
  • Edward Woodward in Callan (1967)
    Callan
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1970–1972
  • Armchair Theatre (1956)
    Armchair Theatre
    7.7
    TV Series
    • directed by
    • 1971
  • Hugh Burden and Willoughby Goddard in The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder (1969)
    The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1971
  • Man at the Top (1970)
    Man at the Top
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1971
  • Fulton Mackay, Patrick Mower, Derren Nesbitt, Wensley Pithey, and George Sewell in Special Branch (1969)
    Special Branch
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Reginald Barratt, Richard Beckinsale, Freddie Fletcher, Bernard Hepton, Arthur Lowe, Brian Miller, Ron Moody, Jack Rosenthal, Liz Smith, and Paula Wilcox in ITV Playhouse (1967)
    ITV Playhouse
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Freda Dowie, Paul Whitsun-Jones, and Jack Woolgar in The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm (1969)
    The Incredible Adventures of Professor Branestawm
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Ian Holm, Denholm Elliott, Robert Eddison, Freddie Jones, and Patrick Mower in Mystery and Imagination (1966)
    Mystery and Imagination
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1968
  • Orson Welles in Tempo (1961)
    Tempo
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1967
  • Malcolm McDowell and Sarah-Jane Gwillim in Sat'day While Sunday (1967)
    Sat'day While Sunday
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1967

Writer

  • Jack Smethurst in Parables (1978)
    Parables
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1978
  • Four People
    TV Mini Series
    • Writer
    • 1966

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Voytek Roman
  • Born
    • January 15, 1925
    • Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
  • Died
    • August 7, 2014
    • London, England, UK(undisclosed)
  • Spouses
      Renate Brent1956 - 1971 (divorced, 3 children)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Theatre director George Devine renamed the designer Voytek (an Anglicised pronunciation of his first name Wojciech) because this was easier for English speakers to pronounce than his real name Wojciech Roman Pawel Jerzy Szendzikowski.

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