Daniel Szczechura (born 1930) - director of animated films. Graduated from Warsaw University in the History of Art, and later studied in the film operators' faculty department of the PWSTiF ŁódĽ Film School. His films have won awards at the film festivals in Oberhausen, Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Paris, Philadelphia and Melbourne. The films which have already entered the history of animated films include 'The Chair' (1964), 'The Diagram' (1966), 'Hobby' (1968), 'The Ant's Journey' (1970), 'Burning Fingers' (1976), and 'Jump' (1978).
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