Janush Morgenstern

Janush Morgenstern (pol. Janusz Morgenstern) is a Polish director, script writer, producer, actor.

Janush Morgenshtern was born in the village Mikulintsy on November, 16, 1922, in the family of David Morgenshterna and Ester (in girlhood - Druks). He was grown in Podolshchina where he attended school. He also studied in Pshevorsk, graduated from the Higher school of theater, cinema and television in Lodz in 1954. Janush worked as the director's assistant.

Morgenstern debuted in 1960 with the film 'Good-bye, See You Tomorrow', awarded by prizes in Stratford and San Francisco. The military drama 'Then will Come Silence' is among the most considerable works of the director, it devoted to liberating of the Polish territories, as well as the antitotalitarian tape 'Life Once Again', one of the sharpest political pictures in the Polish cinema of 60-s, attempt to expose stalinism crimes.
The tape 'Smaller Sky' received Grand prix in Poitiers. It narrates about tragedy of the forty-year person who revolted against imposed unification of desires and positions, constant pursuit of career, about tragedy of the person who went on a trip without knowing its purpose. The director made big contribution in development of the Polish television cinema, having shot in 60-70 the following popular serials: 'Rate More Than Life' and "Columbusses".

Janush also shot the serials 'Polish Roads' and 'SOS', as well as feature films 'W Hour' and 'Queen of Spades'. Morgenstern was, in critics' opinion, one of the last romanticists of the Polish television. From 1978 Janush was the creative director of the creative film productions union 'Perspektiva'.

He died in Warsaw on Septmeber, 6 2011.

Director
- 1955 - Radishes
- 1959 - Good-bye, See You Tomorrow
- 1960 - Adventure in the Field
- 1961 - New Production is Tomorrow
- 1961 - Acute Care (short film)
- 1963 - Adam's Two Webbings
- 1964 - Life Once Again
- 1964 - Leon Kruchkovsky
- 1964 - Tadeush Kulisevich
- 1965 - Silence Will Take Place Later
- 1967 - Iovita
- 1967 - Rate More Than Life (serial)
- 1970 - Columbusses (serial)
- 1972 - It's Necessary to Kill This Love
- 1972 - Queen of Spades
- 1977 - Polish Roads (serial)
- 1979 - 'W Hour'
- 1981 - Smaller Sky
- 1986 - Legend About White Dragon
- 2000 - Yellow Scarf
- 2009 - Smaller Evil

Script writer
- 1961 - New Production is Tomorrow
- 1965 - Silence Will Take Place Later
- 1981 - Smaller Sky
- 2009 - Smaller Evil

Producer
- 1990 - Korchak
- 1990 - Europe, Europe
- 1990 - Woman
- 1993 - Colossus
- 1993 - Good-bye, Yesterday
- 1996 - Girl Nobody
- 1998 - Venera's Black Side
- 1998 - Deserters' Gold
- 2000 - Large Animal
- 2000 - Holy Nikolay's Night
- 2000 - Yellow Scarf
- 2001 - Coyote's Morning
- 2002 - Who do I take after?
- 2002 - Revenge
- 2003 - White Dress
- 2004 - Long Weekend
- 2004 - Queen of Clouds
- 2005 - Hell, Paradise
- 2005 - Holy Varvara's Festival
- 2005 - Sheriff
- 2006 - This World is waiting for Us
- 2006 - Uhlans Arrived
Actor
- 2011 - Entangled

Awards
- 1960 - prizes MKF in Stradford and San-Francisco
- 1967 - award for direction and prize of International catholic organization concerning cinema on MKF in San Sebastian
- 1967 - award of the Minister of culture and science of Poland, III grade (for the psychological drama 'Iovitaа')
- 1980 - grand-prix MKF in Poitiers
- 2010 - award for 'the contribution in cinema art' of 35th Festival of Polish feature films in Gdyn.