{{Short description|Polish production designer (born 1943)}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox person | image = Allan Starski sejm, 2026 (cropped).jpg | image_size = | name = Allan Starski | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1943|1|1|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]] | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = [[Production designer]], [[set decorator]] | years_active = 1973 – present }} '''Allan Mieczysław Starski''' (born 1 January 1943 in [[Warsaw]]) is a Polish [[Academy Awards|Oscar]]-winning production designer and set decorator.
==Life and career==
Allan Starski is the son of [[Ludwik Starski]] (originally Ludwik Kałuszyner) famous screenwriter and songwriter of Jewish descent (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 Ber 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 (1999 film)|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 [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction/Set Decoration]] for [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Schindler's List]]''.<ref name="Oscars1994">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1994 |title=The 66th Academy Awards (1994) Nominees and Winners |access-date=2011-08-04|work=oscars.org| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110706100012/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/66th-winners.html| archive-date= 6 July 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> He also has worked with [[Agnieszka Holland]] (''Europe, Europe'' and ''Washington Square'') and [[Jerzy Stuhr]] (''Historie miłosne''-''Love stories''). Starski worked with [[Roman Polanski]] on ''[[The Pianist (2002 film)|The Pianist]]'' in 2002 (winning a Cesar Award) and ''[[Oliver Twist (2005 film)|Oliver Twist]]'' in 2005. His latest projects are the American films ''[[Hannibal Rising (film)|Hannibal Rising]]'' by [[Peter Webber]] and ''Snow Princess'' by Mark Roemmich.
==See also== *[[Cinema of Poland]] *[[List of Poles]] *[[List of Polish Academy Award winners and nominees]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0823649}} * [http://culture.pl/en/article/allan-starskis-70-years Allan Starski’s 70 Years] at Culture.pl
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