{{Short description|Polish film director (1912–1987)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox person | image = Jan Rybkowski.jpg | name = Jan Rybkowski | birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|4|4|df=yes}} | birth_place = Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Congress Poland | death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|12|29|1912|4|4|df=yes}} | death_place = Konstancin-Jeziorna, Mazowieckie, Poland | occupation = Film director | years_active = 1949–1984 }} [[File:Jan Rybkowski grób.JPG|thumb|Grave of Jan Rybkowski at the Powązki Military Cemetery in Warsaw]]
'''Jan Izydor Rybkowski''' (4 April 1912 – 29 December 1987) was a Polish film director.<ref name="filmpolski">{{cite web |url=http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php/11888 |title=Jan Rybkowski |accessdate=15 November 2012 |work=filmpolski |archive-date=14 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014073433/http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php/11888 |url-status=live }}</ref> He directed 30 films between 1949 and 1984. His 1961 film ''Tonight a City Will Die'' was entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival.<ref name="Moscow1961">{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff36/eng/archives/?year=1961 |title=2nd Moscow International Film Festival (1961) |accessdate=15 November 2012 |work=MIFF |archive-date=10 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010050126/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff36/eng/archives/?year=1961 |url-status=live }}</ref> Two years later, he was a member of the jury at the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival.<ref name="Moscow1963">{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff36/eng/archives/?year=1963 |title=3rd Moscow International Film Festival (1963) |accessdate=25 November 2012 |work=MIFF |archive-date=10 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010045957/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff36/eng/archives/?year=1963 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Selected filmography== * ''Warsaw Premiere'' (1951) * ''Nikodem Dyzma'' (1956) * ''Kapelusz pana Anatola'' (1957) * ''Pan Anatol szuka miliona'' (1958) * ''Inspekcja pana Anatola'' (1959) * ''Tonight a City Will Die'' (1961) * ''Spotkanie w "Bajce"'' aka ''Meeting in the Fable'' (1962) * ''Chłopi'' (TV series) (1972) by novel of Władysław Reymont * ''The Peasants'' (1973) * ''Gniazdo'' (1974) * ''Border'' (1977) by novel of Zofia Nałkowska * ''Rodzina Połanieckich'' (TV series) (1978) by novel of Henryk Sienkiewicz * ''Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy'' (TV series) (1980) by novel of Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0752982|Jan Rybkowski}}
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