Hieronim Neumann

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Hieronim Neumann

Born November 14, 1948 · Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland (age 77)

Director, screenwriter, filmmaker, visual artist, and educator. Full professor. Lecturer at the Academies of Fine Arts in Poznań and Warsaw. He primarily creates original animated films using cutout, composite, and computer techniques. His artistic explorations are inspired by the films of Zbigniew Rybczyński. However, he employs his own, original approaches in his work. Winner of numerous awards …

Known For

SurvivalSurvival · 2025
Survival
2025
Movie
The film Survival offers a grotesque critique of homelessness and environmental decay through a unique blend of live-action and diverse animation techniques, including pixilation and 3D. As an auteur project, it integrates these styles seamlessly to create a striking artistic vision. Its scenography embraces upcycling or "trash art," echoing Marcel Duchamp’s legacy of elevating banal objects into profound art. By incorporating street art and graffiti, the film sparks dialogue about art’s role in society. This innovative approach transforms waste into priceless commentary, challenging viewers to reconsider their surroundings and the nature of creativity itself.
The EventThe Event · 1988
The Event
★ 5.71988
MovieAnimation
The villagers one day are surprised by a strange phenomenon - a high embankment begins to form all over the area. Like in a mole pit, the shifting earth destroys everything around it. After the "cataclysm", new blocks of flats - all made of concrete slab - rise in place of the destroyed farms. Only the residents, transferred to new conditions, do not change their habits.
MagritteMagritte · 1995
Magritte
1995
MovieAnimation
A film about art. Unusual compositions of images give familiar objects a new look.
KatarKatar · 1984
Katar
1984
MovieMusicAnimation
A little girl's cold spreads all over town in this short pop-art styled animation.
GalapagosGalapagos · 1985
Galapagos
1985
MovieAnimation
Short ecological satire animation.
ZoopraxiscopeZoopraxiscope · 2005
Zoopraxiscope
★ 4.02005
MovieAnimation
A tribute film in honor of the zoopraxiscope inventor Eadweard Muybridge.
Children's SymphonyChildren's Symphony · 1990
Children's Symphony
1990
MovieAnimationMusic
A film impression set to the music of Leopold Mozart, realized using the combined animation technique. A child's toy—a mysterious box with many drawers, double bottoms, and unexpected nooks—reveals a new, surprising image with each touch: old instruments, faded photographs, playing cards, tin soldiers, and clay birds. The image changes like a kaleidoscope—each subsequent rotation of the box's wall surprises the viewer, creating a new form by partially leaving the previous one behind and building a new one.
PtaszorPtaszor · 1987
Ptaszor
★ 6.01987
MovieAnimation
The film's artistic premise seeks a plastic equivalent to express the literary content of Gilbet K. Chesterston's prose. It is a graphic film showing the metamorphosis of a tree, the main character of the film. It is predatory and dangerous to the nature around it. It catches and feeds on birds, which, suspecting nothing, live among it.

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