WITOLD SOBOCINSKI STOFF [PSC]

Born: 15 October 1929, Ozorków, Poland, as Witold Sobociński.

Education: PWSFTviT, Lódz [graduated in 1956].

Career: Started as lighting director at Lódz Television; since 1960 c.asst and ph at Czolówka Studios.

Was ph coach on numerous films at the PWSFTviT, Lódz [1984-2009].

His son Piotr [1958-2001] was his c.op and became a doph.

Awards: Camerimage Lifetime Achievement Award [1994]; Camerimage 'Golden Frog' nom [1999] & Polish FF 'Best Cinematography' Award [1999] for 'Wrota Europy'; Camerimage 'Award for Duo' [2000] for Andrzej Wajda & W. Sobocinski; ASC International Achievement Award [2002].

FILMS AT THE ACADEMY

1953	Worek wegla [Janusz Weychert; short/19m] co-c.asst; ph: Jerzy Matuszkiewicz
1954	Guziki [Janusz Kidawa] b&w; short/9m
1954	Odwety. Trzy fragmenty z II aktu [Jerzy Ziarnik; short/14m] co-c.asst; ph: Jerzy Matuszkiewicz
1954	Ostatni wieczór [Stanislaw Jedryka; short/10m] co-c.asst; ph: Wieslaw Zdort
1954	Wiosna [Jerzy Gruza] b&w; short/7m
1955	Godzina bez slonca [Pawel Komorowski; short/16m] c.asst; ph: Jerzy Wójcik
1955	Hejnal i bzy [Janusz Kidawa] b&w; short/14m
1955	Lodzie wyplywaja o swicie [Ryszard Ber] b&w; doc/15m
1955	Piatka z IV b [Sylwester Szyszko] b&w; short/15m
1955	W marcu [Maria Kwiatkowska] b&w; doc/6m
1956	Kurdebalans [Mieczyslaw Waskowski] b&w; short/16m

FILMS

1959	Codzienna obsluga samochodów/Daily Car Service [?] ?; doc/?m
1960	Cena sekundy/Second Price [?] ?; doc/?m
1961	Katapultowanie/Catapult [?] ?; doc/?m
1962	Zespól piesni i tanca wojska polskiego/The Choir and Dance Group of the Polish Army [?] ?; doc/?m
1962	Podchorazacka etiuda/Training of Officers [?] ?; doc/?m
1963	Nasz zespól/Our Ensemble [Jerzy Gruza] c; doc/593mtr
1963	Ballada o dobrym zolnierzu/Ballad of a Good Soldier [?] ?; doc/?m
1963	Tych czterech [Tadeusz Worontkiewicz] b&w; doc/616mtr
1963	Przelomem dunajca/The Defiles of Dunajec [Stanislaw Mozdzenski] ?; doc/?m
1963	Rocznica slubu/Wedding Anniversary [Maciej Sienski] b&w; short/18m
1963	Wioska mala jak Plowce/A Small Town Like Plowce [Roman Banach] b&w; doc/229mtr
1963	Poligon smialków/The Polygon of Bold Men [Jerzy Vaulin] b&w; doc/238mtr
1964	Pierwszy dyzur/First Service [Tadeusz Worontkiewicz] b&w; doc/310mtr
1964	Podniebny balet/Heavenly Ballet [?] ?; doc/?m
1964	Niedotlenienie [?] ?; doc/?m
1964	Dziewczyna, przygoda i.../A Girl, an Adventure and... [?] ?; doc/?m; cph: ?
1964	My kobiety/We, the Women [Maria Kwiatkowska] b&w; doc/17m
1964	Uwaga, grozba pozaru/Attention! Fire Risk [?] ?; doc/?m
1965	Ostatnie dni swiatyni ptah [Jerzy Bednarczyk] ?; doc/?m; cph: Jacek Stachlewski
1965	Tych czterystu/The Four Hundred [?] ?; doc/?m
1965	Warszawskie skrzydla/Warsaw Wings [Zygmunt Koziarski] b&w; doc/325mtr
1967	Wspomnienie o bitwie [Tadeusz Worontkiewicz] b&w; doc/16m
1967	Rece do góry/Hands Up! [Jerzy Skolimowski] c; cph: Andrzej Kostenko; re-edited and released in 1981
1968	Dancing w kwaterze Hitlera/Dancing Party at Hitler's Headquarters [Jan Batory] b&w
1968	Wszystko na sprzedaz/Everything for Sale [Andrzej Wajda] c
1968	The Adventures of Gerard [Jerzy Skolimowski] p/c; 2uc: Enzo Barboni
1969	Album polski/Polish Album/The Return [Jan Rybkowski] c; 2 parts: 'Maria/Scorched Earth' (72m) & 'Anna/This Is My Home' (64m)
1970	Legenda/The Legend [Sylwester Checinski] c
1970	Zycie rodzinne/Family Life [Krzysztof Zanussi] c
1971	Trzecia czesc nocy/The Third Part of the Night [Andrzej Zulawski] c
1972	Wesele/The Wedding [Andrzej Wajda] c
1972	Sanatorium 'Pod klepsydra'/The Hour-Glass Sanatorium [Wojciech Jerzy Has] c
1973	Na niebie i na ziemi/On the Earth and In the Sky [Julian Dziedzina] c
1973	Pittsville - Ein Safe voll Blut/Lohngelder für Pittsville/The Catamount Killing [Krzysztof Zanussi] c
1974	Ziemia obiecana/The Promised Land/Land of Promise [Andrzej Wajda] 35mm & 70mm/c; 179m; cph: Edward Klosinski & Waclaw Dybowski; also 4-part tv-miniseries/204m (1975)
1975	Der S-Bahn Mörder [Peter Schulze-Rohr] c
1975	Smuga cienia/The Shadow Line [Andrzej Wajda] c
1975	Moja wojna - moja milosc/My War - My Love [Janusz Nasfeter] c
*1976*	Lady Frankenstein [Jerzy Skolimowski] unfinished
1977	Sam na sam/Face to Face [Andrzej Kostenko] c
1977	Smierc prezydenta/Death of a President [Jerzy Kawalerowicz] c; cph: Jerzy Lukaszewicz
1978	Zaproszenie do wnetrza/Einladung zur Besichtigung von Innenräumen [Andrzej Wajda] c; doc/55m
1978	Szpital Przemienienia/Hospital of the Transfiguration [Edward Zebrowski] c
1980	Alice/Alicja [Jerzy Gruza & Jacek Bromski] c; cph: Alec Mills
1981	W obronie wlasnej [Zbigniew Kaminski] c
1981	Byl Jazz/And All That Jazz [Feliks Falk] c; + small part
*1982*	L'âne qui joue de la lyre [Wojciech Jerzy Has] unrealized

Dir Marek Nowicki - c.op Piotr Sobocinski - W. Sobocinski - "Widziadlo"

1983

Widziadlo/The Phantom [Marek Nowicki] c

1983

Uindii/Races/A Windy Story/Rennsaison/Der erste Sieg [Masato Harada] c

1984

O-bi, O-ba - Koniec cywilizacji/O-Bi, O-Ba - The End of Civilization [Piotr Szulkin] c

1985

Pirates [Roman Polanski] p/c

1987

Podróz magiczna [Andrzej Wasylewski] c; ballet film/30m

1987

Zjoek: De kunst van het vergeten [Erik van Zuylen] b&w-c

1987

Frantic [Roman Polanski] c

1989

Acque di primavera/Torrents of Spring [Jerzy Skolimowski] c; cph: Dante Spinotti

1990

Bronsteins Kinder/Bronstein's Children [Jerzy Kawalerowicz] c; cph: Piotr Sobocinski

1991

Skarga/Complaint [Jerzy Wójcik] c

[Left] with actors Piotr Szwedes & Piotr Adamczyk - "Wrota Europy"

Photo by Andrzej Tarasewicz

1999

Wrota Europy/The Gateway of Europe [Jerzy Wójcik] c

2009

Rewizyta/Revisited [Krzysztof Zanussi] c; ph archive footage ('Zycie rodzinne', 1970); ph: Dariusz Kuc

TELEVISION

1958	Wielki testament [Jerzy Antczak] theater perf/?m; cph: Wieslaw Rutowicz; prod Telewizja Polska (Lódz)
1958	Mur [Zbigniew Kuzminski] theater perf/?m; cph: Wojciech Król & Zygmunt Leski; prod Telewizja Polska (Lódz)
1962	Labedzi spiew/Swan Song [Jerzy Antczak] tvm/b&w/722mtr
1969	Prawdziwie magiczny sklep/The Magic Magazine [Mieczyslaw Waskowski] tvm/b&w/25m
1970	Najlepszy kolega/The Best Comrade [Andrzej Trzos-Rastawiecki] tvm/35m
1971	Beczka Amontillado/The Barrel of Amontillado [Leon Jeannot] tvm/28m
1974	Silverson [Falk Harnack] tvm
1975	Nachtdienst [Krzysztof Zanussi & Edward Zebrowski] tvm/54m
1975	Bielszy niz snieg [Wojciech Marczewski] tvm/32m
1977	Haus der Frauen [Krzysztof Zanussi] tvm
1978	Wege in der Nacht/Drogi posród nocy/Ways in the Night [Krzysztof Zanussi] tvm/16mm
1979	Wlasna wina [Wieslaw Helak] tvm/47m
1983	Freundschaften [Eugen York] 2-part tvm: 'Karl und Luis' & 'Die gelbe Nelke'
1986	Die Katze läßt das Mausen nicht [Gero Erhardt] 3-part miniseries
1988	Der Landarzt [ep #15 'Auf neuen Wegen' (88m), #16 'Der Spieler', #17 'Diagnose Liebeskummer', #18 'Aus alten Zeiten', #19 'Auf Herz und Niere' & #20 'Routineeingriff' dir by Christian Quadflieg] series, 1987-2004; 2nd season, 1989
1992	Das letzte U-Boot/The Last U-Boat [Frank Beyer] tvm
1994	...nächste Woche ist Frieden [Peter Schulze-Rohr] tvm; 2uc: Piotr Sobocinski
2003	Meskie - Zenskie [ep #1 'Wigilia', #2 'Ciaza' & #3 'Narzeczony' dir by Krystyna Janda] 6-part series/v, 2003-04; other ph: Edward Klosinski

MISCELLANEOUS

1958	Co rekne zena.../Zadzwoncie do mojej zony/What Will My Wife Say to This? [Jaroslav Mach] actor; ph: Boguslaw Lambach
1962	Czerwone berety/Red Berets [Pawel Komorowski] c.op; ph: Krzysztof Winiewicz
1965	Faraon/Pharaoh [Jerzy Kawalerowicz] c.op; ph: Jerzy Wójcik & Wieslaw Zdort
1965	Potem nastapi cisza [Janusz Morgenstern] c.op; ph: Jerzy Wójcik

With actress Halina Luszczewska - "Ktokolwiek wie..."

1966	Ktokolwiek wie.../Whoever May Know [Kazimierz Kutz] actor; ph: Antoni Nurzynski
1966	Bariera/Barrier [Jerzy Skolimowski] actor; ph: Jan Laskowski
1966	Szyfry/The Codes [Wojciech Jerzy Has] c.op; ph: Mieczyslaw Jahoda
1966	Zosya/Zosia [Michail Bogin] c.op; ph: Jerzy Lipman
1967	Ojciec/The Father [Jerzy Hoffman; tvm/25m] co-c.asst; ph: Jerzy Lipman
1987	Czerwonym blaskiem otoczona [Katarzyna Remin; short/5m] co-lighting; ph: Katarzyna Remin; prod PWSFTviT
1996	Spózniona podróz [Wojciech Zogala] tvm/b&w/24m; ph coach; ph: Witold Plociennik
2010	Zuzanna [Daria Kopiec] c; live action + anim/17m; co-artistic superv; ph: Monika Kotecka
2012	Matka [Michal Goscik] c; short/5m40s; ph cons; ph: M. Goscik; prod PWSFTviT