Jerzy Jaruga

Jerzy Jurek Jaruga (born April 9, 1952 in Łódź , Poland ) is a Polish cameraman , set designer, film author and media designer.

Life

After attending an art school, Jaruga studied camera and television directing at the State Film, Television and Theater School in Łódź . He completed his studies in 1976 with a master's degree in art. In 1982 he passed the state examination as a set designer and graphic artist. In 1984 he moved to Germany. In 1996 he was a freelance lecturer at the Media Academy in Augsburg in the field of camera. From 2003 to 2008 he was a freelance lecturer at the Bavarian Theater Academy August Everding in Munich, specializing in working with the camera / theater in front of the camera. In 2013 he received his doctorate in the field of film art at the Film, TV and Theater School in Łódź.

Jaruga is married and has two sons.

Theater (set designer)

• 1977 Pyza na polskich dróżkach Teatr im. Stefana Żeromskiego Kielce
• 1977 Mimika Teatr im. Stefana Żeromskiego Kielce
• 1977 Pyza na polskich dróżkach Teatr Ludowy Kraków-Nowa Huta
• 1978 Antygona Teatr im. Stefana Żeromskiego Kielce
• 1978 Bajki mówią o nas Teatr Ludowy Kraków-Nowa Huta
• 1978 Róża Teatr im. Stefana Żeromskiego Kielce
• 1979 Pinokio Teatr im. Stefana Żeromskiego Kielce
• 1979 Największa świętość Teatr im. Stefana Żeromskiego Kielce
• 1980 Pinokio Teatr im. Adama Mickiewicza Częstochowa
• 1980 Wędrowni komedianci Teatr im. Adama Mickiewicza Częstochowa
• 1981 Łagodnie mówiąc Teatr im. Adama Mickiewicza Częstochowa
• 1981 Szczęśliwe wydarzenie Teatr im. Julisza Osterwy Gorzów Wiel.

Filmography

Involved in feature film productions in Poland as a cameraman

• 1976 Latarnik (television)
• 1977 Serce serc (television)
• 1978 Pejzaz horyzontalny (cinema)
• 1978 Bestia (cinema)
• 1981 Ciuchy historii (television)
• 1981 Karabiny (cinema)
• 1983 Kamienne Tablice (cinema)
• 1983 Magiczne ognie (cinema)
• 1984 Who is the man? (Kim jest ten czlowiek) (cinema)

Involved in feature film productions in Poland as a scenographer / set designer

• 1982 Egzylia
• 1983 Mars i Wenus

Own short films in Germany (screenplay, direction and camera)

• 1990 Pigmalion ( film rating : valuable), animation film
• 1991 The portrait (film rating: valuable), animated film
• 1991 The leather (film rating: valuable)
• 1999 left traces
• 2001 Pictures at an Exhibition
• 2013 Artysta (artist)

Worked as a cameraman, film author and media designer in Germany

• over 50 commercials (cinema and television)
• over 100 image and industrial films
• over 2,000 documentary forms (documentaries, reports, magazine articles)
• News as a cameraman
• Lighting design in the television studio
• 2001–2002 “Bergdoktor”: TV series (Germany / SAT 1) - camera / DoP
• 2003–2008 cameraman for the ARD television series In allerfreund - 50 episodes
• 2008 “Rigoletto” 12 Gut Immling International Opera Festival - Camera / DoP
• 2009 “Macbeth” 13 International Opera Festival Gut Immling - Camera / DoP
• 2013 cameraman for the short film Against Will

Film festivals

• Festival Internacional de Cinema Figueira da Foz 1991
• International Documentary Film Festival Munich 1991
• Braunschweig International Film Festival 1991
• Festival de Cine Huesca 1992
• Schwerin Film Festival 1992
• Festival international du film d'art Paris 1992
• La Mosta Internacional de Cinema Alternatiu Barcelona 1993
• Art Film Festival Warsaw-Zakopane 1996
• Short film festival Bayreuth 2016
• Short film week Regensburg 2016
• Festival of German Cinema Mainz 2016
• Filmfestival filmzeit Kaufbeuren 2016

Web links

• Jerzy Jaruga in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Jurek Jaruga in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Biography and Filmography (Polish)