Kazimierz Urbański

Kazimierz Urbański (born March 26, 1929 in Święciechowa , died January 18, 2015 ) – Polish creator of animated films , set designer, producer of audiovisual performances. In 1956 he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków . In the years 1957–1972 he organized and ran a film drawing studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków . He also lectured at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw , the University of Arts in Poznań and the Leon Schiller National Film, Television and Theatre School in Łódź. On October 15, 2008, during a ceremony at the headquarters of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, he received the Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis from Minister Bogdan Zdrojewski.