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RICHARD A. ANTONIUS

Richard A.Antonius
(Ryszard Antoniszczak Antonius)

 


PERSONAL HISTORY:

January 07.1947- Born in Nowy Sacz. POLAND        

He lives in STOCKHOLM - Sweden

Younger brother of polish filmmaker Julian Jozef Antonisz (non camera & experimental films)

1978 - Married. Wife Grazyna-Ella.   

Two sons: Kacper 1980  and Martin Oscar 1986.

1965 -71 The Fine Arts Academy. Cracow.Poland  Graphic Department. Diploma in: Book illustration, typography, woodcut,  lithography, animation.

1972 -1981 Filmdirector at Cracow´s Animated Film Studio. Poland.

(1975 - (summer) freelance animator and inbetweener at Team Film AB in Sweden.)

1985 - Employed at Klara Papper -Advertising Agency as computer graphic. (Artistgraphics -Leonardo system)

1986 - Employed at ARGUS Advertising Agency as illustrator, typographer, animator. 

1983 -2000 His own firm Antonius Animation (komanditbolag)






LITERATURE:

1967 -1971 -Songtexts for avantgarde ROCK´N´ROLL CABARET "ZDROJ JANA" 
           at Fine Arts Academy in Cracow. Poland
   

      

1971- Literary debut: A short story published in POLA ESPERANTISTO.

          "Balado pri lingvo artefarita" in Esperanto.
             (The Ballad of an Artificial  Language")            

1974-1979  Film scripts for his own short films.

1979-1981  Two novels for children" Miki Mol" (Published in Poland 1986)

              and "Miki Mol and The Horrible Monstercoat" (published in 1996)

1980 -Recordings: "Miki Mol and The Magical Time Machine" - Tale for children on 
          two longplay records.   " MIKI MOL i ZACZAROWANY KUFEREK CZASU"         

            Published by POLSKIE NAGRANIA MUZA .Poland 1985-87.
Reedition on CD in 2006 by Bajki-Grajki.( CLICK HERE )

1991 -1998 -10 Film scripts for cartoon serie "Tales Behind The Window".(Poland-SFA. Cracow)

1994 - Screenplay for a long animated film: "Miki Mol and The Horrible Monstercoat".

2001-2006 - A big fantasy-adventure novel "Qanaria".

2004 - sztuka teatralna" Nie-bieski Kabaret ".

2006 - The third novel about MIKI MOL -Miki Mol i Kolczaki

2002-2006 - A new international , auxiliary language for Europe -Atlango - created by R.A.Antonius

ATLANGO

2006 -VIII - Winner of The Third Price for a screenplay for a long animated film.
The International (POLISH-ITALIAN) competition organized by
The Association of Polish Filmmakers -Stowarzyszenie Filmowcow Polskich.


 

FILMS:

Richard Antonius have created about 20 animated films for adults and for children.

All with his own screenplay, storyboard, design and also animations.

1974 - "Bye Bye Steam" At The Animated Film Studio in Cracow (Poland)  (debut)

Prizes: "Brazowy Lajkonik" at the 14th OFFK in Cracow 1974 Poland.

1976 -  "MIKI MOL" (Miki The Bookworm) - The first film with this character.Poland.

1977 -  "Phantomobile" -an experimental film made with his own unique graphic  method: edisography.

Prizes: "Brazowy Lajkonik" at the 17th OFFK in Cracow 1977 Poland.

1978 -  "SEXI LOLA AUTOMATIC" - an experimental film with a graphic method: fluovision

Prizes: Spec. Award of Jury for the film set at the 4th MFFA in Espinho 1980

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1983 -  "Telerica" - commercial animated film for LM ERICSSON.Sweden

1985 -88  TITLINGS (for Swedish Television 1 and 2)

1990 -  "THE VOICE OF THE EARTH" -an animated film d´auteur.

Prizes:
Spec.Dipl. at the 37th MFFK in Oberhausen 1991
Spec.Jury Award at 15th MFFA in Espinho 1991
Certificate of Appreciation at MFF in Chicago 1991
Spec. Jury Award at MFF in Madrid 1992

1996 - "MIKI MOL AND THE HORRIBLE MONSTERCOAT"

  - a long animated film for children (for Polish Television)

1992 - 98 - Series "Tales Behind The Window" for TVP Polish Televison. (10 films)

at Animated Film Studio in Cracow . Poland.

1996 - 2000 - "PIANO CONCERTO" an animated film d´auteur.

RAA`s films has been presented at many Film Festivals:

Oberhausen, Annecy, Chicago , Espinho, Madrid , Cracow , Clermont-Ferrand,Melbourne,Zagreb, Moscow, Dijon, Odense, Kijev.

Also several prizes at Film Festival For Children and Teenagers in Poznan
Films for children (Zlote Koziolki)


FILM POLSKI:

MORE FILMOGRAPHY HERE


ILLUSTRATIONS , COMPUTER GRAPHICS and LOGOTYPES:

Richard Antonius has developed his own, experimental graphic methodes:

Edisography, Spongography (in his own illustrations for QANARIA) and Fluovision.

(edispgraphy)

As a computer graphic he works on Mac with Photoshop.

1979 - Comic strips about MIKI MOL published by "Swierszczyk" Warsaw.

1983 - Illustrations for calendar for LM ERICSSON (1984) Sweden

1988 - (April) 3 drawings published in THE NEW YORK TIMES.

1995 - Illustrations for his second novel for children " Miki Mol and The Horrible Monstercoat". (published 1996)

1982 - 2007 Illustrations and covers for swedish publishing houses:
 Natur och Kultur, LTs, Brombergs, Informationsförlaget, Timbro,Sellin &Co. Dagens Nyheter and more.
(CLICK HERE)


 

R.A. A has created many logotypes.

2001-2006 illustrations and covers to his own novel QANARIA

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