Tad Danielewski

Tad Danielewski (March 29, 1921 – January 6, 1993) was a film director. Originally from Poland, he served in the Polish Underground during World War II and eventually ended up in a concentration camp. After the war, he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and started the Professional Actors Workshop in New York, whose students included Martin Sheen, James Earl Jones, and Mercedes Ruehl, who thanked Danielewski in both her Oscar and Tony acceptance speeches.Fact|date=February 2007 He is the father of Ann Danielewski (commonly known as the musician Poe) and Mark Z. Danielewski, author of "House of Leaves" and "Only Revolutions".

He died of cancer in 1993.

Filmography

* "España puerta abierta" (1972)
* "The Guide" (1965)
* "No Exit" (1962)
* "The Big Wave" (1961)

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0199756/ Tad Danielewski] at the Internet Movie Database
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=980CE6D7153EF930A25752C0A965958260 Article in The New York Times]