Biography
Allan Starski is a Polish production designer and set decorator. Born in Warsaw on 1 January 1943, he graduated in 1969 from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw with a degree in architecture and interior design. He began his film career in the early 1970s and made his debut as a production designer on Chłopcy (1973).
Starski has collaborated extensively with Andrzej Wajda on films including Człowiek z marmuru (1977), Człowiek z żelaza (1981), Panny z Wilka (1979) and Pan Tadeusz (1999). He won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction, shared with Ewa Braun, for Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List (1993). He later worked with Roman Polanski on The Pianist (2002), for which he received a César Award, and Oliver Twist (2005). Other credits include Europa Europa (1990) and The Coldest Game (2019). He is the son of screenwriter and songwriter Ludwik Starski.
