Jan Łomnicki

{{short description|Polish film director (1929–2002)}}

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{{Infobox person

| image = Jan Łomnicki.jpg

| name = Jan Łomnicki

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|6|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Podhajce, Poland (now Pidhaitsi, Ukraine)

| death_date = {{death date and age|2002|12|18|1929|6|30|df=yes}}

| death_place = Warsaw, Poland

| occupation = Film director, screenwriter

| yearsactive = 1954-2000

}}

Jan Łomnicki (30 June 1929 – 18 December 2002) was a Polish film director and screenwriter.{{cite web |url=http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php/11186 |title=Jan Łomnicki |accessdate=13 January 2013 |work=filmpolski}} A graduate of the National Film School in Łódź. He directed more than thirty films between 1954 and 2000. His 1976 film To Save the City ({{langx|pl|Ocalić miasto}}) was awarded at the Polish Film Festival (1976)[http://festiwalgdynia.pl/archiwum/laureaci/3,,,1976.html Laureates in 1976] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412000224/http://www.festiwalgdynia.pl/archiwum/laureaci/3,,,1976.html |date=12 April 2015 }} - Polish Film Festival (home page) and was entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival (1977).{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff36/eng/archives/?year=1977 |title=10th Moscow International Film Festival (1977) |accessdate=13 January 2013 |work=MIFF}}

He was the brother of the actor Tadeusz Łomnicki.

Filmography

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