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|job title =[[Designer (crew)|Designer]] | |job title =[[Designer (crew)|Designer]] | ||
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'''Jan Spoczynski''' was the [[designer (crew)|designer]] | '''Jan Spoczynski''' was the [[designer (crew)|designer]] on the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' tevision story ''[[Snakedance (TV story)|Snakedance]]''. He had earlier been the uncredited [[design assistant]] on ''[[Revenge of the Cybermen (TV story)|Revenge of the Cybermen]]'' ([[INFO]]: ''Revenge of the Cybermen'') and ''[[The Seeds of Doom (TV story)|The Seeds of Doom]]''. ([[INFO]]: ''The Seeds of Doom'') | ||
He was featured on the documentary, ''[[Snake Charmer]]'', included in the 2011 [[DVD]] release of ''Snakedance''. | |||
Spoczynski's career before and after ''Snakedance'' was a healthy one. He worked steadily in British television from at least the 1970s to the 1990s. He was a designer on such programmes as ''[[Blake's 7]]'', {{wi|Last of the Summer Wine}}, {{wi|Parkinson (TV series)|Parkinson}}, {{wi|Midsomer Murders}} and ''[[The Two Ronnies]]'', with [[Ronnie Corbett]]. | |||
== External | In the 2000s he moved to feature films, where he mostly served as an [[art director]] or more junior roles in the art department. His credits during this phase of his career have included: {{wi|Wimbledon (film)|Wimbledon}}; {{wi|Stage Beauty}} with [[Hugh Bonneville]], [[Fenella Woolgar]] and [[David Westhead]]; {{wi|Match Point (film)|Match Point}}, a [[Woody Allen]] film with [[Alexander Armstrong]], [[Steve Pemberton]], [[Colin Salmon]], [[Miranda Raison]], [[Penelope Wilton]], [[Mark Gatiss]] and [[Brian Cox (actor)|Brian Cox]]; and {{wi|Shanghai (film)|Shanghai}}, again with Bonneville. | ||
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{{imdb name|id=0819282}} | {{imdb name|id=0819282}} | ||
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[[Category:Doctor Who designers]] | [[Category:Doctor Who designers]] | ||
[[Category:Doctor Who design assistants]] | |||
Latest revision as of 20:23, 3 November 2024
Jan Spoczynski was the designer on the Doctor Who tevision story Snakedance. He had earlier been the uncredited design assistant on Revenge of the Cybermen (INFO: Revenge of the Cybermen) and The Seeds of Doom. (INFO: The Seeds of Doom)
He was featured on the documentary, Snake Charmer, included in the 2011 DVD release of Snakedance.
Spoczynski's career before and after Snakedance was a healthy one. He worked steadily in British television from at least the 1970s to the 1990s. He was a designer on such programmes as Blake's 7, Last of the Summer Wine, Parkinson, Midsomer Murders and The Two Ronnies, with Ronnie Corbett.
In the 2000s he moved to feature films, where he mostly served as an art director or more junior roles in the art department. His credits during this phase of his career have included: Wimbledon; Stage Beauty with Hugh Bonneville, Fenella Woolgar and David Westhead; Match Point, a Woody Allen film with Alexander Armstrong, Steve Pemberton, Colin Salmon, Miranda Raison, Penelope Wilton, Mark Gatiss and Brian Cox; and Shanghai, again with Bonneville.
