his use of objects, which are also characteristic of many canvasses by the Surrealists. Has also created a number of intimate psychological dramas during his career, such as How to Be Loved and Farewells, focusing on damaged individuals who have difficulty settling into life. In his work, he was fascinated by outsiders and people incapable of finding their place in reality. Two currents remain evident in Has's output: one was his cinema of psychological analysis, the other his films of visionary form, in which he most often used the motif of a journey. Later life From 1987 to 1989, Has was artistic director of the Rondo Film Studio and a member of the Polish State Cinema Committee. In 1989-1990, he served as dean of the directing department at the National Film School. In 1990, he became the school's provost and remained in this position for six years. He was the managing director and chief advisor at the school-affiliated Indeks Studio. Selected filmography The Noose (Pętla, 1958) Farewells (Pożegnania, 1958) One Room Tenants (Wspólny pokój, 1960) Goodbye to the Past (Rozstanie, 1961) Gold (Złoto, 1962) How to Be Loved (Jak być kochaną, 1962) The Saragossa Manuscript (Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie, 1965) The Codes (Szyfry, 1966) The Doll (Lalka, 1968) The Hour-Glass Sanatorium (Sanatorium pod klepsydrą, 1973) Write and Fight (Pismak, 1984) Memoirs of a Sinner (Osobisty pamiętnik grzesznika... przez niego samego spisany, 1985) An Uneventful Story (Nieciekawa historia, 1986) The Tribulations of Balthazar Kober (Niezwykła podróż Balthazara Kobera, 1988) See also Cinema of Poland List of Polish language films References External links Wojciech Jerzy Has at culture.pl Film people from Kraków Film people from Łódź Polish agnostics Polish film directors Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts alumni 1925 births 2000 deaths 20th-century Polish screenwriters Male screenwriters 20th-century Polish male writers