Alexander "Olo" Sroczynski was born in Poznan, Poland.
He studied graphics and film illustration at the Cracow Academy
of Fine Arts and then went on to study animation and experimental
film direction at the Graduate Film School in Lodz. After graduating,
he worked at the Cartoon Studio in Bielsko-Biala and later at the
Animated Films Studio in Cracow. In 1985 he received a scholarship
to study at the Centro Speriementale di Cinemato Grafia in Rome.
His films include: "8 and 3/4", "One Can Hear",
"More than the Grass Grow", "Animated Film",
"Vice Versa", "Nostalgy", "2013: A Space
Odyssey".
Olo won awards at the Festival of Short Animated Films, and he received
the Silver Plaque Award at the International Film Festival in Chicago.
Awarded first prize in graphics media by the Art Society of Old
Greenwich CT. 2003.
His drawings and cartoons have been published internationally,
in the USA: Connoisseur, The New York Times, European Travel
& People; in France: Lui, Harakiri, Mensuel Charlie; in
Poland: Karuzela, Szpilki.
Olo currently lives in New York City where he is happily involved
with children's books, film and design project's, collages,
animation--and his own special brand of dark humor.
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