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The Leon Schiller 's National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in Łódź is the most notable academy for future actors, directors, photographers, camera operators and TV staff in Poland . It was founded on March 8 , 1948 in Łódź and was initially planned to be moved to Warsaw as soon as the city is rebuilt after the Warsaw Uprising . However, in the end the school remained in Łódź and is one of the best-known institutions of higher education in that town. Since 1948, the school has been the Alma Mater of most renowned Polish artists connected to the cinema and the stage. HISTORY Until (since 1950 ). Until 1958 both the actors' and filmmakers' schools were merged. About that time most of the notable artists of the Polish Film School added to their popularity and created a legend of the ''Łódź Film School'' as the most liberal and least communist high school in Poland. Among the most notable alumni of that period were Andrzej Munk , Janusz Morgenstern , Andrzej Wajda and Kazimierz Kutz . In 1954 Roman Polański joined it. After 1958 the school became one of the most notable cultural think-tanks of Poland, with many outsiders and artists not supported by the communist authorities joining it. Various discussion clubs and relative liberty of speech promoted by the new rector, Jerzy Toeplitz , added to its value. For instance, two of the students of the university ( Jerzy Matuszkiewicz and Witold Sobociński ) became the first Jazz musicians in Poland after WWII to be allowed by the authorities to organize a concert. After the March 1968 Events , the period of liberty came to an end. Toeplitz was fired, as were most of the tutors. However, with the advent of Edward Gierek and his regime, the school once again started to bloom. The School was three alumni- OSCAR winners- Roman Polański, Andrzej Wajda and Zbigniew Rybczyński. FAMOUS ALUMNI Directors
Cinematographers
Actors
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