The Dragon of Dragons award is granted since 1998 by Krakow Film Foundation Programme Council to the makers of documentary and animated films, whose work had a significant influence on the development of the world cinema in these genres. Among the previous winners of the Dragon of Dragons award there are such renowned film makers as: Kazimierz Karabasz, Allan King, Albert Maysles, Werner Herzog, Stephen and Timothy Quay, Raoul Servais, Jerzy Kucia, Marcel Łoziński.

Winners

2004

Albert Maysles

b. 1926 – d. 2015

American director of documentary films. Together with his brother David, nominated for the Academy Award for the film 'Christo's Valley Curtain' (1973). The best-known films: 'Monterey Pop' (1968), 'Salesman' (1969), 'Gimme Shelter' (1970), 'Grey Gardens' (1975).

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