Krzysztof Kieslowski

Krzysztof Kieslowski

WriterDirectorActor
Born
June 27, 1941
Died
March 13, 1996
Awards
72 wins, 102 nominations

Krzysztof Kieslowski graduated from Lódz Film School in 1969, and became a documentary, TV and feature film director and scriptwriter. Before making his first film for TV, Przejscie podziemne (1974) (The Underground Passage), he made a number of short documentaries. His next TV title, Personnel


Biography

Krzysztof Kieslowski graduated from LĂłdz Film School in 1969, and became a documentary, TV and feature film director and scriptwriter. Before making his first film for TV, Przejscie podziemne (1974) (The Underground Passage), he made a number of short documentaries. His next TV title, Personnel (1975) (The Staff), took the Grand Prix at Mannheim Film Festival. His first full-length feature was The Scar (1976) (The Scar). In 1978 he made the famous documentary From a Night Porter's Point of View (1979) (Night Porter's Point of View), and in 1979 - a feature Camera Buff (1979) (Camera Buff), which was acclaimed in Poland and abroad. Everything he did from that point was of highest artistic quality.

Writer

Parallel TalesParallel Tales(2026)
Uit ZichtUit Zicht(2009)
NadziejaNadzieja(2007)
HellHell(2005)
HeavenHeaven(2002)

Actor

Protection Line(1995)as Tupakoitsija
Niebieskie jak Morze CzarneNiebieskie jak Morze Czarne(1973)as Man on the Street
The FaceThe Face(1966)as The Artist
Don GabrielDon Gabriel(1966)as Soldier

Producer

Century of CinemaCentury of Cinema(1995)

Second Unit or Assistant Director

Ab urbe condita(1965)

Art Department

On the RunOn the Run(1986)
Przez dotykPrzez dotyk(1986)

Soundtrack

The CrownThe Crown(2016)

Known for

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Krzysztof Kieslowski in No End (1985)Krzysztof Kieslowski in Blind Chance (1987)Krzysztof KieslowskiIrĂšne Jacob, Krzysztof Kieslowski, and Jean-Louis Trintignant in Three Colors: Red (1994)Krzysztof KieslowskiKrzysztof Kieslowski in Dekalog, piec (1989)