Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Directing
- June 27, 1941 · Warsaw, General Government, German Reich [now Poland]
- March 13, 1996
Biography
Krzysztof Kieślowski (June 27, 1941 – March 13, 1996) was an influential Polish film director and screenwriter known internationally for his television series "The Decalogue" (1989), and his feature films "The Double Life of Véronique" (1991), and the "Three Colours" trilogy (1993–1994). Kieślowski received numerous awards during his career, including the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize (1988), FIPRESCI Prize (1988, 1991), and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (1991); the Venice Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize (1989), Golden Lion (1993), and OCIC Award (1993); and the Berlin International Film Festival Silver Bear (1994). In 1995 he received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Writing. In 2002 Kieślowski was listed at number two on the British Film Institute's Sight & Sound Top Ten Directors list of modern times. Krzysztof Kieślowski died on 13 March 1996, He was 54.
Known for
Filmography
- Postscriptum. Ruminations on My Craft · Self
- Parallel Tales · Story
- Protection Line · Self
- Dwando · Story
- Hope · Screenplay
- My Kieslowski · Self
- Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) · Director
- Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski · Self
- Hell · Scenario Writer
- 1966-1988: Kieslowski, Polish Filmmaker · Self
- Heaven · Screenplay
- Krzysiek Kieślowski · Self
- The Big Animal · Screenplay
- Horoscope · Co-Director
- Love Stories · In Memory Of
- Short Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski · Self
- Krzysztof Kieslowski: I'm So-So... · Self
- Short Working Day · Director, Writer
- Krzysztof Kieślowski: A Masterclass for Young Directors · Self
- A Short Film About Decalogue: An Interview with Krzysztof Kieslowski · Self
- Krzysztof Kieślowski: A Lesson in Cinema · Self
- Kieślowski Cannes 94 · Self
- Three Colors: Red · Screenplay, Director
- Three Colors: White · Screenplay, Director
- Kieslowski: The Cinema Lesson · Self
- Three Colors: Blue · Screenplay, Director
- Tren na śmierć cenzora · Self
- The Double Life of Véronique · Director, Screenplay
- Kieslowski: Dialogue · Self
- The Ten Commandments of Krzysztof Kieslowski · Self
- Pictures of Europe · Self
- City Life · Director
- Seven Days a Week · Director
- Dekalog · Writer, Director
- Decalogue V · Director, Screenplay
- Decalogue VI · Director, Screenplay
- Decalogue II · Director, Screenplay
- Decalogue VIII · Director, Screenplay
- Decalogue IV · Director, Screenplay
- Decalogue IX · Director, Screenplay
- Decalogue I · Director, Screenplay
- Decalogue III · Director, Screenplay
- Decalogue VII · Director, Screenplay
- Decalogue X · Director, Screenplay
- A Short Film About Love · Director, Writer
- A Short Film About Killing · Director, Screenplay
- Blind Chance · Director, Screenplay
- No End · Director, Screenplay
- The Calm · Director, Screenplay
- Talking Heads · Director, Writer
- Railway Station · Director, Writer
- Camera Buff · Director, Screenplay
- The Card Index · Director
- Seven Women of Different Ages · Director
- From a Night Porter's Point of View · Director
- Hospital · Director
- I Don't Know · Director, Writer
- The Scar · Writer, Director
- Two for the Seesaw · Director
- Personnel · Director, Writer
- Slate · Director, Writer
- Curriculum Vitae · Director, Writer
- Legend · Krzysztof Kieślowski, Director
- First Love · Director, Writer
- Pedestrian Subway · Director, Screenplay
- X-Ray · Director
- Niebieskie jak Morze Czarne · Survey Participant (uncredited)
- The Bricklayer · Director, Writer
- The Sun Rises Once a Day · MO Officer (uncredited)
- Checking the King · Director
- Refrain · Director, Writer
- The Principles of Safety and Hygiene in a Copper Mine · Director
- Between Wrocław and Zielona Góra · Director
- Workers '71: Nothing About Us Without Us · Director, Screenplay
- Culling · Director
- Factory · Director
- I Was a Soldier · Director
- Before the Rally · Director
- From the City of Lodz · Director, Writer
- The Photograph · Scenario Writer, Director