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Krzysztof Kieslowski(1941-1996)

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  • Director
  • Actor
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Krzysztof Kieslowski
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 (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.
BornJune 27, 1941
DiedMarch 13, 1996(54)
BornJune 27, 1941
DiedMarch 13, 1996(54)
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  • Nominated for 2 Oscars

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Krzysztof Kieslowski in No End (1985)
Krzysztof Kieslowski in Blind Chance (1987)
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Irène Jacob, Krzysztof Kieslowski, and Jean-Louis Trintignant in Three Colors: Red (1994)
Krzysztof Kieslowski in Dekalog, piec (1989)
Krzysztof Kieslowski in The Scar (1976)

Known for

Juliette Binoche in Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Three Colors: Blue
7.9
  • Writer
  • 1993
Irène Jacob and Guillaume de Tonquédec in The Double Life of Véronique (1991)
The Double Life of Véronique
7.7
  • Writer
  • 1991
Irène Jacob in Three Colors: Red (1994)
Three Colors: Red
8.1
  • Writer
  • 1994
Julie Delpy and Zbigniew Zamachowski in Three Colors: White (1994)
Three Colors: White
7.6
  • Writer
  • 1994

Credits

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Writer

  • Uit Zicht (2009)
    Uit Zicht
  • Nadzieja (2007)
    Nadzieja
  • L'enfer (2005)
    L'enfer
  • Heaven (2002)
    Heaven
  • Big Animal (2000)
    Big Animal
  • Short Working Day (1995)
    Short Working Day
  • Nihon eiga no hyaku nen (1995)
    Century of Cinema
  • Irène Jacob in Three Colors: Red (1994)
    Three Colors: Red
  • Julie Delpy and Zbigniew Zamachowski in Three Colors: White (1994)
    Three Colors: White
  • Juliette Binoche in Three Colors: Blue (1993)
    Three Colors: Blue
  • Irène Jacob and Guillaume de Tonquédec in The Double Life of Véronique (1991)
    The Double Life of Véronique
  • Seven Days a Week - CITY LIFE - Warsaw (1990)
    Seven Days a Week - CITY LIFE - Warsaw
  • Dekalog (1989)
    Dekalog
  • A Short Film About Love (1988)
    A Short Film About Love
  • A Short Film About Killing (1988)
    A Short Film About Killing

Director

  • Cinema16: European Short Films (2007)
    Cinema16: European Short Films
  • Short Working Day (1995)
    Short Working Day
  • Irène Jacob in Three Colors: Red (1994)
    Three Colors: Red
  • Julie Delpy and Zbigniew Zamachowski in Three Colors: White (1994)
    Three Colors: White
  • Juliette Binoche in Three Colors: Blue (1993)
    Three Colors: Blue
  • Irène Jacob and Guillaume de Tonquédec in The Double Life of Véronique (1991)
    The Double Life of Véronique
  • City Life (1990)
    City Life
    • (segment Warszawa - Siedem dni w tygodniu/Seven Days a Week)
  • Seven Days a Week - CITY LIFE - Warsaw (1990)
    Seven Days a Week - CITY LIFE - Warsaw
  • Dekalog (1989)
    Dekalog
  • A Short Film About Love (1988)
    A Short Film About Love
  • A Short Film About Killing (1988)
    A Short Film About Killing
  • Blind Chance (1987)
    Blind Chance
  • No End (1985)
    No End
  • Talking Heads (1980)
    Talking Heads
  • Railway Station (1980)
    Railway Station

Actor

  • Protection Line
  • Marian Kociniak and Barbara Mlynarska in Niebieskie jak Morze Czarne (1973)
    Niebieskie jak Morze Czarne
    • (uncredited)
  • The Face (1966)
    The Face
  • Don Gabriel (1966)
    Don Gabriel
    • (uncredited)

Personal details

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    • June 27, 1941
    • Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
    • March 13, 1996
    • Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland(cardiac arrest)
    • January 21, 1967 - March 13, 1996 (his death, 1 child)
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Did you know

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  • Trivia
    At one point he was filming Three Colors: White (1994) while editing Three Colors: Blue (1993) and writing Three Colors: Red (1994).
  • Quotes
    If I have a goal, then it is to escape from this literalism. I'll never achieve it; in the same way that I'll never manage to describe what really dwells within my character, although I keep on trying.

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