Krzysztof Kieslowski

Krzysztof Kieslowski was born on Jun 27, 1941 in Poland. Krzysztof Kieslowski's big-screen debut came with Don Gabriel directed by Ewa Petelska in 1966, strarring Soldier (uncredited). Krzysztof Kieslowski is known for A Short Film About Love directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski, Grazyna Szapolowska stars as Magda and Olaf Lubaszenko as Tomek. Krzysztof Kieslowski has got 72 awards and 32 nominations so far. The most recent award Krzysztof Kieslowski achieved is National Board of Review, USA. The upcoming new movie Krzysztof Kieslowski plays is Nadzieja which will be released on Jan 17, 2008.

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, Le passage souterrain (1974) (The Underground Passage), he made a number of short documentaries. His next TV title, Le Personnel (1975) (The Staff), took the Grand Prix at Mannheim Film Festival. His first full-length feature was La cicatrice (1976) (The Scar). In 1978 he made the famous documentary Le point de vue du gardien de nuit (1979) (Night Porter's Point of View), and in 1979 - a feature Amator (1979) (Camera Buff), which was acclaimed in Poland and abroad. Everything he did from that point was of highest artistic quality.