Krzysztof Kieslowski(1941-1996)
- Writer
- Director
- Actor
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
L'amateur (1979) (Camera Buff), which was
acclaimed in Poland and abroad. Everything he did from that point was
of highest artistic quality.
