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KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI - Director & Screenwriter
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Kzsysztof Kieslowski was born in 1941 and graduated from the State Theatrical
and Film College in Lodz in 1969. His early films were documentaries and shorts
and while still a student he made 'Photograph' for Polish television.
His feature debut came in 1973 with 'Pedestrian Subway', which was followed
in 1975 by 'Personnel', a semi-documentary in which the hero has to choose whether to denounce a friend or lose his job. 'The Scar' (1976) was followed by 'Camera Buff', a story about an amateur cameraman whose love for his hobby causes trouble with the authorities.
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'Camera Buff' won the Grand Prix at the 1979 Moscow Film Festival.
'Calmness' (1976) was banned at the time by the Polish authorities. It focuses on a worker newly
released from prison who vows to stay out of trouble but finds himself caught in a No Man's Land
between the workers and the management of a factory. The satires 'Blind Chance' and the tele-
vision feature SHORT DAYS WORK, both made in 1981, were also banned at the time.
Kieslowski's collaborator on 'Dekalog' was Krzysztof Piesiewicz, a lawyer who had previously
worked with Kieslowski on the script for 'No End', a film which attracted criticism in Poland for its
uncompromising stance. After Dekalog, Kieslowski and Piesiewicz went on to write THE DOUBLE
LIFE OF VERONIQUE which was an award-winner at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival and one of
the most acclaimed films to be shown in competition. Kieslowski was made a Fellow of the British
Film Institute in 1990 and has joined the ranks of Europe's most admired directors.
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