Krzysztof Kieślowski
Born: 1941-06-27 in Warsaw, General Government, German Reich [now Poland]
Died: 1996-03-13
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2026
- Parallel Tales ... (Original Story)
2025
- Protection Line as self - cameo
2010
- Sodankylä Forever as Self
2009
- Dwando ... (Story)
2007
- Hope ... (Screenplay)
2006
- Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski as Self
- Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) ... (Director)
- My Kieslowski as Self
2005
- Hell ... (Scenario Writer)
- 1966-1988: Kieslowski, Polish Filmmaker as Self
2002
- Heaven ... (Screenplay)
2001
- Krzysiek Kieślowski as Self
2000
- The Big Animal ... (Screenplay)
- Horoscope ... (Co-Director)
1997
- Love Stories ... (In Memory Of)
1996
1995
1994
- Three Colors: Red ... (Screenplay)
- Three Colors: White ... (Screenplay)
- Krzysztof Kieślowski: A Lesson in Cinema as Self
- Kieślowski Cannes 94 as Self
1993
- Three Colors: Blue ... (Screenplay)
1992
- Tren na śmierć cenzora as Self
1991
- The Double Life of Véronique ... (Director)
- Kieslowski: Dialogue as Self
1990
- Pictures of Europe as Self
- City Life ... (Director)
- The Ten Commandments of Krzysztof Kieslowski as Self
- Seven Days a Week ... (Director)
1989
- Dekalog ... (Director)
- Decalogue I ... (Director)
- Decalogue X ... (Director)
- Decalogue II ... (Director)
- Decalogue IV ... (Director)
- Decalogue VII ... (Director)
- Decalogue III ... (Director)
- Decalogue VI ... (Director)
- Decalogue IX ... (Director)
- Decalogue V ... (Director)
- Decalogue VIII ... (Director)
1988
- A Short Film About Love ... (Director)
- A Short Film About Killing ... (Director)
1987
- Blind Chance ... (Director)
1985
- No End ... (Director)
1980
- The Calm ... (Director)
- Talking Heads ... (Director)
- Railway Station ... (Director)
1979
- Camera Buff ... (Director)
- Seven Women of Different Ages ... (Director)
- The Card Index ... (Director)
- From a Night Porter's Point of View ... (Director)
1977
- Hospital ... (Director)
- I Don't Know ... (Director)
1976
- The Scar ... (Writer)
- Personnel ... (Director)
- Slate ... (Director)
- Two for the Seesaw ... (Director)
1975
- Curriculum Vitae ... (Director)
- Legend as Krzysztof Kieślowski
1974
- First Love ... (Director)
- Pedestrian Subway ... (Director)
- X-Ray ... (Director)
1973
- Niebieskie jak Morze Czarne as Survey Participant (uncredited)
- The Bricklayer ... (Director)
1972
- The Sun Rises Once a Day as MO Officer (uncredited)
- Culling ... (Director)
- Refrain ... (Director)
- Checking the King ... (Director)
- Workers '71: Nothing About Us Without Us ... (Director)
- The Principles of Safety and Hygiene in a Copper Mine ... (Director)
- Between Wrocław and Zielona Góra ... (Director)
1971
- Factory ... (Director)
- Before the Rally ... (Director)
- I Was a Soldier ... (Director)
1969
- From the City of Lodz ... (Director)
1968
- The Photograph ... (Scenario Writer)
1967
- Concert of Requests ... (Director)
1966
- Don Gabriel as Soldier (uncredited)
- The Face as The Artist
- The Office ... (Director)
- Tramway ... (Writer)
- Hell and Heaven as Saved Man (uncredited)