Krzysztof Zanussi |
Born in 1939 in Warsaw.
He studied Physics at the Warsaw University between 1955 and 1959 while
attending lectures on film at the Institute of Art at the Polish Academy
of Science (1956-57). He began his studies at the Philosophy Faculty
at the Jagiellonian University of Cracow in 1959. He subsequently enrolled
at the Film Direction Faculty at the Lodz Film School from which he
graduated in 1966.
His first films were made in the Amateur Film Club of Warsaw University already in the fifties. Since 1966 he has directed numerous documentaries and feature films for both cinema and television in Poland as well as abroad. He writes or co-writes scripts for his own films (some of them were published in Poland [3 volumes], in Italy [2 volumes] and in other countries: Hungary, Germany, Czech Republic, India). In years 1974-81 he was a vice - chairman of the Polish Filmmakers Association. Since 1979 he has been a Director and Art Director of the Film Studio "TOR". He has worked as a stage and opera director in Poland, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France and Russia. In March 1990 he was elected President of FERA (Federation Europeenne des Realisateurs de l' Audiovisuel). Since 1994 he has been a member of the Pontifical Commission for Culture in Vatican and a vice-president of the Programme Council of Polish public TV. Since 1994 also the president of the Association EUROVISIONI. Professor at the Silesian University in Katowice since 1992. Member of Polish PEN - Club and of the Association of Writers. The most important films by K. Zanussi: With a Warm Heart (Serce na dłoni) - 2008 Il Sole Nero - A Black Sun (Czarne Słońce) - 2006 Persona non grata - 2005 Supplement (Suplement) - 2002 Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (Życie jako smiertelna choroba przenoszona drog± płciow±) - 2000 Our God’s Brother (Brat naszego Boga) - 1997 In Full Gallop (Cwał) - 1996 The Silent Touch (Dotknięcie ręki) - 1992 Life for a Life (Życie za życie) - 1990 Inventory (Stan posiadania) - 1989 Wherever You Are... (Gdzie¶kolwiek jest je¶li¶ jest) - 1988 Time That Passed - TV film (Wygasłe czasy) - 1987 The Power of Evil (Paradygmat) - 1985 The Year of the Quiet Sun (Rok spokojnego słońca) - 1984 Unapproachable (Niedostępn) - 1982 From a Far Country (Z dalekiego kraju) - 1981 The Constant Factor (Constans) - 1980 The Contract (Kontrakt) - 1980 Spiral (Spirala) - 1978 The Camouflage (Barwy ochronne) - 1976 The Balance (Bilans kwartalny) - 1974 Family Life (Życie rodzinne) - 1971 The Structure of Crystal (Struktura kryształu) - 1969 |