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Leszek Burzynski(1949-2025)

  • Director
  • Actor
  • Writer
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Leszek Burzynski was born on 16 August 1949. He was a director and actor, known for Trapped Alive (1988), Love and Action in Chicago (1999) and Trucking (1979). He died on 21 December 2025 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornAugust 16, 1949
DiedDecember 21, 2025(76)
BornAugust 16, 1949
DiedDecember 21, 2025(76)
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Known for

Trapped Alive (1988)
Trapped Alive
4.7
  • Director
  • 1988
Love and Action in Chicago (1999)
Love and Action in Chicago
4.9
  • Producer
  • 1999
Trucking
Short
  • Director
  • 1979
Lori Minnetti in Blood Harvest (1987)
Blood Harvest
4.6
  • The Priest(as Albert Jaggard)
  • 1987

Credits

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Director

  • Flying South (2015)
    Flying South
    Short
    • Director
    • 2015
  • Living Life Forwards: Culture and Sustainable Development in the South Pacific
    • Director
    • 2014
  • Keith Carradine, Peter Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, and Joseph Mazzello in Wooly Boys (2001)
    Wooly Boys
    6.1
    • Director
    • 2001
  • Trapped Alive (1988)
    Trapped Alive
    4.7
    • Director
    • 1988
  • John Alderton in Father's Day (1983)
    Father's Day
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1983–1984
  • Cry Wolf
    6.0
    Short
    • Director
    • 1980
  • Trucking
    Short
    • Director
    • 1979

Actor

  • Fugue (2011)
    Fugue
    5.6
    • Dr. Gilman
    • 2011
  • Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim in Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! (2007)
    Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Diah Riha-Jones
    • 2009
  • Lauren Holly, Hector Elizondo, Carla Gugino, Mark Harmon, Barbara Hershey, Mandy Patinkin, Adam Arkin, and Rocky Carroll in Chicago Hope (1994)
    Chicago Hope
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Tyler (as Emil Joseph Brueschi)
    • 1999
  • Lori Minnetti in Blood Harvest (1987)
    Blood Harvest
    4.6
    • The Priest (as Albert Jaggard)
    • 1987

Writer

  • Living Life Forwards: Culture and Sustainable Development in the South Pacific
    • writer
    • 2014
  • Trapped Alive (1988)
    Trapped Alive
    4.7
    • writer
    • 1988
  • Lori Minnetti in Blood Harvest (1987)
    Blood Harvest
    4.6
    • screenplay (as Emil Joseph)
    • 1987
  • Trucking
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1979

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Emil Joseph Brueschi
  • Born
    • August 16, 1949
  • Died
    • December 21, 2025
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(complications from diabetes)

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