Krzysztof Zanussi
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Born in 1939 in Warsaw, Poland. Documentary and feature film director.
Studied physics at Warsaw University and philosophy at Jagiellonian
University in Cracow. Graduated from Lodz Film Academy in 1966. Amateur
film maker. His school diploma film 'Death of a Provincial' (Smierc prowincjala (1968))
won an awards in Venice, Mannheim, Valladolid and Moscow in 1967. Other
early films made for TV include: 'Next Door' (_Za sciana (1971)_), Grand Prix in
San Remo; 'Hypothesis' (Hipoteza (1973)).
Scriptwriter or co-writer of all of his TV and cinema films. Other early feature films: 'Structure of a Crystal' (The Structure of Crystal (1969)), which won in Mar del Plata 1970; 'Family Life' (Zycie rodzinne (1971)), which won in Chicago 1971, Valladolid 1972 and Colombo 1973; 'Illumination' (The Illumination (1973)), Grand Prix in Locarno 1973, award in Gdansk 1974; 'Quarterly Balance' (A Woman's Decision (1975)); 'Camouflage' (Camouflage (1977)), Spiral (The Spiral (1978)).
Scriptwriter or co-writer of all of his TV and cinema films. Other early feature films: 'Structure of a Crystal' (The Structure of Crystal (1969)), which won in Mar del Plata 1970; 'Family Life' (Zycie rodzinne (1971)), which won in Chicago 1971, Valladolid 1972 and Colombo 1973; 'Illumination' (The Illumination (1973)), Grand Prix in Locarno 1973, award in Gdansk 1974; 'Quarterly Balance' (A Woman's Decision (1975)); 'Camouflage' (Camouflage (1977)), Spiral (The Spiral (1978)).
