Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- June 27, 1941, Warsaw, General Government, German Reich [now Poland]
- Died
- March 13, 1996
- Movies
- 81
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2026 | Postscriptum. Ruminations on My Craft | Himself (archive footage) |
| 2025 | Protection Line | self - cameo |
| 2006 | My Kieslowski | Self |
| 2006 | Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski | Self |
| 2005 | 1966-1988: Kieslowski, Polish Filmmaker | Self |
| 2001 | Krzysiek Kieślowski | Self |
| 1996 | Short Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski | Self |
| 1995 | Krzysztof Kieslowski: I'm So-So... | Self |
| 1995 | Krzysztof Kieślowski: A Masterclass for Young Directors | Self |
| 1995 | A Short Film About Decalogue: An Interview with Krzysztof Kieslowski | Self |
| 1994 | Krzysztof Kieślowski: A Lesson in Cinema | Self |
| 1994 | Kieślowski Cannes 94 | Self |
| 1994 | Kieslowski: The Cinema Lesson | Himself |
| 1992 | Tren na śmierć cenzora | Self |
| 1991 | Kieslowski: Dialogue | Self |
| 1990 | The Ten Commandments of Krzysztof Kieslowski | Self |
| 1990 | Pictures of Europe | Self |
| 1975 | Legend | Krzysztof Kieślowski |
| 1973 | Niebieskie jak Morze Czarne | Survey Participant (uncredited) |
| 1972 | The Sun Rises Once a Day | MO Officer (uncredited) |
| 1966 | Hell and Heaven | Saved Man (uncredited) |
| 1966 | Don Gabriel | Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1966 | The Face | The Artist |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2007 | Hope | Screenplay |
| 2006 | Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition) | Director |
| 2002 | Heaven | Screenplay |
| 2000 | The Big Animal | Screenplay |
| 1995 | Short Working Day | Director, Writer |
| 1994 | Three Colors: Red | Screenplay, Director |
| 1994 | Three Colors: White | Director, Screenplay |
| 1993 | Three Colors: Blue | Director, Screenplay |
| 1991 | The Double Life of Véronique | Screenplay, Director |
| 1990 | City Life | Director |
| 1990 | Seven Days a Week | Director |
| 1989 | Decalogue VI | Director, Screenplay |
| 1989 | Decalogue V | Director, Screenplay |
| 1989 | Decalogue II | Director, Screenplay |
| 1989 | Decalogue VIII | Director, Screenplay |
| 1989 | Decalogue IV | Director, Screenplay |
| 1989 | Decalogue X | Director, Screenplay |
| 1989 | Decalogue I | Director, Screenplay |
| 1989 | Decalogue III | Director, Screenplay |
| 1989 | Decalogue VII | Director, Screenplay |
| 1989 | Decalogue IX | Director, Screenplay |
| 1988 | A Short Film About Love | Writer, Director |
| 1988 | A Short Film About Killing | Director, Screenplay |
| 1987 | Blind Chance | Director, Screenplay |
| 1985 | No End | Director, Screenplay |
| 1980 | The Calm | Director, Screenplay |
| 1980 | Talking Heads | Director, Writer |
| 1980 | Railway Station | Director, Writer |
| 1979 | Camera Buff | Director, Screenplay |
| 1979 | The Card Index | Director |
| 1979 | Seven Women of Different Ages | Director |
| 1979 | From a Night Porter's Point of View | Director |
| 1977 | Hospital | Director |
| 1977 | I Don't Know | Director, Writer |
| 1976 | The Scar | Director, Writer |
| 1976 | Two for the Seesaw | Director |
| 1976 | Personnel | Director, Writer |
| 1976 | Slate | Director, Writer |
| 1975 | Curriculum Vitae | Director, Writer |
| 1975 | Legend | Director |
| 1974 | First Love | Director, Writer |
| 1974 | Pedestrian Subway | Director, Screenplay |
| 1974 | X-Ray | Director |
| 1973 | The Bricklayer | Director, Writer |
| 1972 | Checking the King | Director |
| 1972 | Refrain | Director, Writer |
| 1972 | Workers '71: Nothing About Us Without Us | Director, Screenplay |
| 1972 | Between Wrocław and Zielona Góra | Director |
| 1972 | The Principles of Safety and Hygiene in a Copper Mine | Director |
| 1972 | Culling | Director |
| 1971 | Factory | Director |
| 1971 | I Was a Soldier | Director |
| 1971 | Before the Rally | Director |
| 1969 | From the City of Lodz | Director, Writer |
| 1968 | The Photograph | Director |
| 1967 | Concert of Requests | Director, Writer |
| 1966 | The Office | Director |
| 1966 | Tramway | Writer, Director |
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