Barbara Sass-Zdort (14 October 1936 – 2 April 2015) was a Polish screenwriter and film/stage director. In 1975, she graduated from the
National Film School in Łódź
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. She was married to the cinematographer Wiesław Zdort. Mother of famous Polish lawyer Pawel Zdort (Weil, Gotshal & Manges LPP, and Rymarz Zdort) and journalist Dominik Zdort.(TVP).
Awards
She received numerous awards, including
FIPRESCI Prize
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(1980,1996), Prize for Best Debut Director at the
Polish Film Festival
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(1980), and the ''Krzysztof Kieślowski Beyond Borders Award for Best Feature'' at the
New York Polish Film Festival
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(2012).
Nominated for Crystal Globe for ''Temptation (Pokuszene)'' at the
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
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in 1996.
Film archive
– Karlovy Vary IFF
Selected filmography
* 1980 – ''Bez miłości'' (Without Love)
* 1981 – ''Debiutantka'' (Debutante)
* 1982 – ''Krzyk'' (Scream)
* 1993 – ''Pajęczarki'' (Spider Women)
* 1995 – ''Pokuszenie'' (Temptation)
* 1999 – ''Jak narkotyk'' (Like a Drug)
* 2011 – ''W imieniu diabła'' (In the Name of the Devil)
References
External links
*
''Barbara Sass profile''
at the Polish Film Academy
1936 births
2015 deaths
Polish women film directors
Polish women screenwriters
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