Grzegorz Królikiewicz (5 June 1939 – 21 September 2017) was a Polish film director, screenwriter, and pedagogue.

Life and career

In 1962, he graduated from the Faculty of Law at the

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. In 1967, he began his studies at the

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from which he graduated in 1970. He directed a number of

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s, TV shows as well as feature films. In 1976–78, he directed the television Editorial Office of Facts. Between 1981–1983, he served as the artistic director of the Aneks Film Studio (''Zespół Filmowy Aneks''). In the years 2003–2005, he worked as director of the New Theatre in Łódź. Since 1981, he also worked as an academic teacher at the Faculty of Film and Television Directing at the National Film School in Łódź. In 1993, he obtained the title of

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. He was a member of the

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. He died on 21 September 2017 in

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and was buried at the Old Cemetery in Łódź.

Selected awards

In 1993, he was awarded the Golden Lions Award (''Złote Lwy'') at the 18th

Gdynia Film Festival The Gdynia Film Festival (until 2011: Polish Film Festival, Polish: ''Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych w Gdyni'') is an annual film festival first held in Gdańsk (1974–1986), now held in Gdynia, Poland. It has taken place every year sinc ...

for his film ''Przypadek Pekosińskiego'' ("Pekosiński's Case"). In 1994, he also received the Special Award at the

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ( cs, Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary) is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival is one of the oldest in the world and has become ...

for this film. In 2011, he became the recipient of the Knight's Cross of the

Order of Polonia Restituta The Order of Polonia Restituta ( pl, Order Odrodzenia Polski, en, Order of Restored Poland) is a Polish state decoration, state Order (decoration), order established 4 February 1921. It is conferred on both military and civilians as well as on al ...

and in 2013, he was awarded the Gold

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. In 2016, he was awarded the

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Prize for his film ''Sąsiady'' ("The Neighbours").

Filmography

*''Na wylot'' (1972) *''Wieczne pretensje'' (1974) *''Tańczący jastrząb'' (1977) *''Klejnot wolnego sumienia'' (1981) *''Fort 13'' (1984) *''Zabicie ciotki'' (1984) *''Przypadek Pekosińskiego'' (1993) *''Drzewa'' (1995) *''Sąsiady'' (2014)

References

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Life and career

Selected awards

Filmography

See also

References