Halina Bielińska (14 August 1914 - 13 October 1989) was a Polish film director, animator and screenwriter. Bielińska and Włodzimierz Haupe were among the first Polish animators; their film ''Zmiana warty'' (''Changing of the Guard'') was awarded the Short Film Prize at the

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in 1959.Awards 1959
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on 14 August 1914. She died there on 13 October 1989 at the age of 75.

Selected filmography

;Feature Films * ''Szczęściarz Antoni'' (1961) * ''Godzina pąsowej róży'' (1963) * ''Sam pośród miasta'' (1965) * ''

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'' (''Dziadek do orzechów'') (1967) * ''Piąta rano'' (1969) ;Animated Films * ''Katarynka'' (1956) * ''Zmiana warty'' (1958) * ''But'' (1959)

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