Sylwester Chęciński (21 May 1930, Skwarki – 8 December 2021,
Wrocław
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) was a Polish film and television director. He was born in Susiec,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 mill ...
, on 21 May 1930. Chęciński died in
Wrocław
Wrocław (; , . german: Breslau, , also known by other names) is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly ...
on 8 December 2021, at the age of 91.
Biography
Chęciński was born on 21 May 1930 in Skwarki. In 1950, he graduated from the 1st Secondary School of General Education named after Jędrzej Śniadeckiego in
Dzierżoniów
Dzierżoniów (; szl, Rychbach; german: Reichenbach im Eulengebirge ) is a town located at the foot of the Owl Mountains in southwestern Poland, within the Lower Silesian Voivodeship (from 1975 to 1998 in the former Wałbrzych Voivodeship). It i ...
, and in 1956 the Directing Department of the State Film School in
Łódź
Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of cant ...
.
He is best known for the trilogy Sami swoi, Nie ma mocnych and Kochaj albo rzuć. He directed his first film ''Historia żółtej ciżemki'' in 1961. In the years 1976–1980 he was the deputy artistic director of the film group "Iluzjon", and in the years 1988–1991 the deputy artistic director of the film group "Kadr". For lifetime achievement, he received "Platinum Lions" at the 39th
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 si ...
(2014) and the
Polish Academy Life Achievement Award
The Polish Academy Life Achievement Award is an honorary Polish Film Award bestowed by the Polish Film Academy for outstanding contributions to the cinema of Poland.
Recipients
* 1999: Wojciech HasCathedral of St. John the Baptist in Wrocław, he was buried at the Grabiszyński Cemetery in Wrocław.
Selected filmography
* 1961: ''
Historia żółtej ciżemki
Historia may refer to:
* Historia, the local version of the History channel in Spain and Portugal
* Historia (TV channel), a Canadian French language specialty channel
* Historia (newspaper), a French monthly newspaper devoted to History topics ...
''
* 1964: ''
Agnieszka 46 Agnieszka is the Polish equivalent of the female given name Agnes (name).
Notable people with this name include:
*Agnieszka Arnold, Polish documentary filmmaker
*Agnieszka Baranowska (1819–1890), Polish playwright and poet
*Agnieszka Bednarek ...
Diament radży Diament may refer to:
* James Westcott, also known as James Diament Westcott, Jr.
* Rob Diament, English singer-songwriter
* ''Popiół i diament'', Polish title for the novel '' Ashes and Diamonds''
See also
* Diamond (disambiguation)
* Diamant ...
Droga
''Droga'' (Polish for 'road') was a monthly magazine dedicated to literary and social topics. It was published in Nazi-occupied Warsaw#Second World War, Warsaw from December 1943 to April 1944. Its founders were Ewa Pohoska and Juliusz Garztecki. ...