Sławomir Pstrong (29 December 1975,
Skórcz
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,
Poland
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– 23 December 2015) was a Polish film and television director, screenwriter, and author of short stories.
His thesis film for the
University of Silesia in Katowice
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, ''T-Rex'', received awards at multiple festivals (including the Bronze Tadpole at the 2003
Camerimage
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awards, the Blue Tadpole for the best short film of the decade 1997-2007 at Camerimage 2008, and the Johnnie Waterman award at Prowincjonalia 2004).
He also directed the independent film ''Plan'', among others, honored at the
Polish Film Festival
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It has taken place every year sin ...
in
Gdynia
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in 2010, and in the same year, his other film, ''Cisza'', received the Audience Award at the Koszalin Debut Film Festival "Młodzi i Film".
Pstrong died under tragic circumstances on 23 December 2015.
Filmography
* ''Szkoła'' (TV series, 2014)
* ''
Julia
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'' (TV series, 2012)
* ''
Majka Majka, Slavic-language feminine given name, originally a diminutive of the name Maria or Maja, it can be a spelling variation of Mayka.
Given name
* Majka Jeżowska (born 1960), Polish singer
* Majka Olkowicz, Majka (soap opera) character
* Maj ...
'' (TV series, 2010)
* ''Cisza'' (2009)
* ''Plan'' (2009)
* ''T-Rex'' (2003)
References
External links
Sławomir Pstrong's official websiteSławomir Pstrong at filmpolskiBiography at the Stopklatka PortalBiography at Filmweb
University of Silesia in Katowice alumni
Polish television directors
Polish screenwriters
1975 births
2015 deaths
People from Starogard County
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