Sławomir Pstrong (29 December 1975,
Skórcz
Skórcz () is a town in Starogard County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, with 3,609 inhabitants (2017). It is located in the ethnocultural region of Kociewie in the historic region of Pomerania.
History
Following the joint German-So ...
,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
– 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
The University of Silesia in Katowice () is an autonomous state-run university in Katowice, Silesia Province, Poland.
The university offers higher education and research facilities. It offers undergraduate, masters, and PhD degree programs, ...
, ''T-Rex'', received awards at multiple festivals (including the Bronze Tadpole at the 2003
Camerimage
The International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage () is a festival that celebrates and awards cinematography and cinematographers. The festival is held in Toruń, Poland, at the end of November every year. It spans the cou ...
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 in
Gdynia
Gdynia is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With an estimated population of 257,000, it is the List of cities in Poland, 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in the Pomeranian Voivodeship after Gdańsk ...
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'' (TV series, 2012)
* ''
Majka'' (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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