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
University of Łódź
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. In 1967, he began his studies at the
National Film School in Łódź
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from which he graduated in 1970. He directed a number of
documentary film
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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
professor
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. He was a member of the
Polish Film Academy
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History
The academy was founded in 2003 on the initiative of the I ...
.
He died on 21 September 2017 in
Łódź
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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
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for his film ''Przypadek Pekosińskiego'' ("Pekosiński's Case"). In 1994, he also received the Special Award at the
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
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for this film. In 2011, he became the recipient of the Knight's Cross of the
Order of Polonia Restituta
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and in 2013, he was awarded the Gold
Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis
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. In 2016, he was awarded the
Krzysztof Krauze
Krzysztof Krauze (2 April 1953 – 24 December 2014) was a Polish film director, cinematographer and actor, best known for his thriller ''The Debt (1999 film), The Debt'' (1999).Marek Haltof]''Polish National Cinema'' Berghahn Books, 2002.
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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)
See also
*
Polish cinema
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*
List of Poles
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Physics
*Miedziak Antal
* Czesław Białobrzesk ...
References
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1939 births
Polish film directors
Polish screenwriters
Academic staff of Łódź Film School
Łódź Film School alumni
2017 deaths