Sylwester Chęciński (21 May 1930 – 8 December 2021) was a Polish film and television director. He was born in
Susiec,
Poland
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, on 21 May 1930. Chęciński died in
Wrocław
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on 8 December 2021, at the age of 91.
Biography
Chęciński was born on 21 May 1930 in
Skwarki, Lublin Voivodeship. In 1950, he graduated from the 1st Secondary School of General Education named after Jędrzej Śniadeckiego in
Dzierżoniów, and in 1956 the Directing Department of the State Film School in
Łódź
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.
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. From 1976 to 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
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It has taken place every ...
(2014) and the
Polish Academy Life Achievement Award (2017).
Chęciński died on 8 December 2021, in
Wrocław
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. On 18 December, after the mass in the
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Wrocław, he was buried at the Grabiszyński Cemetery in Wrocław.
Selected filmography
* 1961: ''
Historia żółtej ciżemki''
* 1964: ''
Agnieszka 46''
* 1965: ''
Katastrofa''
* 1967: ''
Sami swoi''
* 1969: ''
Tylko umarły odpowie''
* 1970: ''
Legenda''
* 1971: ''
Diament radży''
* 1971: ''
Pierwsza miłość
''Pierwsza miłość'' (English: "first love") is a Polish soap opera set in Wrocław. It has been broadcast continually on the Polsat television channel since 4 November 2004. Scenes from the show were redubbed for a sketch in the 2006 British ...
''
* 1973: ''
Droga''
* 1974: ''
Nie ma mocnych''
* 1977: ''
Kochaj albo rzuć''
* 1978: ''
Roman i Magda''
* 1980: ''
Bo oszalałem dla niej''
* 1982: ''
Wielki Szu''
* 1991: ''
Calls Controlled''
* 2006: ''
Przybyli ułani''
References
External links
''Sylwester Chęciński''at the Filmpolski Database
''Sylwester Chęciński laureatem Platynowych Lwów''at the Film.onet.pl
*
1930 births
2021 deaths
Polish film directors
Polish screenwriters
People from Dzierżoniów
People from Tomaszów Lubelski County
Łódź Film School alumni
Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Recipients of the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis
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