- Krzysztof Zanussi
Krzysztof Zanussi, (b.
June 17 ,1939 inWarsaw ,Poland ) is a Polish producer andfilm director .He is a professor of European film at the
European Graduate School inSaas-Fee ,Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop. He is also a professor at theSilesian University inKatowice .Zanussi studied physics at
Warsaw University (Uniwersytet Warszawski) and philosophy at theJagiellonian University (Uniwersytet Jagielloński) inKraków . He is the director of the Polish Film Studio TOR and has received several prizes and awards, including theDavid di Donatello Prize of the "Accademia del Cinema Italiano", the Cavalier's Cross of the Polonia Restituta Order, and the Cavalier de L'Ordre des Sciences et Lettres.Krzysztof Zanussi authored the following books: "On editing an amateur film" (1968), "Discourse on an amateur film" (1978), memoirs "Time to Die" (1999).
He is currently planning on directing an international production about the life and contributions of St.
Hedwig of Poland , as well as a Polish-Ukrainian comedy.Filmography
*"The Structure of Crystals" (1969)
*"Życie rodzinne (Family Life)"
*"Behind the Wall"
*"The Illumination" (1972)
*"The Contract"
*"A Woman's Decision " (1975)
*"Camouflage" (1976)
*"The Constant Factor " (1980)
*"From a Far Country (1981)
*"Imperative" (1982)
*"The Year of the Quiet Sun" (1984)
*"Wherever You Are" (1988)
*"Life for a Life"
*"The Silent Touch"
*"Weekend Stories"
*"In Full Gallop" (1995)
*"Our God's Brother" (1997)
*"Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease" (2000)
*"Suplement" (2001)
*"Sesja Kastingowa" (2002)
*"Persona non Grata" (2004)External links
* [http://www.egs.edu/faculty/zanussi.html Krzysztof Zanussi Faculty Website European Graduate School]
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* [http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php/111468 Krzysztof Zanussi] at the [http://filmpolski.pl Internetowa Baza Filmu Polskiego] (pl)
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