- Krystyna Zachwatowicz
Krystyna Zachwatowicz-Wajda (1930–), born Krystyna Zachwatowicz, is a Polish
scenographer ,costume designer andactress . She is a daughter of architect and restorerJan Zachwatowicz and Maria Chodźko h. Kościesza and wife of film directorAndrzej Wajda . Member of the Polish Film Academy [cite web
url=http://www.pnf.pl/21.html
language=Polish
title=Członkowie Polskiej Akademii Filmowej
work=Polskie Nagrody Filmowe
accessdate=2007-05-12] . She is a co-founder (with A. Wajda) of Centre of Japanese Art and Technology "Manggha" inKraków .Biography
Zachwatowicz was born on
May 16 1930 inWarsaw ,Poland . She graduated the History of Art faculty at theJagiellonian University inKraków (1952) and Scenography faculty at theAcademy of Fine Arts in Kraków (1958)Cite encyclopedia
title=Zachwatowicz Krystyna
encyclopedia=WIEM Encyclopedia
url=http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/51654,,,,zachwatowicz_krystyna,haslo.html
accessdate=2007-05-12 pl icon] . In 1958 she made her own debut as a scenographer inMarin Držić 's "Rzymska kurtyzana" at the stages ofTeatr Zagłębia inSosnowiec . In 1960 she moved to Sosnowiec, where she was associated with student's theatre near theSilesian University of Technology inGliwice . There she designed a scenography toWitold Gombrowicz 's "The Wedding" ( _pl. Ślub) directed byJerzy Jarocki . Zachwatowicz was cooperated with Jarocki also in other spectacles,Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz 's "The Mother" (1964, 1972; _pl. Matka) and "The Shoemakers" (1971; _pl. Szewcy) inThe Old Theatre ,Kraków . In The Old Theatre she made scenography projects to several spectacles directed byKonrad Swinarski :Zygmunt Krasiński 's "The Un-Divine Comedy" (1965; _pl. Nie-Boska Komedia),William Shakespeare 's "A Midsummer Night's Dream " (1970) and directed byAndrzej Wajda :Stanisław Wyspiański 's "November Night" (1974; _pl. Noc listopadowa),Fyodor Dostoevsky 's "Crime and Punishment " (1984), William Shakespeare's "Hamlet IV" (1989).From 1958 to 1970s Zachwatowicz was an actress of
Kraków 'sPiwnica pod Baranami , where she created a legendary portrait of "the first naive" ( _pl. pierwsza naiwna)cite web
url=http://www.culture.pl/pl/culture/artykuly/os_zachwatowicz_krystyna
title=Krystyna Zachwatowicz-Wajda
id=ISSN 1734-0624
work=Kultura polska
publisher=Instytut Adama Mickiewicza
last=Mokrzycka-Pokora
first=Monika
accessdate=2007-05-12
date=September 2005
language=Polish] . She cooperated with theatres in Kraków:The Groteska Puppet, Mask and Actor Theatre andThe Ludowy Theatre inWarsaw :Dramatyczny Theatre and Polish Theatre, and inWrocław 's Polish Theatre.Awards
* 1994: Silver Medal "Cracoviae Marenti" for contribution in
Kraków , for foundingManggha (withAndrzej Wajda andKarolina Lanckorońska ).
* 1995: Golden Laurel of "Przekrój " "for the second Japan" (withAndrzej Wajda ).
* 1999: Knight's Cross of The Order of Polonia Restituta.
* 2003:Polish Film Awards nominee (withMagdalena Biedrzycka ) in category of Costume Design for "The Revenge" film.cenographies
Filmography
cenography
* "K.I. Gałczyński" (1967), directed by
Stanisław Kokesz
* "Nastazja" (1994), directed byAndrzej Wajda Acting
Costume designing
* "The Wedding" (1972)
* "The Line of Shadow" (1976)
* "Z biegiem lat, z biegiem dni..." TV series (1980)
* "Love in Germany " (1983)
* "The Possessed" (1988)
* "The Revenge" (2002)References
Persondata
NAME=Zachwatowicz-Wajda, Krystyna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Zachwatowicz, Krystyna (birth name)
SHORT DESCRIPTION=scenographer, costume designer, actress
DATE OF BIRTH=May 16 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH=Warsaw ,Poland
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=
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