Director
Sylwester Chęciński
Born May 21, 1930 in Susiec, PolskaDied December 8, 202116 films
Sylwester Chęciński (21 May 1930 – 8 December 2021) was a Polish film and television director. He was born in Susiec, Poland, on 21 May 1930. Chęciński died in Wrocław on 8 December 2021, at the age of 91.
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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.
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 (2014)[2] and the Polish Academy Life Achievement Award (2017).
Chęciński died on 8 December 2021, in Wrocław. 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.
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The best way into Sylwester Chęciński's work
First watchOur Folks19677.7Two quarreling peasant families, who were forced to leave their lands after the war, are settled by accident on two neighboring farms.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
16 films as director- 2006Came the UhlansDirector
- 1991Controlled ConversationsDirector
- 1983Big SharDirector
- 1980Bo oszalałem dla niejDirector
- 1979Roman and MagdaDirector
- 1977Big DealDirector
- 1974Take It EasyDirector
- 1971Diament radżyDirector
- 1971First LoveDirector
- 1971LegendaDirector
- 1969Only the Dead Can AnswerDirector
- 1967Our FolksDirector
- 1966The CatastropheDirector
- 1964Agnes 1946Director
- 1961Story of the Golden BootDirector
- 1955Man Does Not DieDirector