Krzysztof Kieślowski

Filmmakers

Krzysztof Kieślowski (June 27, 1941 – March 13, 1996) was a Polish film director and screenwriter. He is known internationally for the miniseries Dekalog (1989), and the films The Double Life of Veronique (1991), with Irène Jacob, Philippe Volter, Sandrine Dumas, Aleksander Bardini, Louis Ducreux, Claude Duneton, Halina Gryglaszewska, and Kalina Jędrusik; and the Three Colours trilogy: Blue (1993), with Juliette Binoche, Benoît Régent, Hélène Vincent, Florence Pernel, Charlotte Véry, and Emmanuelle Riva; White (1994), with Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, and Jerzy Stuhr; and Red (1994), with JacobJean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Lorit, and Frederique Feder; the latter earning him Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Director.

Kieślowski received numerous awards during his career, including the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize (1988), FIPRESCI Prize (1988, 1991), and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (1991); the Venice Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize (1989), Golden Lion (1993), and OCIC Award (1993); and the Berlin International Film Festival Silver Bear (1994). On 13 March 1996, less than two years after he had retired, he died at age 54 during open-heart surgery following a heart attack.

Each review will be linked to the title below.

(*seen originally in theaters)

(**seen rereleased in theaters)

  • The Office (1966) – short
  • Tramway (1966) – short
  • Concert of Requests (1967) – short
  • The Photograph (1968) – documentary short
  • From the City of Łódź (1968) – documentary short
  • I Was a Soldier (1970) – co-directed with Andrzej Titkow – documentary short
  • Factory (1970) – documentary short
  • Workers ’71: Nothing About Us Without Us (1971) – co-directed with Tomasz Zygadlo – documentary
  • Before the Rally (1971) – documentary short
  • Between Wrocław and Zielona Góra (1972)
  • The Principles of Safety and Hygiene in a Copper Mine (1972) – documentary short
  • Gospodarze (1972) –
  • Refrain (1972) – documentary short
  • The Bricklayer (1973) – documentary short
  • First Love (1974) – TV documentary
  • X-Ray (1974) – documentary short
  • Pedestrian Subway (1974) – TV short
  • Curriculum Vitae (1975) – short
  • Personnel (1975) – TV movie
  • The Scar (1976)
  • Slate (1976) – documentary short
  • Hospital (1977) – documentary short
  • I Don’t Know (1977) – documentary
  • Seven Women of Different Ages (1979) – documentary short
  • From a Night Porter’s Point of View (1979) – documentary short
  • Camera Buff (1979)
  • The Card Index (1979) – TV movie
  • The Calm (1980) – TV movie – filmed in 1976
  • Railway Station (1980) – documentary short
  • Talking Heads (1980) – documentary short
  • Short Working Day (1981) – TV movie
  • No End (1985)
  • Blind Chance (1987)
  • Dekalog (1988) – miniseries
  • A Short Film About Killing (1988)
  • A Short Film About Love (1988)
  • Seven Days a Week – CITY LIFE – Warsaw (1990) – documentary short
  • City Life (1990) – documentary
  • The Double Life of Véronique (1991)
  • Three Colors: Blue (1993)
  • Three Colors: White (1994)
  • Three Colors: Red (1994)
  • The Big Animal (2000) – directed by Jerzy Stuhr – writer – posthumous release
  • Heaven (2002) – directed by Tom Tykwer – co-writer – posthumous release
  • Hell (2005) – directed by Danis Tanovic – scenario – posthumous release
  • Purgatory (2007) – directed by Stanislaw Mucha – scenario – posthumous release