Krzysztof Zanussi
Krzysztof Zanussi ( born June 17, 1939 in Warsaw) is a Polish film producer and director.
Life
Zanussi studied physics from 1955 to 1959 in Warsaw, later philosophy in Kraków. He received his film training from 1960 to 1966 at the Film School in Łódź. With his diploma film made there, Śmierć prowincjała, he could win right away international awards. Followed in 1969 with the structure of the crystal made his feature film debut, followed by another strip that showed the presence of often critically analyzed and social and individual conflicts. In addition, Zanussi also worked for television.
He taught as a professor at the Silesian University in Katowice. Zanussi 1981 staged in the international production from a far country Cezary Morawski as Pope John Paul II, while ten years later he took in life for a life of destiny Maximilian Kolbe.
In 2001 he won the Polish Film Awards in the categories of Best Film and Best Screenplay for his drama Życie jako śmiertelna choroba przenoszona Droga płciową. Also in the favor of critics was four years later Zanussi drama persona non grata, which was awarded the Polish Film Award four times.