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'''Krzysztof Pius Zanussi''' (born 17 June 1939) is a Polish film and theatre director, [[film producer|producer]] and screenwriter. He is a professor of European film at the [[European Graduate School]] in [[Saas-Fee]], Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop.<ref>[http://www.egs.edu/faculty/krzysztof-zanussi/biography/ Krzysztof Zanussi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527093933/http://www.egs.edu/faculty/krzysztof-zanussi/biography/ |date=27 May 2010 }} Faculty Website at the [[European Graduate School]]. Includes biography and filmography.</ref> He is also a professor at the [[Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia in Katowice]] |
'''Krzysztof Pius Zanussi''' (born 17 June 1939) is a Polish film and theatre director, [[film producer|producer]] and [[screenwriter]]. He is a professor of European film at the [[European Graduate School]] in [[Saas-Fee]], Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop.<ref>[http://www.egs.edu/faculty/krzysztof-zanussi/biography/ Krzysztof Zanussi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527093933/http://www.egs.edu/faculty/krzysztof-zanussi/biography/ |date=27 May 2010 }} Faculty Website at the [[European Graduate School]]. Includes biography and filmography.</ref> He is also a professor at the [[Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia in Katowice|Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia]] in [[Katowice]]. |
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He is the recipient of the [[Golden Lion]] at the [[41st Venice International Film Festival|1984 Venice Film Festival]] for ''[[A Year of the Quiet Sun]]'', the [[Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival)|Jury Prize]] at the [[1980 Cannes Film Festival]] for ''[[The Constant Factor]]'' as well as two Grands Prix at the 1977 and 2000 [[Gdynia Film Festival]] for ''[[Camouflage (1977 film)|Camouflage]]'' and ''[[Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease]]'' respectively. |
He is the recipient of the [[Golden Lion]] at the [[41st Venice International Film Festival|1984 Venice Film Festival]] for ''[[A Year of the Quiet Sun]]'', the [[Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival)|Jury Prize]] at the [[1980 Cannes Film Festival]] for ''[[The Constant Factor]]'' as well as two Grands Prix at the 1977 and 2000 [[Gdynia Film Festival]] for ''[[Camouflage (1977 film)|Camouflage]]'' and ''[[Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease]],'' respectively. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Zanussi was born in 1939 in [[Warsaw]] as an only child of Jerzy Zanussi and Wanda (''née'' Niewiadomska). His father was of Italian ancestry and worked as a structural engineer.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.polsatnews.pl/wiadomosc/2019-06-17/kino-jak-spowiedz-rezyser-krzysztof-zanussi-konczy-80-lat/ |language = pl |title="Kino jak spowiedź". Reżyser Krzysztof Zanussi kończy 80 lat |date = 17 June 2019 | access-date = 13 September 2021}}</ref> |
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Zanussi studied physics at [[Warsaw University]] (Uniwersytet Warszawski) and philosophy at the [[Jagiellonian University]] (Uniwersytet Jagielloński) in [[Kraków]]. |
Zanussi studied physics at [[Warsaw University]] (Uniwersytet Warszawski) and philosophy at the [[Jagiellonian University]] (Uniwersytet Jagielloński) in [[Kraków]]. He is a graduate of the prestigious [[National Film School in Łódź]] (1967).<ref>[https://culture.pl/en/artist/krzysztof-zanussi Krzysztof Zanussi] Culture.pl {{in lang|en}}</ref> |
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He is a director of the Polish Film Studio TOR and has received several prizes and awards, including the [[David 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. |
He is a director of the Polish Film Studio TOR and has received several prizes and awards, including the [[David 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. |
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Krzysztof Zanussi has written ''On editing an amateur film'' (1968), ''Discourse on an amateur film'' (1978) and a book of memoirs ''The Time to Die'' (1997).<ref> |
Krzysztof Zanussi has written ''On editing an amateur film'' (1968), ''Discourse on an amateur film'' (1978) and a book of memoirs ''The Time to Die'' (1997).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://udallas.edu/braniff/50th/zanussi%20-%20autobiography.pdf |title=Available at University of Dallas |access-date=4 April 2021 |archive-date=15 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415162941/https://udallas.edu/braniff/50th/zanussi%20-%20autobiography.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> He appeared as himself in ''[[Camera Buff]]'' (1979), a film about an amateur film maker, directed by his friend [[Krzysztof Kieślowski]]. His film ''[[The Constant Factor]]'' (1980) ({{lang-pl|Constans}}) received the [[Jury Prize (Cannes Film Festival)|Jury Prize]] at the [[1980 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>[http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1852/year/1980.html Jury Prize in 1980] at the Cannes Film Festival in 1980</ref> During the 1980s, he spent much of his time in the West. |
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Among the films that he made during this time was a film entitled ''From a Far Country: Pope John Paul II'' (1981) about the life of [[Karol Wojtyła]] in the context of the complicated history of modern |
Among the films that he made during this time was a film entitled ''From a Far Country: Pope John Paul II'' (1981) about the life of [[Karol Wojtyła]] in the context of the complicated history of modern Poland.<ref>[http://www.culture.pl/en/artist/krzysztof-zanussi ''Krzysztof Zanussi''], Culture.pl; accessed 24 November 2015.</ref> His 1989 film ''[[Inventory (film)|Inventory]]'' was entered into the [[16th Moscow International Film Festival]].<ref name="Moscow1989">{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff36/eng/archives/?year=1989|title=16th Moscow International Film Festival (1989)|access-date=24 November 2015|work=MIFF}}</ref> His 2000 film ''[[Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease]]'' won the Golden St. George at the [[22nd Moscow International Film Festival]].<ref name="Moscow2000">{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff36/eng/archives/?year=2000|title=22nd Moscow International Film Festival (2000)|access-date=24 November 2015|work=MIFF}}</ref> |
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His 2002 film ''[[The Supplement]]'' was entered into the [[24th Moscow International Film Festival]] where it won the [[International Federation of Film Critics|FIPRESCI Special Mention]].<ref name="Moscow2002">{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff36/eng/archives/?year=2002|title=24th Moscow International Film Festival (2002)|access-date=24 November 2015|work=MIFF}}</ref> |
His 2002 film ''[[The Supplement]]'' was entered into the [[24th Moscow International Film Festival]] where it won the [[International Federation of Film Critics|FIPRESCI Special Mention]].<ref name="Moscow2002">{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff36/eng/archives/?year=2002|title=24th Moscow International Film Festival (2002)|access-date=24 November 2015|work=MIFF}}</ref> |
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[[File:Krzysztof Zanussi 01.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Zanussi in 1984]] |
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Zanussi has described his 1996 film, ''[[At Full Gallop]]'', as his most autobiographical work. It follows the director through several years of his boyhood in Poland under post-World War II Communism. Zanussi served at the head of TOR Film Studio in the eighties. When asked about his experience as a producer he said, "Despite the work of the censors the ''zespół'' [state-owned film company] system assured a partial autonomy to our cineastes during the Communist era".<ref>{{cite web|title=The Zespol System assured a partial autonomy to our cineastes', An Interview with Krzysztof Zanussi|date = May 2011|url=http://filmint.nu/?p=1760|access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref> |
Zanussi has described his 1996 film, ''[[At Full Gallop]]'', as his most autobiographical work. It follows the director through several years of his boyhood in Poland under post-World War II Communism. Zanussi served at the head of TOR Film Studio in the eighties. When asked about his experience as a producer he said, "Despite the work of the censors the ''zespół'' [state-owned film company] system assured a partial autonomy to our cineastes during the Communist era".<ref>{{cite web|title=The Zespol System assured a partial autonomy to our cineastes', An Interview with Krzysztof Zanussi|date = May 2011|url=http://filmint.nu/?p=1760|access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref> |
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According to the records of [[Institute of National Remembrance]] since 1962 to 1964 Zanussi was registered without his consent as a secret collaborator of communist [[Służba Bezpieczeństwa]] codename "Aktor". He had several conversations with Communist secret service officers, however he never began to act as a secret collaborator. Zanussi talks openly about his contacts with Służba Bezpieczeństwa but denies any wrongdoing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvn24.pl/0,1591023,0,1,zanussi-byl-zarejestrowany-przez-sb,wiadomosc.html|title=Zanussi był zarejestrowany przez SB|publisher=Tvn24.pl|access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref> |
According to the records of [[Institute of National Remembrance]] since 1962 to 1964 Zanussi was registered without his consent as a secret collaborator of communist [[Służba Bezpieczeństwa]] codename "Aktor". He had several conversations with Communist secret service officers, however he never began to act as a secret collaborator. Zanussi talks openly about his contacts with Służba Bezpieczeństwa but denies any wrongdoing.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvn24.pl/0,1591023,0,1,zanussi-byl-zarejestrowany-przez-sb,wiadomosc.html|title=Zanussi był zarejestrowany przez SB|publisher=Tvn24.pl|access-date=24 November 2015}}</ref> |
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He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award on 20 November 2012 at the 43rd [[International Film Festival of India]] held in [[Goa]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Life of Pi premiere kicks off 11-day International Film Festival of India in Goa|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/life-of-pi-premiere-kicks-off-goa-film-festival-iffi-india-today/1/230111.html|agency=Mail Today Bureau|publisher=India Today|date= |
He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award on 20 November 2012 at the 43rd [[International Film Festival of India]] held in [[Goa]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Life of Pi premiere kicks off 11-day International Film Festival of India in Goa|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/life-of-pi-premiere-kicks-off-goa-film-festival-iffi-india-today/1/230111.html|agency=Mail Today Bureau|publisher=India Today|date=21 November 2012}}</ref> |
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At the end of the 1980s, he co-founded the [[European Film Academy]] with [[Ingmar Bergman]] which convoked him in the first nucleus of one hundred members. Subsequently, Zanussi left the academy not agreeing with its development as an elitarian club. By the end of the 2000s, Zanussi took part again with the activities and the expansion of the community to around 1.000 members. He remarked the potential leading role of the academy for the European intercultural cinematographic productions, especially for those realized in non-English languages on the model of the successful experiences of the 1960s.<ref>{{cite journal | url = https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/textmatters/article/view/6935/6511 | format = PDF | title = Krzysztof Zanussi Revisited. A Conversation | author = Dorota Filipczak | journal = Text Matters | volume = 2 | issue = 2 | date = December |
At the end of the 1980s, he co-founded the [[European Film Academy]] with [[Ingmar Bergman]] which convoked him in the first nucleus of one hundred members. Subsequently, Zanussi left the academy not agreeing with its development as an elitarian club. By the end of the 2000s, Zanussi took part again with the activities and the expansion of the community to around 1.000 members. He remarked the potential leading role of the academy for the European intercultural cinematographic productions, especially for those realized in non-English languages on the model of the successful experiences of the 1960s.<ref>{{cite journal | url = https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/textmatters/article/view/6935/6511 | format = PDF | title = Krzysztof Zanussi Revisited. A Conversation | author = Dorota Filipczak | journal = Text Matters | volume = 2 | issue = 2 | date = 4 December 2012 | doi = 10.2478/v10231-012-0052-9 | via = [https://archive.today/20200909043359/https://doaj.org/article/223e33b3cedf47a38a82bee2161f8b58 DOAJ] | issn = 2083-2931 | page = 11 | oclc = 5128013703 | publisher = Lodz University Press | hdl = 11089/8469 | s2cid = 191481108 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200726120051/https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/textmatters/article/view/6935/6511 | archive-date = 26 July 2020 | url-status = live| hdl-access = free }}</ref> He is the honorary president of Italian [[People and Religions – Terni Film Festival]] and he promoted the constitution of a web inter-religious European festivals consisting of Terni Film Festival in Italy, Sacrofilm festival of Zamość in Poland and Journées Cinema et Réconciliation of Notre Dame de La Salette in France. |
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He is the honorary president of Italian [[People and Religions – Terni Film Festival]] and he promoted the constitution of a web inter-religious European festivals costining{{typo help inline|date=March 2021}} of Terni Film Festival in Italy, Sacrofilm festival of Zamosc in Poland and Journées Cinema et Réconciliation of Notre Dame de La Salette in France. |
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==Selected filmography== |
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*''[[The Structure of Crystals]]'' (''Struktura kryształu'', 1969) |
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*''[[Family Life (1971 Polish film)|Family Life]]'' (''Życie rodzinne'', 1971) |
*''[[Family Life (1971 Polish film)|Family Life]]'' (''Życie rodzinne'', 1971) |
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*''[[Behind the Wall (1971 film)|Behind the Wall]]'' (''Za ścianą'', 1971, TV film) |
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*''[[The Illumination]]'' (''Iluminacja'', 1972) |
*''[[The Illumination]]'' (''Iluminacja'', 1972) |
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*''{{ill|The Catamount Killing|fr|3=Pittsville - Ein Safe voll Blut|lt=The Catamount Killing}}'' (''Lohngelder für Pittsville'', 1974) |
*''{{ill|The Catamount Killing|fr|3=Pittsville - Ein Safe voll Blut|lt=The Catamount Killing}}'' (''Lohngelder für Pittsville'', 1974) |
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*''{{ill|Haus der Frauen|pl|3=Dom kobiet (film)|lt=Haus der Frauen}}'' (1977, TV film) |
*''{{ill|Haus der Frauen|pl|3=Dom kobiet (film)|lt=Haus der Frauen}}'' (1977, TV film) |
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*''[[Spiral (1978 film)|Spiral]]'' (1978) |
*''[[Spiral (1978 film)|Spiral]]'' (1978) |
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*''{{Interlanguage link multi|Ways in the Night|pl|Drogi pośród nocy}}'' (1979) |
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*''[[The Constant Factor]]'' (1980) |
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*''[[Kontrakt]]'' (1980, TV film) |
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*''{{ill|From a Far Country|it|3=Da un paese lontano|lt=From a Far Country}}'' (1981) |
*''{{ill|From a Far Country|it|3=Da un paese lontano|lt=From a Far Country}}'' (1981) |
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*''{{Ill|The Unapproachable|pl|3=Niedostępna|lt=The Unapproachable}}'' (1982, TV film) |
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*''[[Imperative (film)|Imperative]]'' (1982) |
*''[[Imperative (film)|Imperative]]'' (1982) |
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*''{{ill|Bluebeard (1984 film)|pl|3=Sinobrody (film 1984)|lt=Bluebeard}}'' (1984, TV film) |
*''{{ill|Bluebeard (1984 film)|pl|3=Sinobrody (film 1984)|lt=Bluebeard}}'' (1984, TV film) |
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*''[[A Year of the Quiet Sun]]'' (1984) |
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*''{{ill|Napoléon et l'Europe|fr}}'' (1991, TV series) |
*''{{ill|Napoléon et l'Europe|fr}}'' (1991, TV series) |
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*''{{Interlanguage link multi|Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe|pl|3=Życie za życie. Maksymilian Kolbe|lt=Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe}}'' (1991) |
*''{{Interlanguage link multi|Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe|pl|3=Życie za życie. Maksymilian Kolbe|lt=Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe}}'' (1991) |
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*''{{ill|The Long Conversation with the Bird|pl|Długa rozmowa z ptakiem}}'' (1992, TV film) |
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*''{{ill|The Silent Touch|pl|3=Dotknięcie ręki|lt=The Silent Touch}}'' (1992) |
*''{{ill|The Silent Touch|pl|3=Dotknięcie ręki|lt=The Silent Touch}}'' (1992) |
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*''[[Weekend Stories]]'' (1996) |
*''[[Weekend Stories]]'' (1996) |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100527093933/http://www.egs.edu/faculty/krzysztof-zanussi/biography/ Krzysztof Zanussi] Faculty Website at [[European Graduate School]]. Biography and filmography. |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100527093933/http://www.egs.edu/faculty/krzysztof-zanussi/biography/ Krzysztof Zanussi] Faculty Website at [[European Graduate School]]. Biography and filmography. |
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* [http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php/111468 Krzysztof Zanussi] at filmpolski.pl {{in lang|pl}} |
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* Giuseppe Sedia, [http://filmint.nu/?p=1760 "An Interview with Krzysztof Zanussi"], at Film International, |
* Giuseppe Sedia, [http://filmint.nu/?p=1760 "An Interview with Krzysztof Zanussi"], at Film International, 1 May 2011. |
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Revision as of 04:10, 25 June 2024
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Born | Warsaw, Poland | 17 June 1939
Nationality | Polish |
Education | National Film School in Łódź |
Occupation(s) | Film director, Producer, Professor |
Krzysztof Pius Zanussi (born 17 June 1939) is a Polish film and theatre director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of European film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop.[1] He is also a professor at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia in Katowice.
He is the recipient of the Golden Lion at the 1984 Venice Film Festival for A Year of the Quiet Sun, the Jury Prize at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival for The Constant Factor as well as two Grands Prix at the 1977 and 2000 Gdynia Film Festival for Camouflage and Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease, respectively.
Biography
Zanussi was born in 1939 in Warsaw as an only child of Jerzy Zanussi and Wanda (née Niewiadomska). His father was of Italian ancestry and worked as a structural engineer.[2]
Zanussi studied physics at Warsaw University (Uniwersytet Warszawski) and philosophy at the Jagiellonian University (Uniwersytet Jagielloński) in Kraków. He is a graduate of the prestigious National Film School in Łódź (1967).[3]
He is a director of the Polish Film Studio TOR and has received several prizes and awards, including the David 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 has written On editing an amateur film (1968), Discourse on an amateur film (1978) and a book of memoirs The Time to Die (1997).[4] He appeared as himself in Camera Buff (1979), a film about an amateur film maker, directed by his friend Krzysztof Kieślowski. His film The Constant Factor (1980) (Polish: Constans) received the Jury Prize at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.[5] During the 1980s, he spent much of his time in the West.
Among the films that he made during this time was a film entitled From a Far Country: Pope John Paul II (1981) about the life of Karol Wojtyła in the context of the complicated history of modern Poland.[6] His 1989 film Inventory was entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival.[7] His 2000 film Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease won the Golden St. George at the 22nd Moscow International Film Festival.[8]
His 2002 film The Supplement was entered into the 24th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the FIPRESCI Special Mention.[9]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Krzysztof_Zanussi_01.jpg/250px-Krzysztof_Zanussi_01.jpg)
Zanussi has described his 1996 film, At Full Gallop, as his most autobiographical work. It follows the director through several years of his boyhood in Poland under post-World War II Communism. Zanussi served at the head of TOR Film Studio in the eighties. When asked about his experience as a producer he said, "Despite the work of the censors the zespół [state-owned film company] system assured a partial autonomy to our cineastes during the Communist era".[10]
According to the records of Institute of National Remembrance since 1962 to 1964 Zanussi was registered without his consent as a secret collaborator of communist Służba Bezpieczeństwa codename "Aktor". He had several conversations with Communist secret service officers, however he never began to act as a secret collaborator. Zanussi talks openly about his contacts with Służba Bezpieczeństwa but denies any wrongdoing.[11]
He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement award on 20 November 2012 at the 43rd International Film Festival of India held in Goa.[12]
At the end of the 1980s, he co-founded the European Film Academy with Ingmar Bergman which convoked him in the first nucleus of one hundred members. Subsequently, Zanussi left the academy not agreeing with its development as an elitarian club. By the end of the 2000s, Zanussi took part again with the activities and the expansion of the community to around 1.000 members. He remarked the potential leading role of the academy for the European intercultural cinematographic productions, especially for those realized in non-English languages on the model of the successful experiences of the 1960s.[13] He is the honorary president of Italian People and Religions – Terni Film Festival and he promoted the constitution of a web inter-religious European festivals consisting of Terni Film Festival in Italy, Sacrofilm festival of Zamość in Poland and Journées Cinema et Réconciliation of Notre Dame de La Salette in France.
Selected filmography
- The Structure of Crystals (Struktura kryształu, 1969)
- Family Life (Życie rodzinne, 1971)
- Behind the Wall (Za ścianą, 1971, TV film)
- The Illumination (Iluminacja, 1972)
- The Catamount Killing (Lohngelder für Pittsville, 1974)
- A Woman's Decision (Bilans kwartalny, 1975)
- Camouflage (Barwy ochronne, 1977)
- Haus der Frauen (1977, TV film)
- Spiral (1978)
- Ways in the Night (1979)
- The Constant Factor (1980)
- Kontrakt (1980, TV film)
- From a Far Country (1981)
- The Temptation (1981, TV film)
- The Unapproachable (1982, TV film)
- Imperative (1982)
- Bluebeard (1984, TV film)
- A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984)
- Power of Evil (1985)
- Erloschene Zeiten (1987, TV film)
- The Young Magician (1987)
- Wherever You Are... (1988)
- Inventory (1989)
- Napoléon et l'Europe (1991, TV series)
- Life for Life: Maximilian Kolbe (1991)
- The Long Conversation with the Bird (1992, TV film)
- The Silent Touch (1992)
- Weekend Stories (1996)
- At Full Gallop (1996)
- Our God's Brother (1997)
- Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (2000)
- The Supplement (2001)
- Persona Non Grata (2005)
- Black Sun (2007)
- And a Warm Heart (2008)
- Jacquinot: A Forgotten Hero (2009)
- Revisited (2009)
- Interior voices (2009)
- Foreign Body (2015)
- Eter (2018)
See also
References
- ^ Krzysztof Zanussi Archived 27 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine Faculty Website at the European Graduate School. Includes biography and filmography.
- ^ ""Kino jak spowiedź". Reżyser Krzysztof Zanussi kończy 80 lat" (in Polish). 17 June 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
- ^ Krzysztof Zanussi Culture.pl (in English)
- ^ "Available at University of Dallas" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ Jury Prize in 1980 at the Cannes Film Festival in 1980
- ^ Krzysztof Zanussi, Culture.pl; accessed 24 November 2015.
- ^ "16th Moscow International Film Festival (1989)". MIFF. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ "22nd Moscow International Film Festival (2000)". MIFF. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ "24th Moscow International Film Festival (2002)". MIFF. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ "The Zespol System assured a partial autonomy to our cineastes', An Interview with Krzysztof Zanussi". May 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ "Zanussi był zarejestrowany przez SB". Tvn24.pl. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
- ^ "Life of Pi premiere kicks off 11-day International Film Festival of India in Goa". India Today. Mail Today Bureau. 21 November 2012.
- ^ Dorota Filipczak (4 December 2012). "Krzysztof Zanussi Revisited. A Conversation" (PDF). Text Matters. 2 (2). Lodz University Press: 11. doi:10.2478/v10231-012-0052-9. hdl:11089/8469. ISSN 2083-2931. OCLC 5128013703. S2CID 191481108. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020 – via DOAJ.
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- Krzysztof Zanussi Faculty Website at European Graduate School. Biography and filmography.
- Krzysztof Zanussi at IMDb
- Krzysztof Zanussi at filmpolski.pl (in Polish)
- Giuseppe Sedia, "An Interview with Krzysztof Zanussi", at Film International, 1 May 2011.
- 1939 births
- Living people
- Jagiellonian University alumni
- Film people from Warsaw
- Polish film directors
- Polish Roman Catholics
- Polish screenwriters
- Academic staff of European Graduate School
- University of Warsaw alumni
- Polish people of Italian descent
- Directors of Golden Lion winners
- Commanders with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- Recipients of the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis
- Commander's Crosses of the Order for Merits to Lithuania
- Academic staff of the University of Silesia in Katowice
- Academic staff of Collegium Civitas