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Krzysztof Zanussi

December 15, 2023

For other uses, see Zanussi (disambiguation).

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.

Krzysztof Zanussi
Krzysztof Zanussi in 2020
Born (1939-06-17) 17 June 1939 (age 84)
Warsaw, Poland
NationalityPolish
EducationNational Film School in Łódź
Occupation(s)Film director, Producer, Professor

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 edit

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. 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]

 
Zanussi in 1984

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 edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Krzysztof Zanussi 27 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine Faculty Website at the European Graduate School. Includes biography and filmography.
  2. ^ ""Kino jak spowiedź". Reżyser Krzysztof Zanussi kończy 80 lat" (in Polish). Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  3. ^ Krzysztof Zanussi Culture.pl (in English)
  4. ^ (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
  5. ^ Jury Prize in 1980 at the Cannes Film Festival in 1980
  6. ^ Krzysztof Zanussi, Culture.pl; accessed 24 November 2015.
  7. ^ "16th Moscow International Film Festival (1989)". MIFF. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  8. ^ "22nd Moscow International Film Festival (2000)". MIFF. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  9. ^ "24th Moscow International Film Festival (2002)". MIFF. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  10. ^ "The Zespol System assured a partial autonomy to our cineastes', An Interview with Krzysztof Zanussi". May 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  11. ^ "Zanussi był zarejestrowany przez SB". Tvn24.pl. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  12. ^ "Life of Pi premiere kicks off 11-day International Film Festival of India in Goa". India Today. Mail Today Bureau. 21 November 2012.
  13. ^ Dorota Filipczak (4 December 2012). "Krzysztof Zanussi Revisited. A Conversation" (PDF). Text Matters. Lodz University Press. 2 (2): 11. doi:10.2478/v10231-012-0052-9. hdl:11089/8469. ISSN 2083-2931. OCLC 5128013703. S2CID 191481108. from the original on 26 July 2020 – via DOAJ. {{cite journal}}: External link in |via= (help)

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 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.

December 15, 2023
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For other uses see Zanussi disambiguation 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 Kieslowski Film School of the University of Silesia in Katowice Krzysztof ZanussiKrzysztof Zanussi in 2020Born 1939 06 17 17 June 1939 age 84 Warsaw PolandNationalityPolishEducationNational Film School in LodzOccupation s Film director Producer ProfessorHe 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 Contents 1 Biography 2 Selected filmography 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksBiography editZanussi was born in 1939 in Warsaw as an only child of Jerzy Zanussi and Wanda nee 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 Jagiellonski in Krakow A graduate of the prestigious National Film School in Lodz 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 Kieslowski 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 Wojtyla 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 nbsp Zanussi in 1984Zanussi 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 zespol 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 Sluzba Bezpieczenstwa 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 Sluzba Bezpieczenstwa 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 Zamosc in Poland and Journees Cinema et Reconciliation of Notre Dame de La Salette in France Selected filmography editThe Structure of Crystals Struktura krysztalu 1969 Family Life Zycie rodzinne 1971 Behind the Wall pl Za sciana 1971 TV film The Illumination Iluminacja 1972 The Catamount Killing fr Lohngelder fur Pittsville 1974 A Woman s Decision Bilans kwartalny 1975 Camouflage Barwy ochronne 1977 Haus der Frauen pl 1977 TV film Spiral 1978 Ways in the Night pl 1979 The Constant Factor 1980 Kontrakt fr 1980 TV film From a Far Country it 1981 The Temptation pl 1981 TV film The Unapproachable pl 1982 TV film Imperative 1982 Bluebeard pl 1984 TV film A Year of the Quiet Sun 1984 Power of Evil 1985 Erloschene Zeiten pl 1987 TV film The Young Magician 1987 Wherever You Are pl 1988 Inventory 1989 Napoleon et l Europe fr 1991 TV series Life for Life Maximilian Kolbe pl 1991 The Long Conversation with the Bird pl 1992 TV film The Silent Touch pl 1992 Weekend Stories 1996 At Full Gallop 1996 Our God s Brother pl 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 editList of Poles Cinema of Poland Cinema of moral anxietyReferences edit Krzysztof Zanussi Archived 27 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine Faculty Website at the European Graduate School Includes biography and filmography Kino jak spowiedz Rezyser Krzysztof Zanussi konczy 80 lat in Polish 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 byl 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 Lodz University Press 2 2 11 doi 10 2478 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