Director

Witold Leszczyński

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Directed movies: 11Directed series: 0All crew credits: 13

TMDB ID: 591296

IMDb ID: nm0504583

Known for: Directing

Born: August 16, 1933

Died: September 1, 2007

Age: 74

Place of birth: Łódź, Polska

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1959 - 2008

Years active: 50

Average TMDB rating: 6.6

Wikidata: Q325848

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Witold Leszczynski

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Director (8)Director of Photography (2)First Assistant Director (1)Camera Operator (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

Witold Leszczyński (16 August 1933 – 1 September 2007) was a Polish film director and screenwriter. In 1967 he graduated from the National Film School in Łódź. He directed over thirty films between 1959 and 2007. Most known for Żywot Mateusza (Matthew's Days) based on a novel by Norwegian writer Tarjei Vesaas, Konopielka, adapted from the novel of Edward Redliński, Siekierezada based on a novel by Edward Stachura and many others films. He received numerous awards, including Grand Prix at the Polish Film Festival in 1986. The director died during the shoot of his film Stary człowiek i pies (The Old Man and the Dog) in 2007.

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