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Sylwester Chęciński

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Directed movies: 17Directed series: 1All crew credits: 18

TMDB ID: 8721

IMDb ID: nm0154827

Known for: Directing

Born: May 21, 1930

Died: December 8, 2021

Age: 91

Place of birth: Susiec, Polska

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1955 - 2006

Years active: 52

Average TMDB rating: 6.99

Wikidata: Q9348811

Also known as

Sylwester Checinski • Сильвестр Хенциньский • Сильвестер Хенциньский • Сильвестер Хенчиньский

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Biography

Sylwester Chęciński (21 May 1930 – 8 December 2021) was a Polish film and television director. He was born in Susiec, Poland, on 21 May 1930. Chęciński died in Wrocław on 8 December 2021, at the age of 91. Chęciński was born on 21 May 1930 in Skwarki, Lublin Voivodeship. In 1950, he graduated from the 1st Secondary School of General Education named after Jędrzej Śniadeckiego in Dzierżoniów, and in 1956 the Directing Department of the State Film School in Łódź. He is best known for the trilogy Sami swoi, Nie ma mocnych and Kochaj albo rzuć. He directed his first film Historia żółtej ciżemki in 1961. From 1976 to 1980, he was the deputy artistic director of the film group "Iluzjon", and in the years 1988–1991 the deputy artistic director of the film group "Kadr". For lifetime achievement, he received "Platinum Lions" at the 39th Gdynia Film Festival (2014)[2] and the Polish Academy Life Achievement Award (2017). Chęciński died on 8 December 2021, in Wrocław. On 18 December, after the mass in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Wrocław, he was buried at the Grabiszyński Cemetery in Wrocław.

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