Krzysztof Kieślowski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Krzysztof Kieślowski

Polish film director and screenwriter

Date of Birth: 27-Jun-1941

Place of Birth: Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 13-Mar-1996

Profession: screenwriter, author, film director

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Krzysztof Kieslowski (Polish pronunciation: ['k???t?f k???'l?fsk?i] (listen); 27 June 1941 – 13 March 1996) was a Polish film director and screenwriter. He is known internationally for Dekalog (1989), The Double Life of Veronique (1991), and the Three Colors trilogy (1993–1994).
Kieslowski received numerous awards during his career, including the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize (1988), FIPRESCI Prize (1988, 1991), and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (1991); the Venice Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize (1989), Golden Lion (1993), and OCIC Award (1993); and the Berlin International Film Festival Silver Bear (1994).
In 1995, he received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Writing.In 2002, Kieslowski was listed at number two on the British Film Institute's Sight & Sound list of the top ten film directors of "modern times".