Antoni Krauze

Antoni Krauze (4 January 1940 – 14 February 2018) was a Polish screenwriter and director.

Antoni Krauze
Born(1940-01-04)4 January 1940
Warsaw, Poland
Died14 February 2018(2018-02-14) (aged 78)
Warsaw, Poland
Occupation(s)film director, screenwriter
AwardsOrder of Polonia Restituta
Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis

Early life

Antoni Krauze was born on 4 January 1940 in Warsaw, Poland.[1] He studied filmmaking at the National Film School in Łódź (1966).[2] He was the older brother of cartoonist and illustrator Andrzej Krauze.

Career

Krauze directed many documentaries and feature films.[1] His 2011 film, Black Thursday won Special Award at the Polish Film Festival in 2011 and FIPRESCI Prize at the Montréal World Film Festival in 2011.[3]

Death
Antoni Krauze in 2010 (Filmmaking of ,,Black Thursday'').

Krauze died on 14 February 2018.[4]

Filmography

Director & screenwriter
  • Palec boży, 1973
  • Strach, 1975 – only director (by novel Zbigniew Safjan)
  • Podróż do Arabii, 1979
  • Party przy świecach, 1980 – only director (by novel Jan Himilsbach)
  • Prognoza pogody, 1982
  • Dziewczynka z hotelu Excelsior, 1988 – only director (by novel Eustachego Rylskiego)
  • Radość pisania, 2005 – about Wisława Szymborska[5]
  • Black Thursday, 2011 – only director
  • Smolensk, 2016 – about the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash[6]

References
  1. "Antoni Krauze". Culture.pl. Adam Mickiewicz Institute. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. Antoni Krauze. filmpolski.pl
  3. Awards. www.imdb.com
  4. "Media: nie żyje Antoni Krauze. Reżyser, twórca "Smoleńska"" (in Polish). Onet.
  5. Radość pisania. www.filmpolski.pl
  6. Smoleńsk. www.filmpolski.pl


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