KRZYSZTOF ZANUSSI

Film director, scriptwriter, producer. He studied physics at University (1955-59) and philosophy at (1959-62). Graduated from directing department of Lodz film school in 1967. Taking an active part in the amateur film movement he made 11 motion pictures, 9 of which gained various awards. Since 1980 artistic director and then president of Tor Film Production. From 1971 to 1983 he was vice-chairman of the Polish Filmmakers Association. Has lectured at numerous universities, including Lodz film school, National Film School in England, Columbia University in New York, Yale University, Cambridge University, University of California (Berkeley), Rice University (Houston). For over 20 has master classes for the students of Moscow Higher Courses of Script Writers and Directors, for over 30 years teaches at the University of Silesia. Mr. Zanussi is also a theater director staging drama and opera performances in Milan, Palermo, Bonn, Cracow, Bremen, Basel, Syracuse, Kiev, Novosibirsk and Rome – to mention some major ones. Among his many prestigious prizes and distinctions are: the Cavalier’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta, the Cavalier de L’Ordre des Arts et Lettres (), the David di Donatello Award Itly), the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit to Lithuania, the Order of Jaroslav the Wise conferred by the President of . He has published many books: On Editing an Amateur Film (Warsaw, 1968), Discussing Amateur Film (Warsaw, 1978), as well as four volumes of Film Scripts (Italy, Germany, Hungary), Time to Die (Warsaw, 1999; Russia, Bulgaria, Italy, Ukraine), Between a Funfair and Salon (Warsaw, 1999), Bigos Will Last in the European Family (Warsaw, 2003; Russia), A Portrait of the Artist (Warsaw, 2008), Life Strategies - How to Eat Your Cake and Have It (Poznan, Kiev 2015). is a member of the Board of the . In the years 1990-1994 he was a president of the European Federation of Audiovisual Producers (FERA). Ex-president of the EUROVISIONI Association. He also is a member of: the Pontifical Commission of Culture at the Vatican, the Polish Academy of Learning, the PEN- Club, the Polish Writers Association. He has an honorary doctorate of the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography WGIK (Moscow), the National University of Drama and Film “I.L. Caragiale” (Bucharest), the European Humanities University (Minsk), the Bulgarian University (Sophia), the University of Film and Television (St. Petersburg), the Catholic University of Lublin, University of Opole, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, University of Lodz and Pázmány Péter Catholic University (Budapest), recipient of the Luka Brajnovic Award (University of Navarre).

1966 THE PROVINCIAL'S DEATH - graduation film Silver Lion, International Film Festival, 1967; Golden Ducat, International Film Festival, Mannheim 1968; Golden Aurelia, International Film Festival, Valladolid 1968; Best Foreign Film, Festival of Student Films, Moscow 1968. 1968 - documentary, TV Grand Prix International Film Festival, Leipzig; 1969 THE STRUCTURE OF CRYSTAL Silver Condor for the screenplay and award for debuting director, International Film Festival, Mar del Plata 1970; Second Award, International Film Festival, Valladolid 1970; Special Award, International Film Festival, Panama 1970 1971 FAMILY LIFE Silver Hugo, International Film Festival, Chicago 1971; Premio de San Gregorio and Premio de Ciudad de Valladolid, International Film Festival, Valladolid 1972; Second Award, International Film Festival, Colombo 1973 BEHIND THE WALL TVP - Grand Prix and Award for Maja Komorowska, International Television Film Festival, San Remo 1971 1973 ILLUMINATION Grand Prix, FIPRESCI Award, Ecumenical Jury's Award, International Film Festival, Locarno 1973; Grand Prix, International Film Festival, Ravenna 1973; Distinction, International Film Festival, Mannheim 1973; Special Award, Polish Festival of Feature Films, Gdańsk 1974; Golden Medal, International Film Festival, Figueira da Foz 1975 THE CATAMOUNT KILLING, co-prod. USA/Germany

1975 QUARTERLY BALANCE Award for Maja Komorowska, Best Music Award, Polish Feature Film Festival, Gdańsk 1975; OCIC Award, International Film Festival, West Berlin 1975 NIGHT DUTY - TV Germany, co-script and co-dir. Edward Żebrowski 1976 CAMOUFLAGE Golden Lions and Actor Award for Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Best Screenplay Award, Polish Feature Film Festival, Gdańsk 1977; Journalists' Award, International Film Festival, Rotterdam 1978; Second Best Director Award Golden Capricorn, International Film Festival, Teheran 1977 1977 THE ANATOMY LESSON, TV Germany THE HOUSE OF WOMEN, TV Germany LUTOSŁAWSKI, PENDERECKI, BAIRD – documentary, TV Germany MY CRACOW (Mein Krakau), TV Germany 1978 THE SPIRAL Distinction of the Ecumenical Jury, International Film Festival, Cannes 1978; Journalists' Award and Silver Badge for music by , Polish Feature Film Festival, Gdańsk 1978; Awards for the Director, Screenplay and Photography, International Film Festival, Panama 1979 1979 ROADS IN THE NIGHT - Germany/ France International Film Festival Cannes 1979 (Certain Regard) 1980 CONSTANT FACTOR Best Director Award and Award of the Ecumenical Jury, International Film Festival, Cannes 1980; Jury's Special Award, Polish Feature Film Festival, Gdańsk 1980 THE CONTRACT Distinction of the Catholic Film Bureau, Distributors Prize, International Film Festival, Venice 1980 1981 FROM A FAR COUNTRY: POPE JOHN PAUL II, co-prod. UK/Italy/Poland TEMPTATION - TV Germany 1982 THE UNAPPROACHABLE – Germany (in English) IMPERATIVE - co-prod. Germany-France Special Jury Prize, International Film Festival Venice 1982 VATICAN, THE CAPITAL OF CULTURE - documentary, TV Italy 1983 BLUEBEARD - TV Germany /Switzerland Grand Prix –Venezia TV 1984 THE YEAR OF QUIET SUN, co-prod. Poland/Germany/USA and Pasinetti Award of the Association of Italian Film Journalists, International Film Festival, Venice 1984 1985 PARADIGMA - co-prod. France/Italy/Germany 1987 EXTINCT DAYS - TV Germany 1988 WHEREVER YOU ARE, IF YOU ARE..., co-prod. Poland/Germany/UK, Ecumenical Prize – International Film Festival, Montreal 1986; 1989 INVENTORY - co-prod. Poland/Germany, Award of the Ecumenical Jury, International Film Festival, Moscow 1989; Grand Prix, International Film Festival, Strasbourg 1990; Best Screenplay Award for Krzysztof Zanussi and Best Actor Award for Artur Żmijewski, International Film Festival, Viareggio 1989 1990 LUTOSŁAWSKI Interviewed by Krzysztof Zanussi - TV Great Britain (BBC) A LONG CONVERSATION WITH A BIRD - co-prod. Germany/Great Britain A LIFE FOR A LIFE. MAKSYMILIAN KOLBE, co-prod.Poland/Germany NAPOLEON - TV series, episode 3: MARIA WALEWSKA - France 1991 YELTZIN - MY RUSSIA – documentary, TV co-prod. Poland/Germany/ Russia/France 1992 THE SILENT TOUCH - co-prod. Poland/Denmark/Great Britain, Jury Award to Max von Sydow, International Film Festival, Tokyo 1992 1992 OLD TIMES - TV play, Germany 1992-93 CONVERSATIONS WITH KRZYSZTOF ZANUSSI – documentary TV 1993 IMPRESSION ABOUT CHOPIN’S MUSIC - Chopin in Łazienki Park; Chopin in Central Railway Station – documentary, TV high definition, co- prod. TVP, Channel 4, RAI Sat, France Supervision MUSIC IN THE WARSAW GHETTO – documentary, TV co-prod. Poland/Germany 1994 CONVERSATION WITH LORD YEHUDI MENUHIN - documentary, TV Poland/Germany 1995-1996 WEEKEND STORIES -TV series of 8 episodes (1 h. long) 1995 RE PESCATORE – TV Italia 1996 LADY WITH THE EREMINE – documentary, TV Great Britain (BBC) HAVE NO FEAR (Non abiate paura) – documentary, TV Italy (RAI) IN FULL GALLOP Grand Prix, International Film Festival, Tokyo 1996 International Film Festival, Cannes 1996 (Certain Regard) 1996 OUR GOD'S BROTHER - co-prod. Italy/Poland/Germany Best Script, International Film Festival Teheran 1998 1999 L’ALOUETTE - TV play 2000 LIFE AS A FATAL SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE Grand Prix – International Film Festival Moscow 2000, Grand Prix - Polish Feature Film Festival, Gdańsk 2000 2002 SUPPLEMENT FIPRESCI Prize at International Film Festival Moscow 2002 2003 CASTING – TV play based on his own script 2004 PERSONA NON GRATA co-prod. Poland/Russia/Italy 2006 IL SOLE NERO co-prod. Italy/France 2008 WITH A WARM HEART, co-prod. Poland/Ukraine 2009 INNER VOICES, TV play based on his own script 2009 REVISITED, feature film 2014 FOREIGN BODY, feature film, co-prod. Poland/Russia/Italy

Theatre Productions Directed by Krzysztof Zanussi

Dramas: Ken Kessey, One Flew Over The Cookoo's Nest, Stary Teatr im. Heleny Modrzejewskiej, Kraków, 1979 Eugene Ionesco, The King Is Dying, Neue Schaübühne, Munich, 1980 Sławomir Mrożek, Slaughterhouse, Milan, 1983 T. Stoppard, Day And Night, Stadt Theather, Bonn, 1983 T. Kempiński, Duo for One, Standt Theather, Bonn, 1983 Karol Wojtyła, Job, San Miniato, 1984 Arthur Miller, All My Sons, Munich, 1984 Harold Pinter, Old Times, Munich, 1985 (and a TV Bayerische Rundfunk production) Harold Pinter, Betrayal, Munich, 1986 William Shakespeare, Julius Ceasar, Verona, 1985; Rome, 1986 Ugo Betti, The Queen and the Insurgents, directed by Krzysztof Zanussi and Tadeusz Bradecki, Rome, 1990 Krzysztof Zanussi, Edward Żebrowski, Gry kobiece [Women's Games] (Miłosierdzie płatne z góry [Charity Payable In Advance], Niedostępna [Unapproachable]), Montreal, 1991, Sofia (TV) 1994, Praha 1987, Theatre des Nations (Odeon), , 1986, 1989, MCHAT, Moscow 1991, Sofia 2003 (National Theatre) R. Familiari, President, Rome, Florence, 1992 Ariel Dorfman, Death and the Maiden, Teatr Nowy, Poznań, 1993 J. Green, Re Pescatore, San Miniato, 1997 J. Delteil, L'uomo che vide Francesco, San Miniato, 1998 R. Familiari, Heriodas e Salomé, Rome, 1998 J. Cocteau, Horrible Parents, Rome, 2002 E.E. Schmitt, Partners in Crime, Essen, Berlin 2005, Kiev, 2007 O. Eskin, Duo, Novosibirsk, 2008 Eurypides, Medea, Syracuse, 2009 David Lindsay-Abaire, Rabbit Hole, Amberg, 2010 Ariel Dorffman, Death and the Maiden, Minsk 2010 Arthur Miller, All my Sons, Ekaterinburg, Moscow 2010 Rocco Familiari, Scent, Perm 2011 Eugene Ionesco, The Ceremony/The King Dies, Ekaterinburg 2011, Moscow 2012 Willy Russell, Educating Rita, Ekaterinburg, Moscow 2012 Rocco Familiari Donne allo Specchio, Teatro Don Bosco, monodrame performed by Viviana Piccolo, Pordenone, Italy 2013 Michael McKeever, 37 Postcards, Moscow 2013 Krzysztof Zanussi, Edward Żebrowski, Women’s Games, Baku, Azerbaijan 2014

Operas : Dominique Probst, Maksymilian Kolbe, text: Eugene Ionesco (directed by Krzysztof Zanussi and Tadeusz Bradecki), Rimini, 1988; Sietienne, 1989 Alexander von Zemlinsky, The Birth Day of the Infanta, A Florentine Tragedy. Text: Oscar Wilde, Opern Theater, Basel, 1989 , King Roger, text: Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Karol Szymanowski, Stadt Theather, Brema, 1986; Teatro Massimo, Palermo, 1992 Arthur Honegger, Antigone, text: Sophocles, adaptation by Jean Cocteau, 1993 Igor Stavinsky, King Oedipus, text: Jean Cocteau, Teatro Massimo, Palermo, 1993 Francis Poulenc, La Voix Humaine, Aubade, La Dame de Monte-Carlo, text: Jean Cocteau, Warszawska Opera Kameralna, 2011