
LESZEKWOSIEWICZ<br/> Bornin1947inRadomyslWielkopolski.HegraduatedfromtheJagiellonianUniversityinKrakowandtheLodzFilmSchool.Directorandascreenwriter.Hewroteseveraladaptationofforeignclassicalliteratureforthescreenandthestage.HewasafacultymemberattheSilesianUniversityinKatowiceandaco-founderoftheKarolIrzykowskiFilmStudio.Healsodirectedseveraldocumentaries.Hewonnumerousawardssuchas:TheChiefofCinematographyAward(1986),theGrandPrixattheOberhausenShortFilmFestival(1987),theSecondPrizeatthe"YoungPolishCinema"GdanskFilmReview(1988).<br/> HestudiedpsychologyattheUniversityofCracow(1975)anddirectionatPWSFTViTinLodz(1979).HeworksattheSilesianUniversityinKatowice,andalsodirectsforthestageandadaptsworldclassics.Hewonmajorprizesforhisdocumentaries,TheCaseofHermanStoker(PrzypadekHermanaPalacza,1986)andBreakingtheSilence(Przelamujaccisze,2002).HemadethefeaturefilmsTheTasteofWater(Smakwody,1980)andChristmasEve'81(Wigilija81,1982),andforKornblumenblau(1988),anincrediblestoryofconcentrationcampsurvival,hewontheAndrzejMunkPrize,theprizefordirectioninGdynia,andBestDebutinKoszalin.HehassincedirectedthefilmsCynga(1991),andHouseChronicles(Kronikidomowe,1997),andthesuccessfulTVseriesMoves(Przeprowadzki,2000-2001)andClinicoftheLonelyHearts(Klinikasamotnychserc,2005).<br/> 1980TheTasteofWater(Smakwody);<br/> 1982ChristmasEve'81(Wigilia'81);<br/> 1988Kornblumenblau,Director'sAwardatthePolishFilmFestivalinGdynia'05;<br/> 1991Cynga;<br/> 1997HouseChronicles(Kronikidomowe);<br/> 2001Moves(Przeprowadzki),TVseries;<br/> 2005TheClinicofTheLonelyHearts(Klinikasamotnychserc)-TVseries;<br/> 2005TheCross-WayCafe(RozdroweCafe),Director'sAwardatthePolishFilmFestivalinGdynia'05.

