2006 • Krzysztof Zanussi

Polish Director and producer of cinema, begins its career in the 50s, in the Amateur Cinema Club of the University of Warsaw. In 1966 he directs his first film, “The death of a provincial”, who obtained the Silver Lion in the International Festival of Cinema of Venice. Since then, it initiates a creative work like producer, scriptwriter and director who is reflected in almost fifty titles. It has received a great number of awards in the most prestigious international festivals, as a Golden Lion in Venice (1984), the Best Director Award in the Festival of Cannes (1980) and the Special Prize of the Jury of Venice (1982). His productions have been also recognized in cinematographic forums like Montreal, Berlin and Moscow.