Sylwester Chęciński

Sylwester Chęciński (21 May 1930, Skwarki – 8 December 2021, Wrocław) was a Polish film and television director. He was born in Susiec, Poland, on 21 May 1930. Chęciński died in Wrocław on 8 December 2021, at the age of 91.^[1]

Biography

Chęciński was born on 21 May 1930 in Skwarki. In 1950, he graduated from the 1st Secondary School of General Education named after Jędrzej Śniadeckiego in Dzierżoniów, and in 1956 the Directing Department of the State Film School in Łódź.

He is best known for the trilogy

Kochaj albo rzuć. He directed his first film Historia żółtej ciżemki in 1961. In the years 1976–1980 he was the deputy artistic director of the film group "Iluzjon", and in the years 1988–1991 the deputy artistic director of the film group "Kadr". For lifetime achievement, he received "Platinum Lions" at the 39th Gdynia Film Festival (2014)^[2] and the Polish Academy Life Achievement Award

(2017).

Chęciński died on 8 December 2021. On 18 December, after the mass in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Wrocław, he was buried at the Grabiszyński Cemetery in Wrocław.^[3]

Selected filmography

1961: Historia żółtej ciżemki
1964: Agnieszka 46
1965: Katastrofa
1967: Sami swoi
1969: Tylko umarły odpowie
1970: Legenda
1971: Diament radży
1971: Pierwsza miłość
1973: Droga
1974: Nie ma mocnych
1977: Kochaj albo rzuć
1978: Roman i Magda
1980: Bo oszalałem dla niej
1982: Wielki Szu
1991: Calls Controlled
2006: Przybyli ułani

References

^ "Nie żyje Sylwester Chęciński. Reżyser legendarnych "Samych swoich" miał 91 lat". 8 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
^ "FFG - Wiadomości". 2014-10-06. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
^ Relikowski, Paweł (2021-12-18). "Pogrzeb Sylwestra Chęcińskiego we Wrocławiu. Tłumy żegnały mistrza [ZDJĘCIA]". Gazeta Wrocławska (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-03-11.

External links

Sylwester Chęciński at the Filmpolski Database (in Polish)
Sylwester Chęciński laureatem Platynowych Lwów at the Film.onet.pl (in Polish)
Sylwester Chęciński at
IMDb

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[1] "Nie żyje Sylwester Chęciński. Reżyser legendarnych "Samych swoich" miał 91 lat". 8 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

[2] "FFG - Wiadomości". 2014-10-06. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 2022-03-11.

[3] Relikowski, Paweł (2021-12-18). "Pogrzeb Sylwestra Chęcińskiego we Wrocławiu. Tłumy żegnały mistrza [ZDJĘCIA]". Gazeta Wrocławska (in Polish). Retrieved 2022-03-11.

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