Grzegorz Królikiewicz

Grzegorz Królikiewicz (5 June 1939 – 21 September 2017) was a Polish film director, screenwriter, and pedagogue.

Grzegorz Królikiewicz
Królikiewicz in 2013
Born(1939-06-05)June 5, 1939
Aleksandrów Kujawski, Second Polish Republic
DiedSeptember 21, 2017(2017-09-21) (aged 78)
Łódź, Poland
NationalityPolish
Alma materUniversity of Łódź
National Film School in Łódź
OccupationFilm director, screenwriter, pedagogue

Life and career

In 1962, he graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Łódź. In 1967, he began his studies at the National Film School in Łódź from which he graduated in 1970. He directed a number of documentary films, TV shows as well as feature films. In 1976–78, he directed the television Editorial Office of Facts. Between 1981–1983, he served as the artistic director of the Aneks Film Studio (Zespół Filmowy Aneks). In the years 2003–2005, he worked as director of the New Theatre in Łódź. Since 1981, he also worked as an academic teacher at the Faculty of Film and Television Directing at the National Film School in Łódź.[1] In 1993, he obtained the title of professor.[2] He was a member of the Polish Film Academy.[3]

He died on 21 September 2017 in Łódź and was buried at the Old Cemetery in Łódź.[4][5]

Selected awards

In 1993, he was awarded the Golden Lions Award (Złote Lwy) at the 18th Gdynia Film Festival for his film Przypadek Pekosińskiego ("Pekosiński's Case").[6] In 1994, he also received the Special Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for this film. In 2011, he became the recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta[7] and in 2013, he was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis.[8] In 2016, he was awarded the Krzysztof Krauze Prize for his film Sąsiady ("The Neighbours").[9]

Filmography
  • Na wylot (1972)
  • Wieczne pretensje (1974)
  • Tańczący jastrząb (1977)
  • Klejnot wolnego sumienia (1981)
  • Fort 13 (1984)
  • Zabicie ciotki (1984)
  • Przypadek Pekosińskiego (1993)
  • Drzewa (1995)
  • Sąsiady (2014)
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See also
  • Polish cinema
  • List of Poles

References
  1. "Grzegorz Królikiewicz". Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  2. "Prof. Grzegorz Lech Królikiewicz". Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  3. "Lista członków" (PDF). Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  4. "Grzegorz Królikiewicz passed away". Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  5. "Nie żyje Grzegorz Królikiewicz. Miał 78 lat". Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  6. "PRZYPADEK PEKOSIŃSKIEGO". Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  7. "M.P. 2011 nr 64 poz. 605". Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  8. "Medal Zasłużony Kulturze - Gloria Artis". Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  9. "Nagroda im. Krzysztofa Krauzego dla Grzegorza Królikiewicza za film "Sąsiady"". Retrieved 30 September 2019.
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