Sylwester Chęciński

Reżyseria, Aktor

21 maja 1930 — 8 grudnia 2021 (91 years)
Sylwester Chęciński (21 May 1930 – 8 December 2021) 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.

Chęciński was born on 21 May 1930 in Skwarki, Lublin Voivodeship. 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 Sami swoi, Nie ma mocnych and Kochaj albo rzuć. He directed his first film Historia żółtej ciżemki in 1961. From 1976 to 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, in Wrocław. 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.

Known For

  • Sami swoi
    Sami swoi1967
  • Nie ma mocnych
    Nie ma mocnych1974
  • Kochaj albo rzuć
    Kochaj albo rzuć1977
  • Rozmowy kontrolowane
    Rozmowy kontrolowane1991
  • Wielki Szu
    Wielki Szu1983
  • Lotna
    Lotna1959
  • Theatre Macabre
    Theatre Macabre1 season

Filmografia