Biography
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. Chęciński was born 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 Sami swoi, Nie ma mocnych and 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) and the Polish Academy Life Achievement Award (2017).
Chęciński died on December 8, 2021. On December 18, after the mass in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Wrocław was buried at the Grabiszyński Cemetery in Wrocław.
Filmography
all 23
Movies 21
Director 21
TV Shows 2
Przybyli ułani (2006)
Tale of People from Here (2003)
Controlled Conversations (1991)
Big Shar (1983)
Bo oszalałem dla niej (1980)
Roman and Magda (1979)
Big Deal (1977)
Droga (1975)
Take It Easy (1974)
Diament radży (1971)
Theatre Macabre (1971)
First Love (1971)
Legenda (1971)
Only the Dead Can Answer (1969)
Our Folks (1967)
Katastrofa (1966)
Agnes 1946 (1964)
Story of the Golden Boot (1961)
The Return (1960)
Lotna (1959)
Spotkania (1957)
Winter Twilight (1957)
The Hours of Hope (1955)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1930-05-21
Deathday2021-12-08 (91 years old)
Birth PlaceSusiec, Poland
CitizenshipsPoland
Also Known AsSylwester Checinski, Сильвестр Хенциньский, Сильвестер Хенциньский, Сильвестер Хенчиньский
AwardsHonorary citizen of Wrocław, Golden Medal for Merit to Culture, Commander with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Medal of the National Education Commission
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