Sylwester Chęciński

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1930-05-21

Deathday 2021-12-08 (91 years old)

Place of Birth Susiec, Polska

Also Known As Sylwester Checinski, Сильвестр Хенциньский, Сильвестер Хенциньский, Сильвестер Хенчиньский

Sylwester Chęciński

Biography

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

Director

2006
Came the Uhlans

as Director

1991
1983
Big Shar

as Director

1980
1979
Roman and Magda

as Director

1977
Big Deal

as Director

1975
Droga

as Director

1974
Take It Easy

as Director

1971
First Love

as Director

1971
Diament radży

as Director

1971
Legenda

as Director

1971
Theatre Macabre

as Director

1969
1967
Our Folks

as Director

1966
The Catastrophe

as Director

1964
Agnes 1946

as Director

1961
1960
The Return

as Assistant Director

1959
Lotna

as Assistant Director

1957
Winter Twilight

as Assistant Director

1957
Spotkania

as Assistant Director

Writer

1966
The Catastrophe

as Screenplay

Actor

1955
The Hours of Hope

as Violinist (uncredited)