Filmmaker. A leading Polish motion picture director of post-World War II era. After working as an assistant director, Kawalerowicz made his 1951 screen debut with "The Village Mill". He then became a founder of the Polish Film School. He was probablay best remembered by his 1966 film "Pharaoh," which was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. His credits also include "Shadow" (Cieñ, 1956), "Night Train" (Poci¹g, 1959) and "Mother Joan of the Angels" (Matka Joanna od aniolów, 1961) for which he won the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Festival. As a writer and producer, Kawalerowicz worked in the prestigious KADR production unit along with Andrzej Wajda, Tadeusz Konwicki and Juliusz Machulski. In 1978, Kawalerowicz received a Grand Prix Silver Bear for lifetime achievement at the Berlin Film Festival. The 2001 production of "Quo Vadis", adapted from the novel by Poland's 19th century Nobel-prize winning author Henryk Sienkiewicz, was his last film.
Filmmaker. A leading Polish motion picture director of post-World War II era. After working as an assistant director, Kawalerowicz made his 1951 screen debut with "The Village Mill". He then became a founder of the Polish Film School. He was probablay best remembered by his 1966 film "Pharaoh," which was nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. His credits also include "Shadow" (Cieñ, 1956), "Night Train" (Poci¹g, 1959) and "Mother Joan of the Angels" (Matka Joanna od aniolów, 1961) for which he won the Special Jury Prize at the Cannes Festival. As a writer and producer, Kawalerowicz worked in the prestigious KADR production unit along with Andrzej Wajda, Tadeusz Konwicki and Juliusz Machulski. In 1978, Kawalerowicz received a Grand Prix Silver Bear for lifetime achievement at the Berlin Film Festival. The 2001 production of "Quo Vadis", adapted from the novel by Poland's 19th century Nobel-prize winning author Henryk Sienkiewicz, was his last film.
Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni
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