Leszek Wosiewicz

Leszek Wosiewicz (b. 1947) studied psychology at the University of Cracow (1975) and direction at PWSFTViT in Lodź (1979). He works at the Silesian University in Katowice, and also directs for the stage and adapts world classics. He won major prizes for his documentaries, The Case of Herman Stoker (Przypadek Hermana Palacza, 1986) and Breaking the Silence (Przełamując ciszę, 2002). He made the feature films The Taste of Water (Smak wody, 1980) and Christmas Eve '81 (Wigilija 81,1982), and for Kornblumenblau (1988), an incredible story of concentration camp survival, he won the Andrzej Munk Prize, the prize for direction in Gdynia, and Best Debut in Koszalin. He has since directed the films Cynga (1991), and House Chronicles (Kroniki domowe, 1997), and the successful TV series Moves (Przeprowadzki, 2000-2001) and Clinic of the Lonely Hearts (Klinika samotnych serc, 2005).

MFF Karlovy Vary