Directing
Community Rating
7.0
TMDB estimate
Born
August 16, 1933
Died
September 1, 2007 (age 74)
Born in
Łódź, Polska
Witold Leszczyński (16 August 1933 – 1 September 2007) was a Polish film director and screenwriter. In 1967 he graduated from the National Film School in Łódź. He directed over thirty films between 1959 and 2007. Most known for Żywot Mateusza (Matthew's Days) based on a novel by Norwegian writer Tarjei Vesaas, Konopielka, adapted from the novel of Edward Redliński, Siekierezada based on a novel by Edward Stachura and many others films. He received numerous awards, including Grand Prix at the Polish Film Festival in 1986. The director died during the shoot of his film Stary człowiek i pies (The Old Man and the Dog) in 2007.
Stary człowiek i pies
as Writer, Director
2008
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After Season
as First Assistant Director
2006
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Requiem
as Director
2001
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Colossus
as Director, Screenplay
1993
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Axiliad
as Director, Screenplay
1986
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The Linnet
as Director, Screenplay
1982
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Full Moon
as Director of Photography
1979
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Rekolekcje
as Director, Screenplay, Dialogue
1978
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Personal Search
as Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
1973
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The Man Who Thought Life
as Director of Photography
1969
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Matthew's Days
as Man in Car (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
1968
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New Year's Eve Adventure
as Camera Operator
1963
—Mansarda
as Assistant Director
1963
—A Game
as Director
1961
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Portrait of a Man with a Medallion
as Director
1959
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