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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.
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2008
Stary człowiek i pies
Movie Writer
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2006
After Season
Movie First Assistant Director
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2001
Requiem
Movie Director
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1993
Colossus
Movie Director
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1986
Axiliad
Movie Director
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1982
The Linnet
Movie Director
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1979
Full Moon
Movie Director of Photography
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1978
Rekolekcje
Movie Director
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1973
Personal Search
Movie Director
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1969
The Man Who Thought Life
Movie Director of Photography
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1968
Matthew's Days
Movie Man in Car (uncredited)
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1963
New Year's Eve Adventure
Movie Camera Operator
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1963
Mansarda
Movie Assistant Director
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1961
A Game
Movie Director
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1959
Portrait of a Man with a Medallion
Movie Director