Krzysztof Kieślowski was a Polish film director and a screenwriter. In 1968 he graduated from Łódź Film School. After graduation, he  worked in the Film Studio of Documentaries (Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych) in Warsaw, where he realized his own documentary productions: “Workers ’71: Nothing About Us Without Us”, “From a Night Porter's Point of View”, “Before the Rally”. From 1974  until his death in 1996 he was a member of “Tor” Film Group. Kieślowski received numerous awards at film festivals in Moscow, Cannes, Venice, Berlin or San Sebastian, among others. In 1995 he was nominated to Oscar film award for “Three Colors:Red” (Best Director and Best Writing). His best-known films include: “Camera Buff” (1979), “Blindchance” (1981), “A Short Film about Killing” (1987), “Dekalog” (1988), “A Short Film about Love” (1988), “La double vie de Veronique” (1991) and “Three colors” trilogy (1993-1994).