However, the long production of Les Amants du Pont-Neuf had forced her to turn down several significant roles in international productions including The Double Life of Véronique by Krzysztof Kieślowski, Cyrano de Bergerac by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Night and Day by Chantal Akerman and Beyond the Aegean an aborted project with Elia Kazan.

Kieślowski also married his lifelong love, Maria ( Marysia ) Cautillo, during his final year in school ( m. 21 January 1967 to his death ), and they had a daughter, Marta ( b. 8 January 1972 ).

Co-written by Kieślowski and Piesiewicz, the ten one-hour-long episodes had originally been intended for ten different directors, but Kieślowski found himself unable to relinquish control over the project ; in the end, each episode featured a different director of photography.

Though he had claimed to be retiring after Three Colors, at the time of his death Kieślowski was working on a new trilogy co-written with Piesiewicz, consisting of Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory and inspired by Dante's The Divine Comedy.

Krzysztof Kieślowski was interested in the philosophical challenge and also wanted to use the series as a portrait of the hardships of Polish society, while deliberately avoiding the political issues he had depicted in earlier films.

The cinematography is highly stylized, using color and camera filters to create an ethereal atmosphere ; the cinematographer, Sławomir Idziak, had previously experimented with these techniques in one episode of The Decalogue, and Kieślowski would later use color for a wider range of effects in his Three Colors trilogy.

Kieślowski had earlier used the idea of exploring different paths in life for the same person, in his Polish film Przypadek ( Blind Chance ), and the central choice faced by Weronika / Véronique is based on a brief subplot in the ninth episode of The Decalogue.

She looks through his telescope into her own apartment and Kieślowski replays an earlier scene of Magda crying in her kitchen, which had led Tomek to reveal his feelings to her, only this time she is joined and comforted by Tomek.

Leaving college and working as a theatrical tailor, Kieślowski applied to the Łódź Film School, the famed Polish film school which also has Roman Polanski and Andrzej Wajda among its alumni.

He is also the subject of a biographical film, Krzysztof Kieślowski: I'm So-So ( 1995 ), directed by Krzysztof Wierzbicki.

The large cast includes both famous actors and unknowns, many of whom Kieślowski also used in his other films.

It also includes a booklet featuring essays by Jonathan Romney, Slavoj Zizek, and Peter Cowie, and a selection from Kieślowski on Kieślowski.

* Krzysztof Kieślowski Faculty of Radio and Television, also named Katowice Film School or Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice

Krzysztof Kieślowski also made use of the studio, producing his renowned television miniseries The Decalogue here in 1988.

Piesiewicz was a trial lawyer whom Kieślowski met while researching political trials under martial law for a planned documentary on the subject ; Piesiewicz co-wrote the screenplays for all of Kieślowski's subsequent films.

The film's three scenarios are reminiscent of the 1981 Krzysztof Kieślowski film Blind Chance ; following Kieślowski's death, Tykwer directed his planned film Heaven.

Just under two years after announcing his retirement, Krzysztof Kieślowski died on 13 March 1996 at age 54 during open-heart surgery following a heart attack, and was interred in Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw.

Kieślowski later said that he abandoned documentary filmmaking due to two experiences: the censorship of Workers ' 71, which caused him to doubt whether truth could be told literally under an authoritarian regime, and an incident during the filming of Station ( 1981 ) in which some of his footage was nearly used as evidence in a criminal case.

In 1982 he met the film director Krzysztof Kieślowski, who was planning to direct a documentary on political show trials in Poland under martial law.

The Three Colors Trilogy () is the collective title of three films – a trilogy – directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, two made in French and one primarily in Polish: Trois couleurs: Bleu ( Three Colors: Blue ) ( 1993 ), Trzy kolory: Biały ( Three Colors: White ) ( in French: Blanc ) ( 1994 ), and Trois couleurs: Rouge ( Three Colors: Red ) ( 1994 ).

A Short Film About Love () is a Polish romantic drama film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and starring Grażyna Szapołowska and Olaf Lubaszenko.

She sparked the interest of Steven Spielberg, who offered her several parts including a role in Jurassic Park which she declined, choosing instead to join Krzysztof Kieślowski on the set of Three Colors: Blue ( 1993 ), a performance for which she won the Venice Film Festival Award for Best Actress and a César.

Kieślowski received numerous awards throughout his career, including the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize ( 1988 ), FIPRESCI Prize ( 1988, 1991 ), and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury ( 1991 ); the Venice Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize ( 1989 ), Golden Lion ( 1993 ), and OCIC Award ( 1993 ); and the Berlin International Film Festival Silver Bear ( 1994 ).

Kieślowski was listed at number two on the British Film Institute's Sight & Sound Top Ten Directors list of modern times.

Kieślowski retired from film making with a public announcement after the premiere of his last film Red at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.

Krzysztof Kieślowski earned numerous awards and nominations throughout his career, dating back to the Kraków Film Festival Golden Hobby-Horse in 1974.

Kieślowski won the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival in 1994.

It received César Award nominations for Best Film, Best Actor ( Jean-Louis Trintignant ), Best Actress ( Irène Jacob ), Best Director ( Krzysztof Kieślowski ), Best Writing ( Krzysztof Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz ).

He furthered his education by attending and graduating from the Łódż Film School ( 1955 ), renowned for other famous graduates such as Roman Polanski and Krzysztof Kieślowski.

* 1991 Cannes Film Festival Prize of the Ecumenical Jury ( Krzysztof Kieślowski ) Won

* 1991 Cannes Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize ( Krzysztof Kieślowski ) Won

* 1991 Cannes Film Festival Nomination for the Golden Palm ( Krzysztof Kieślowski )

* 1991 Warsaw International Film Festival Audience Award ( Krzysztof Kieślowski ) Won

* 1988 Polish Film Festival Golden Lion Award ( Krzysztof Kieślowski ) Won

* 1988 San Sebastián International Film Festival OCIC Award ( Krzysztof Kieślowski ) Won

* 1988 San Sebastián International Film Festival Special Prize of the Jury ( Krzysztof Kieślowski ) Won

* 1989 São Paulo International Film Festival Audience Award for Best Feature ( Krzysztof Kieślowski ) Won

After Kieślowski's death, Harvey Weinstein ( then head of Miramax Films, which distributed the last four Kieślowski films in the US ) wrote a eulogy for him in Premiere magazine.

Piesewicz returned to his law career, but remained in touch with Kieślowski and three years later persuaded him to create a series of films based on the Ten Commandments.

Having met film director Krzysztof Kieślowski in the mid-1970s, he continued to work with him until Kieślowski's death in 1996.

Four years later, Kieślowski cast him as the lead character, " Karol Karol ", in Three Colors: White, the second of his acclaimed Three Colors trilogy.