Barbara Sass
Appearance
Barbara Sass-Zdort (14 October 1936 – 2 April 2015) was a Polish screenwriter and film/stage director. In 1975, she graduated from the National Film School in Łódź. She was married to the cinematographer Wiesław Zdort.[1] Mother of famous Polish lawyer Pawel Zdort (Weil, Gotshal & Manges LPP, and Rymarz Zdort) and journalist Dominik Zdort.(TVP).
Awards
[edit]She received numerous awards, including FIPRESCI Prize (1980,1996),[2] Prize for Best Debut Director at the Polish Film Festival (1980),[3][4] and the Krzysztof Kieślowski Beyond Borders Award for Best Feature at the New York Polish Film Festival (2012). Nominated for Crystal Globe for Temptation (Pokuszene) at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 1996.[5]
Selected filmography
[edit]- 1980 – Bez miłości (Without Love)
- 1981 – Debiutantka (Debutante)
- 1982 – Krzyk (Scream)
- 1993 – Pajęczarki (Spider Women)
- 1995 – Pokuszenie (Temptation)
- 1999 – Jak narkotyk (Like a Drug)
- 2011 – W imieniu diabła (In the Name of the Devil)
References
[edit]- ^ Nie żyje Barbara Sass Archived 2015-04-05 at the Wayback Machine at the Wirtualna Polska (in Polish)
- ^ Barbara Sass at the Internet Polish Movie Database (in Polish)
- ^ Laureates in 1980 Archived 2015-02-19 at the Wayback Machine – Polish Film Festival (in Polish)
- ^ Laureates in 1980 – Polish Film Festival at the IMDb
- ^ Film archive – Karlovy Vary IFF
External links
[edit]- Barbara Sass at IMDb
- Barbara Sass profile at the Polish Film Academy