About Barbara Sass
Lived 1936 – 2015 (aged 78). Barbara Sass was a Polish screenwriter, theatre director, film director and television director.
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. Mother of famous Polish lawyer Pawel Zdort (Weil, Gotshal & Manges LPP, and Rymarz Zdort) and journalist Dominik Zdort.(TVP).
Awards She received numerous awards, including FIPRESCI Prize (1980,1996), Prize for Best Debut Director at the Polish Film Festival (1980), 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.
Selected filmography 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)
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Who was Barbara Sass?
Polish film director (1936–2015)
When was Barbara Sass born?
Barbara Sass was born on 14 October 1936 in Łódź.
When did Barbara Sass die?
Barbara Sass died on 2 April 2015 in Warsaw.
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Barbara Sass was a screenwriter, theatre director, film director and television director.
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Barbara Sass was Polish.
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