Sylwester Chęciński

Sylwester Chęciński (21 May 1930 – 8 December 2021) was a Polish film and television director. He was born in Susiec, Poland, on 21 May 1930. Chęciński died in Wrocław on 8 December 2021, at the age of 91.

Biography Chęciński was born on 21 May 1930 in Skwarki, Lublin Voivodeship. In 1950, he graduated from the 1st Secondary School of General Education named after Jędrzej Śniadeckiego in Dzierżoniów, and in 1956 the Directing Department of the State Film School in Łódź.

He is best known for the trilogy All Friends Here, Take It Easy and Love or Leave. He directed his first film in 1961. From 1976 to 1980, he was the deputy artistic director of the film group "Iluzjon", and in the years 1988–1991 the deputy artistic director of the film group "Kadr". For lifetime achievement, he received "Platinum Lions" at the 39th Gdynia Film Festival (2014) and the Polish Academy Life Achievement Award (2017).

Chęciński died on 8 December 2021, in Wrocław. On 18 December, after the mass in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Wrocław, he was buried at the Grabiszyński Cemetery in Wrocław.

Selected filmography 1961: Historia żółtej ciżemki 1964: Agnieszka 46 1965: Katastrofa 1967: Sami swoi 1969: Tylko umarły odpowie 1970: Legenda 1971: Diament radży 1971: Pierwsza miłość 1973: Droga 1974: Nie ma mocnych 1977: Kochaj albo rzuć 1978: Roman i Magda 1980: Bo oszalałem dla niej 1982: Wielki Szu 1991: Calls Controlled 2006: Przybyli ułani