Krzysztof Kieslowski graduated from Lodz Film Academy in 1969, and became a documentary, TV and feature film director and scriptwriter. Before making his first film for TV, Przejscie podziemne (The Underground Passage), he made a number of short documentaries. His next film, Personel (The Staff), took the Grand Prix at Mannheim. His first full-length feature was Blizna (The Scar). In 1978 he made the famous Z punktu widzenia nocnego portiera (Night Porter's Point of View), and in 1979 Amator (Camera Buff).


Was denied acceptance into film school twice. Passed on the third. Battled complications of AIDS at the time of his death (according to "Hello" magazine obituary), in addition to having had open-heart surgery. Had one daughter Marta (b. 1972) He was made a Fellow of the British Film Institute in recognition of his outstanding contribution to film culture.