Krzysztof Kieslowski graduated from Lódz Film School in 1969, and
became a documentary, TV and feature film director and scriptwriter.
Before making his first film for TV,
Unterirdische Passage (1974)
(The Underground Passage), he made a number of short documentaries. His
next TV title, Das Personal (1975)
(The Staff), took the Grand Prix at Mannheim Film Festival. His first
full-length feature was Die Narbe (1976) (The
Scar). In 1978 he made the famous documentary
Der Standpunkt eines Nachtwächters (1979)
(Night Porter's Point of View), and in 1979 - a feature
Der Filmamateur (1979) (Camera Buff), which was
acclaimed in Poland and abroad. Everything he did from that point was
of highest artistic quality.
