Piotr Bikont

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Piotr Bikont

Piotr Bikont (born May 12, 1955 in Poznan ; died June 27, 2017 ) was a Polish director , actor , journalist and theater manager .

Life

Bikont studied English from 1973 to 1975 at the University of Warsaw and then worked until 1978 as an assistant at Jerzy Grotowski's Theater Institute . He also published translations of poems by Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti in the journal Puls . From 1978 to 1982 he studied directing at the Film School in Łódź . During this time he worked for the underground edition of Puls and for Solidarność z Gdańskiem . In October 1980 he was a member of the National Founding Committee of the Independent Student Union .

After the introduction of martial law , he was interned from December 13, 1981 to October 1982. In 1983 he became chairman of the Association of Young Polish Filmmakers ( Koło Młodych Stowarzyszenia Filmowców Polskich ). 1984–85 he was vice-president of the art film studio Karol Irzykowski . As a journalist, he worked for the underground magazine Tygodnik Mazowsze from 1983 to 1989 . He then worked for the magazine Gazeta Wyborcza , 2000–01 for Przekrój .

He was married to columnist Anna Bikont , with whom he had two children, and then to actress Mirosława Olbińska.

Filmography

  • 1979: Feeling
  • 1980: Reconstruction
  • 1984: A year of the dormant sun (Rok spokojnego slonca)
  • 1986: Na szczycie
  • 1987: Fikcje przykładne
  • 1988: Ballada o strajku (with Leszek Dziumowicz )
  • 1988: Inny sierpień (with Leszek Dziumowicz)
  • 1989: Opowieści Okrągłego Stołu (with Leszek Dziumowicz)
  • 1991: In Solidarity (with Bolesław Sulik )
  • 1991: Podwójne potknięcie
  • 1991: Z dnia na dzień
  • 1992: Tunel
  • 1993: Żnin - Paryż - Wenecja, czyli sceny z życia prowincji (with Grażyna Gradoń and Stanisław Manturzewski )
  • 1994: Włodzimierz Borowski
  • 1995: Praffdata
  • 1999: Z Czeczotem przes niebo i piekło
  • 1999: Stół bez kantów

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personal data
SURNAME Bikont, Piotr
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish director, actor, journalist and theater manager
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Poses
DATE OF DEATH June 27, 2017