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
Web links
- Warszawska Jesień 2014 - Piotr Bikont
- Film Polski - Piotr Bikont
- Piotr Bikont in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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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 |