Antoni Krauze
Born	(1940-01-04)4 January 1940 Warsaw, Poland
Died	14 February 2018(2018-02-14) (aged 78) Warsaw, Poland
Occupation(s)	film director, screenwriter
Awards	Order of Polonia Restituta Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis

Antoni Krauze (4 January 1940 – 14 February 2018) was a Polish screenwriter and director.

Early life

Antoni Krauze was born on 4 January 1940 in Warsaw, Poland.^[1] He studied filmmaking at the National Film School in Łódź (1966).^[2] He was the older brother of cartoonist and illustrator Andrzej Krauze.

Career

Krauze directed many documentaries and feature films.^[1] His 2011 film, Black Thursday won Special Award at the Polish Film Festival in 2011 and FIPRESCI Prize at the Montréal World Film Festival in 2011.^[3]

Death

Krauze died on 14 February 2018.^[4]

Filmography

Feature films

Director & screenwriter

• Palec boży, 1973
• Strach, 1975 – only director (by novel Zbigniew Safjan)
• Podróż do Arabii, 1979
• Party przy świecach, 1980 – only director (by novel Jan Himilsbach)
• Prognoza pogody, 1982
• Dziewczynka z hotelu Excelsior, 1988 – only director (by novel Eustachego Rylskiego)
• Radość pisania, 2005 – about Wisława Szymborska^[5]
• Black Thursday, 2011 – only director
• Smolensk, 2016 – about the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crash^[6]