Barbara Sass

Barbara Sass-Zdort (14 October 1936 – 2 April 2015) was a Polish screenwriter and film/stage director. In 1975, she graduated from the National Film School in Łódź. She was married to the cinematographer Wiesław Zdort.[http://www.wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,1329,title,Nie-zyje-Barbara-Sass,wid,17419879,wiadomosc.html?ticaid=1149ee Nie żyje Barbara Sass] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150405194147/http://wiadomosci.wp.pl/kat,1329,title,Nie-zyje-Barbara-Sass,wid,17419879,wiadomosc.html?ticaid=1149ee |date=2015-04-05 }} at the Wirtualna Polska {{in lang|pl}} Mother of famous Polish lawyer Pawel Zdort (Weil, Gotshal & Manges LPP, and Rymarz Zdort) and journalist Dominik Zdort.(TVP).

Awards

She received numerous awards, including FIPRESCI Prize (1980,1996),[http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?osoba=111300 Barbara Sass] at the Internet Polish Movie Database {{in lang|pl}} Prize for Best Debut Director at the Polish Film Festival (1980),[http://www.festiwalgdynia.pl/archiwum/laureaci/7,,,,laureaci.html Laureates in 1980] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219072839/http://www.festiwalgdynia.pl/archiwum/laureaci/7,,,,laureaci.html |date=2015-02-19 }} – Polish Film Festival {{in lang|pl}}[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000271/1980 Laureates in 1980] – Polish Film Festival at the IMDb and the Krzysztof Kieślowski Beyond Borders Award for Best Feature at the New York Polish Film Festival (2012).

Nominated for Crystal Globe for Temptation (Pokuszene) at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 1996.[http://www.kviff.com/en/about-festival/film-archive-search-results/T/ Film archive] – Karlovy Vary IFF

Selected filmography

  • 1980 – Bez miłości (Without Love)
  • 1981 – Debiutantka (Debutante)
  • 1982 – Krzyk (Scream)
  • 1993 – Pajęczarki (Spider Women)
  • 1995 – Pokuszenie (Temptation)
  • 1999 – Jak narkotyk (Like a Drug)
  • 2011 – W imieniu diabła (In the Name of the Devil)

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