Krystyna Zachwatowicz
Krystyna Zachwatowicz-Wajda (born Krystyna Zachwatowicz; 16 May 1930) is a Polish scenographer, costume designer and actress. She is a daughter of architect and restorer Jan Zachwatowicz and Maria Chodźko h. Kościesza, and wife of film director Andrzej Wajda.
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- Name
- Krystyna Zachwatowicz-Wajda
- Birth Name
- Krystyna Zachwatowicz
- Born
- 16 May 1930
- Birthplace
- Warsaw, Poland
- Education
- Jagiellonian University Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts
- Occupation
- Scenographer, costume designer, actress
- Awards
- City of Kraków Award
- Nationality
- Poland.
- Fields
- scenography, costume design, film and theatre.
- Honours
- Armia Krajowa Cross, Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Cracoviae Merenti, Duke Mestwin II Medal, Order of the Rising Sun and City of Kraków Award.
- Languages
- Polish.
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Krystyna Zachwatowicz-Wajda (born Krystyna Zachwatowicz; 16 May 1930) is a Polish scenographer, costume designer and actress. She is a daughter of architect and restorer Jan Zachwatowicz and Maria Chodźko h. Kościesza, and wife of film director Andrzej Wajda.
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Member of the Polish Film Academy. She is a co-founder (with Andrzej Wajda) of the Manggha Centre of Japanese Art and Technology in Kraków.
Krystyna Zachwatowicz studied at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and Jagiellonian University. The recorded working language is Polish. The field of work recorded is scenography, costume design and film. Employment is recorded with Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art, Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and Teatr im. Distinctions recorded are Armia Krajowa Cross, Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Cracoviae Merenti and Duke Mestwin II Medal.

Józefa Hennelowa (1925-2020), Polish journalist and publicist, and Krystyna Zachwatowicz-Wajda (b. 1930), Polish stage designer and actress and Andrzej Wajda (1926-2016), Polish film director
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Ryszard Matuszewski (b. August 18, 1914 in Warsaw, Poland, d. April 29, 2010 in Warsaw, Poland) - Polish literary critic, writer, essayist and publicist and Krystyna Zachwatowicz-Wajda (b. 1930), Polish stage designer and actress
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• Name — Krystyna Zachwatowicz-Wajda • Native Name — Krystyna Anna Zachwatowicz-Wajda • Birth Name — Krystyna Zachwatowicz • Born — 16 May 1930 • Birthplace — Warsaw, Poland • Education — Jagiellonian University Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts • Occupation — Scenographer, costume designer, actress • Father — Jan Zachwatowicz • Awards — City of Kraków Award • Illustration — Krystyna Zachwatowicz with her husband Andrzej Wajda (2010)
Biography
Biography
Zachwatowicz was born on 16 May 1930 in Warsaw, Poland. She graduated from the History of Art Faculty of the Jagiellonian University in Kraków (1952) and Scenography faculty of the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków (1958). In 1958, she made her own debut as a scenographer in Marin Držić's Rzymska kurtyzana on the stage of Teatr Zagłębia in Sosnowiec. In 1960, she moved to Sosnowiec, where she was associated with student's theatre of the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice. There, she designed a scenography to Witold Gombrowicz's The Marriage directed by Jerzy Jarocki. Zachwatowicz cooperated with Jarocki also in other theatre productions: Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz's The Mother (1964, 1972; Matka) and The Shoemakers (1971; Szewcy) at The Old Theatre in Kraków. In The Old Theatre, she made set designs to several performances directed by Konrad Swinarski, i.e.: Zygmunt Krasiński's The Un-Divine Comedy (1965; Nie-Boska Komedia), William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1970) and to plays directed by Andrzej Wajda: Stanisław Wyspiański's November Night (1974; Noc listopadowa), Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment (1984), and William Shakespeare's Hamlet IV (1989). From 1958 to the 1970s, Zachwatowicz was an actress of Kraków's Piwnica pod Baranami, where she created a legendary portrait of "the first naive" (pierwsza naiwna). She cooperated with other theatres in Poland such as: The Groteska Puppet, Mask and Actor Theatre and The Ludowy Theatre in Kraków; with Dramatyczny Theatre and Polish Theatre in Warsaw, and in Wrocław with Polish Theatre.
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Career and activity
Krystyna Zachwatowicz worked in scenography, costume design, film and theatre. She was employed by Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art, Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, Teatr im. Aleksandra Fredry, Juliusz Słowacki Theatre and Helena Modrzejewska National Old Theater in Kraków. She belonged to Polish Film Academy, Solidarity, Prymasowski Komitet Pomocy Osobom Pozbawionym Wolności i ich Rodzinom, Open Republic and Grey Ranks.
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Krystyna Zachwatowicz is recorded as having studied at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and Jagiellonian University.
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Krystyna Zachwatowicz born at Warsaw.
Awards
• 1994: Silver Medal Cracoviae Marenti for contribution in Kraków, for founding Manggha (with Andrzej Wajda and Karolina Lanckorońska). • 1995: Golden Laurel of Przekrój "for the second Japan" (with Andrzej Wajda). • 1999: Knight's Cross of The Order of Polonia Restituta. • 2003: Polish Film Awards nominee (with Magdalena Biedrzycka) in category of Costume Design for The Revenge.
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The authorities additionally record the heading Krystyna Zachwatowicz-Wajda. Her recorded language was Polish. She was the child of Jan Zachwatowicz and Maria Zachwatowicz. She married Andrzej Wajda. Formation and teaching. Zachwatowicz studied at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and Jagiellonian University. The record notes the qualification scientific professorship degree. Zachwatowicz received Armia Krajowa Cross, Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta, Cracoviae Merenti, Duke Mestwin II Medal, Order of the Rising Sun and City of Kraków Award. Connected to 1 other published record in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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