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Born in Warsaw, Poland in 1948, she graduated from the FAMU Film School in Prague and began her career assisting Krzysztof Zanussi and Andrzej Wajda. She collaborated with Krzysztof Kieslowski on the screenplay of his trilogy, Three Colors. Her film "Gorączka" screened in Competition at the Berlinale in 1981, the year in which she emigrated to Paris. Since then she has made over 30 films, winning awards including the Emmy, Golden Globe, Golden Lion and BAFTA. Her films "In Darkness", "Europa, Europa" and "Bittere Ernte" ("Angry Harvest") were all nominated for an Oscar®.
Source: 67. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)