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Halina Bielińska

Halina Bielińska (14 August 1914 - 13 October 1989)[1] was a Polish film director, animator and screenwriter.

Bielińska and Włodzimierz Haupe were among the first Polish animators; their film Zmiana warty (Changing of the Guard) was awarded the Short Film Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1959.[2]

Bielińska was born in Warsaw on 14 August 1914. She died there on 13 October 1989 at the age of 75.

Selected filmography

Feature Films
  • Szczęściarz Antoni (1961)
  • Godzina pąsowej róży (1963)
  • Sam pośród miasta (1965)
  • The Nutcracker (Dziadek do orzechów) (1967)
  • Piąta rano (1969)
Animated Films
  • Katarynka (1956)
  • Zmiana warty (1958)
  • But (1959)

References

  1. ^ Halina Bielińska at the Filmpolski Database (in Polish)
  2. ^ Awards 1959 Archived 2013-12-25 at the Wayback Machine Cannes Film Festival