Richard Kwietniowski

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Richard Kwietniowski
Born (1957-03-17) 17 March 1957 (age 67)
London, England
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter
Years active1987-present

Richard Kwietniowski (born 17 March 1957) is an English film director and screenwriter of Polish descent. [1] During the 1980s he was a film lecturer at Bulmershe College of Higher Education (now Bulmershe Court in Reading, Berkshire. He has directed eleven films since 1987. His film Love and Death on Long Island was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. [2]

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References

  1. "Richard Kwietniowski". movies.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  2. "Festival de Cannes: Love and Death on Long Island". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2009.