Agnieszka Holland Biography (1948-)
Given name is pronounced "Egg-nee-es-ka"; born November 28, 1948, in Warsaw, Poland; immigrated to France, 1981; daughter of Henryk (a journalist)and Irena (a journalist; maiden name, Rybczynska) Holland; married Laco Adamik (a director), 1968 (divorced); children: Katarzyna "Kasia" (a storyboard artist). Addresses: Agent: Rick Nicita, Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Manager: Pat Dollard, Catch 23, 100 North Crescent Dr., Suite 323, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.
- Nationality
- Polish
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Writer, director, actress
- Birth Details
- November 28, 1948
- Warsaw, Poland
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Film Work
- Director
- God's Sin (also known as Hrich boha), FAMU/Praga, 1970
- Le complot (also known as The Conspiracy, Conspiracion para matar a un cura, El complot de los rebeldes, and Il complotto), 1973
- A Girl and Acquarius, Zespoly Filmowe, 1975
- Obrazki z zycia (also known as Pictures from Life), 1975
- Aktorzy prowincjonalni (also known as The Provincial Actors), Zespoly Filmowe, 1978
- Goraczka (also known as Fever and The Fever: The Story of the Bomb), Zespot, Unit X, 1980
- (With Maciej Karpinski) Kobieta samotna i chromy (also known as A Lonely Woman, A Woman Alone, Woman on her Own, and Kobieta samotna), 1981
- Culture (documentary; also known as Kultura), 1985
- Angry Harvest (also known as Bitter Harvest; originally released as Bittere Ernte, 1985, European Classics, 1986
- To Kill a Priest (also known as Le complot, Popieluszko, and Zabic ksiedza), Columbia, 1987
- Europa, Europa (also known as Hitlerjunge salomon), Orion,1991
- Olivier, Olivier, Sony Pictures Classics, 1992
- The Secret Garden, Warner Bros., 1993
- Total Eclipse (also known as Eclipse totale and Rimbaudverlaine), Fine Line, 1995
- Washington Square, Buena Vista, 1997
- The Falconer, 1999
- The Third Miracle, Sony Pictures Classics, 1999
- Golden Dreams, Buena Vista, 2001
- Julie Walking Home, Overseas Film Group, 2001
- (With others) Prawdziwa historia Janosika i Uhorcika (also known as The True Story of Janosik and Uhorcik and Janosik--Pravdiva historia), 2003
- Producer
- Bark, 2000
- Film Appearances
- Secretary, Blizna (also known as The Scar), 1976
- Witowska, Przesluchanie, 1982, released in the United States as The Interrogation, Unit X/Zespoly, 1990
- The director, Total Eclipse (also known as Eclipse totale and Rimbaud verlaine), Fine Line, 1995
- In the Shadow of Hollywood (also known as A l'ombre d'Hollywood), National Film Board of Canada, 2000
- Television Work
- Director; Movies
- An Evening with Abdon (also known as Wieczor u Abdona), 1974
- Niedzielne dziece (also known as Sunday Children), Zespot,Unit X, 1976
- "Story I," Zdjecia probne (also known as Proof Shots and Screen Tests), Zespot, Unit X, 1977
- Shot in the Heart, HBO, 2001
- Director; Episodic
- "Red Wind," Fallen Angels, Showtime, 1994
- Director; Other
- Something for Something (also known as Cos za cos), [Poland], 1977
- (With Laco Adamik) Lorenzaccio, 1978
- The Trial, 1980
- Postcards from Paris (documentary; also known as Les cartes postales de Paris), [France], 1987
- Largo Desolato, 1990
- Television Appearances
- Episodic
- Conversations in World Cinema, 2000
- Stage Work
- Director
- The Emigrees, 1976
- (With Laco Adamik) Woyzeck, 1978
- Washington Square, 1996
- WRITINGS
- Screenplays
- God's Sin (also known as Hrich boha), FAMU/Praga, 1970
- A Girl and Acquarius, Zespoly Filmowe, 1975
- (With Witold Zatorski) Aktorzy prowincjonalni (also known as The Provincial Actors), Zespoly Filmowe, 1978
- Dead Case, 1978
- (With Andrzej Wajda) Rough Treatment (also known as Without Anesthesia and Bez znieculenia), Film Polski, 1980
- Cziowiek z zelaza (also known as Man of Iron), 1981
- (With Maciej Karpinsk) Kobieta samotna i chromy (also known as A Lonely Woman, A Woman Alone, Woman on her Own, and Kobieta samotna), 1981
- Mezczyzna niepotrzebny (also known as Man Unnecessary), 1981
- (With Jean-Claude Carriere, Wajda, Boleslaw Michalek, and Jacek Gasiorowski) Danton (based on the play The Danton Affair by Stanislawa Przybyszewska), Triumph/Columbia, 1983
- (With Wajda and Michalek) A Love in Germany (based on the book byRolf Hochhuth; originally released as Ein Liebe in Deutschland, 1983,also known as Un amour en Allemagne), Triumph, 1984
- (With Paul Hengge) Angry Harvest (also known as Bitter Harvest; originally released as Bittere Ernte, 1985, European Classics, 1986
- Anna (based on a story by Yurek Bogayevicz and Holland), Vestron,1987
- (With Carriere, Wajda, and Edward Zebrowski) Les possedes (also known as The Possessed; based on the novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky), Gaumont, 1987
- (With Jean-Yves Pitoun) To Kill a Priest (also known as Le complot, Popieluszko, and Zabic ksiedza; based on a story by Holland), Columbia, 1987
- (With others) La Amiga (also known as The Girlfriend, Die Freundin, and La Amiga--Die Freundin), 1988
- (With Hengge) Europa, Europa (also known as Hitlerjunge salomon; based on the book Memoires by Solomon Perel), Orion, 1991
- Korczak, New Yorker Films, 1991
- Olivier, Olivier, Sony Pictures Classics, 1992
- (Story) Three Colors: Blue (also known as Blue, Bleu, Trois couleurs: Bleu, and Trzy kolory: Niebieski), 1993
- Julie Walking Home, Overseas Film Group, 2001
- Teleplays
- Movies
- An Evening with Abdon (also known as Wieczor u Abdona), 1974
- Niedzielne dziece (also known as Sunday Children), Zespot,Unit X, 1976
- "Story I," Zdjecia probne (also known as Proof Shots and Screen Tests), Zespot, Unit X, 1977
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
- Contemporary Authors, Volume 144, Gale, 1994
- International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 2: Directors, St. James Press, 1996
- Women Filmmakers and Their Films, St. James Press, 1998
- American Film, September, 1986, p. 13
- Film Quarterly, winter, 1998, p. 2