Michal Leszczylowski
Encyclopedia
Michal Leszczylowski is a Polish film editor
who has worked mostly in the Swedish film industry
. He has won several awards, including a Guldbagge Award
for Creative Achievement in 1989 and a Jussi Award for Best Editing for his work on Tulennielijä in 1999.
Film editing
Film editing is part of the creative post-production process of filmmaking. It involves the selection and combining of shots into sequences, and ultimately creating a finished motion picture. It is an art of storytelling...
who has worked mostly in the Swedish film industry
Cinema of Sweden
Swedish cinema is known as producing many critically acclaimed movies, and during the 20th century was the most prominent of Scandinavia. This is largely due to the popularity and prominence of the directors Ingmar Bergman, Victor Sjöström, and more recently Lasse Hallström and Lukas...
. He has won several awards, including a Guldbagge Award
Guldbagge Award
The Guldbagge Award is an official Swedish film award awarded annually since 1964 by the Swedish Film Institute.-Etymology:Guldbagge is the Swedish name for Cetonia aurata, a beetle also known as rose chafer. The name of the award could also be interpreted as a play on the Swedish word skalbagge,...
for Creative Achievement in 1989 and a Jussi Award for Best Editing for his work on Tulennielijä in 1999.
Selected filmography
- MammothMammoth (2008 film)Mammoth is a 2009 Swedish fiction film directed by Lukas Moodysson, about a successful New York couple experiencing conditions related to modern day globalization. The couple is played by Gael García Bernal and Michelle Williams, in the roles of Leo and Ellen Vidales. The title superficially refers...
(2008) - Dalecarlians (2004)
- Lilya 4-everLilya 4-everLilja 4-ever is a 2002 Swedish drama film. It is director Lukas Moodysson's third feature film which marks a sharp change of mood from his previous two films, the uplifting love story Show Me Love and Together, set in the 1970s...
(2002) - Show Me Love (1998)
- Private ConfessionsPrivate ConfessionsPrivate Confessions is a 1996 Swedish drama film directed by Liv Ullmann and written by Ingmar Bergman. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Pernilla August – Anna* Max von Sydow – Jacob...
(1996) - Speak Up! It's So DarkSpeak Up! It's So DarkSpeak Up! It's So Dark is a 1993 Swedish drama film directed by Suzanne Osten.-Plot:An elderly Jewish man befriends a young neo-nazi on a train and invites him to his home...
(1993) - The SacrificeThe SacrificeThe Sacrifice is a 1986 film, and the final film by Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky, who died shortly after completing it.-Synopsis:...
(1986)