---
name: "Krzysztof Piesiewicz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/krzysztof-piesiewicz"
fi1m_id: "krzysztof-piesiewicz"
imdb_id: "nm0682830"
tmdb_id: 1132
wikidata_id: "Q59549"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "25 October 1945"
died: "14 May 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-21T05:02:00.504421+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Krzysztof Piesiewicz

## Identity

Krzysztof Piesiewicz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/krzysztof-piesiewicz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** krzysztof-piesiewicz
- **IMDb ID:** nm0682830
- **TMDB ID:** 1132
- **Wikidata ID:** Q59549
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krzysztof_Piesiewicz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59549, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0682830/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1132

Writer. Born 25 October 1945 in Warsaw, Poland. Died 14 May 2026.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 25 October 1945, Warsaw, Poland
- **Died:** 14 May 2026
- **Active:** 1989–2026
- **Also known as:** Krzysztof Marek Piesiewicz
- **Frequently works with:** [Krzysztof Kieślowski](https://film.one/person/krzysztof-kieslowski.md), [Marin Karmitz](https://film.one/person/marin-karmitz.md), [Irène Jacob](https://film.one/person/irene-jacob.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as writer, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 84 (1), 1990s 86 (4), 2020s 83 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 85 to 79 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Mystery 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Fantasy 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 10 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $9m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krzysztof_Piesiewicz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59549, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0682830/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1132

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Three Colors: Red*](https://film.one/film/three-colors-red.md) (90), [*Three Colors: Blue*](https://film.one/film/three-colors-blue.md) (88), [*Three Colors: White*](https://film.one/film/three-colors-white.md) (78)
- **The Criterion Channel:** [*The Double Life of Véronique*](https://film.one/film/the-double-life-of-veronique.md) (86)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Krzysztof Piesiewicz (also credited as Krzysztof Marek Piesiewicz) was a Polish lawyer, screenwriter and politician. He studied law at Warsaw University and began practising in 1973. Through the late 1970s he became involved in political cases, defending opponents of the Communist regime and serving as a legal adviser for Solidarity; he assisted in the prosecution of the murderers of Jerzy Popiełuszko.

In 1982 Piesiewicz met director Krzysztof Kieślowski. The pair collaborated as screenwriters on *No End* (1984) and subsequently on *The Decalogue* (1989), *A Short Film About Killing* (1988), *A Short Film About Love* (1988), *The Double Life of Véronique* (1991) and the *Three Colours* trilogy (*Blue*, 1993; *White*, 1994; *Red*, 1994). Their later joint work included *Heaven* (2002). Piesiewicz co-wrote screenplays for seventeen films directed by Kieślowski.

Piesiewicz served in the Polish Senate from 1991 to 1993 and from 1997 to 2011, and was head of the Social Movement party. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for *Three Colors: Red* (1995). He died on 14 May 2026.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Possible Love* (2026), Fi1m 83, Executive Producer, Original Story — [page](https://film.one/film/possible-love.md)
- *Three Colors: Red* (1994), Fi1m 90, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-red.md)
- *Three Colors: White* (1994), Fi1m 78, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-white.md)
- *Three Colors: Blue* (1993), Fi1m 88, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-blue.md)
- *The Double Life of Véronique* (1991), Fi1m 86, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-double-life-of-veronique.md)
- *Decalogue V* (1989), Fi1m 84, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/decalogue-v.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Possible Love* (2026), Executive Producer, Original Story — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/possible-love.md)
- *Parallel Tales* (2026), Executive Producer, Original Story, Producer
- *The Newbie* (2010), Producer
- *My Poor Head* (2010), Producer
- *Overboard* (2009), Producer
- *Street Feeling* (2009), Producer
- *Janusz W. Case* (2009), Producer
- *The Lodger* (2009), Producer
- *The Scent of Flowers Does Not Blow Against the Wind* (2009), Producer
- *Real* (2009), Producer
- *Yoko Ono’s Cups* (2009), Producer
- *The Fence* (2009), Producer
- *Hope* (2007), Screenplay
- *Hell* (2005), Writer
- *Heaven* (2002), Screenplay
- *Silence* (2001), Screenplay
- *Three Colors: Red* (1994), Screenplay — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-red.md)
- *Three Colors: White* (1994), Screenplay — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-white.md)
- *Three Colors: Blue* (1993), Screenplay — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/three-colors-blue.md)
- *The Double Life of Véronique* (1991), Writer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-double-life-of-veronique.md)
- *Dekalog* (1989), series, Writer
- *Decalogue V* (1989), Screenplay — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/decalogue-v.md)
- *Decalogue VI* (1989), Screenplay
- *Decalogue I* (1989), Screenplay
- *Decalogue II* (1989), Screenplay
- *Decalogue III* (1989), Screenplay
- *Decalogue IV* (1989), Screenplay
- *Decalogue VII* (1989), Screenplay
- *Decalogue X* (1989), Screenplay
- *Decalogue VIII* (1989), Screenplay
- *Decalogue IX* (1989), Screenplay
- *A Short Film About Love* (1988), Writer
- *A Short Film About Killing* (1988), Screenplay
- *No End* (1985), Screenplay

## Gallery

- ![Krzysztof Piesiewicz](https://film.one/media/person/79671/gallery-a54a08cc260c.jpg) Krzysztof Piesiewicz — Sławomir Kaczorek, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Krzysztof_Piesiewicz_VII_kadencja_Kancelaria_Senatu.jpg/1280px-Krzysztof_Piesiewicz_VII_kadencja_Kancelaria_Senatu.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sculpture memroized Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz and Zbigniew Preisner on Walk of Fame in Międzyzdroje. (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/79671/gallery-bc03fc50ad0d.jpg) Sculpture memroized Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz and Zbigniew Preisner on Walk of Fame in Międzyzdroje. (2014) — Mariochom, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Al_Gwiazd_Krzysztof_Kie%C5%9Blowski%2C_Krzysztof_Piesiewicz%2C_Zbigniew_Preisner.jpg/1280px-Al_Gwiazd_Krzysztof_Kie%C5%9Blowski%2C_Krzysztof_Piesiewicz%2C_Zbigniew_Preisner.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Senator V kadencji Krzysztof Piesiewicz (2001)](https://film.one/media/person/79671/gallery-842c3dafea29.jpg) Senator V kadencji Krzysztof Piesiewicz (2001) — Sławomir Kaczorek, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Krzysztof_Piesiewicz_2001.jpg/1280px-Krzysztof_Piesiewicz_2001.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Senator V kadencji Krzysztof Piesiewicz (2001)](https://film.one/media/person/79671/gallery-f06c48a57dea.jpg) Senator V kadencji Krzysztof Piesiewicz (2001) — Sławomir Kaczorek, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Krzysztof_Piesiewicz_2001_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Krzysztof_Piesiewicz_2001_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Senator V kadencji Krzysztof Piesiewicz (2001)](https://film.one/media/person/79671/gallery-fad553c94d9d.jpg) Senator V kadencji Krzysztof Piesiewicz (2001) — Sławomir Kaczorek, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Krzysztof_Piesiewicz_2001_%28cropped2%29.jpg/1280px-Krzysztof_Piesiewicz_2001_%28cropped2%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Senator V kadencji Krzysztof Piesiewicz (2001)](https://film.one/media/person/79671/gallery-774e439aee91.jpg) Senator V kadencji Krzysztof Piesiewicz (2001) — Sławomir Kaczorek, CC BY-SA 3.0 pl, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Krzysztof_Piesiewicz_2001_%28cropped3%29.jpg/1280px-Krzysztof_Piesiewicz_2001_%28cropped3%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1995: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Three Colours: Red*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Screenwriter 2002: European Film Award for Best Screenwriter (nominated), for *Heaven*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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