Richard Kwietniowski (born 17 March 1957) is an English

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and

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of Polish descent. During the 1980s he was a film lecturer at Bulmershe College of Higher Education (now

Bulmershe Court Bulmershe Court was a campus of the University of Reading, situated in what is now the Reading suburb of Woodley, in the English county of Berkshire. Historically, Bulmershe Court has been the name of a manor and of two quite distinct countr ...

Reading, Berkshire Reading ( ) is a town and borough in Berkshire, England, and the county town of Berkshire. It is the United Kingdom's largest town, with a combined population of 355,596. Most of Reading built-up area, its built-up area lies within the Borough ...

. He has directed eleven films since 1987. His film ''

Love and Death on Long Island ''Love and Death on Long Island'' is a 1997 British-Canadian film adapted from Gilbert Adair's 1990 novel of the same name, directed by Richard Kwietniowski and starring Jason Priestley, John Hurt, Fiona Loewi, Sheila Hancock and Anne Reid. Th ...

'' was screened in the

Un Certain Regard (; 'A Certain Glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films with unusua ...

section at the

1997 Cannes Film Festival The 50th Cannes Film Festival took place from 7 to 18 May 1997. French actress Isabelle Adjani served as jury president for the main competition. Jeanne Moreau hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. The Palme d'Or was jointly awarded to Iran ...

Filmography

* ''

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'' (1987) * '' Ballad of Reading Gaol'' (1988) * ''

Flames of Passion ''Flames of Passion'' is a 1922 British silent film drama directed by Graham Cutts, starred Mae Marsh and C. Aubrey Smith. The film was made by the newly formed Graham-Wilcox Productions company, a joint venture between Cutts and producer Her ...

'' (1989) * '' Proust's Favorite Fantasy'' (1991) * '' Cost of Love'' (1991) * '' Actions Speak Louder Than Words'' (1992) * ''

'' (1997) * '' A Night with Derek'' (1997) * ''

Owning Mahowny ''Owning Mahowny'' is a 2003 Canadian film starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, Maury Chaykin and John Hurt. The film is based on the true story of Brian Molony, a Toronto bank employee who embezzled more than $10 million to feed his g ...

'' (2003) * '' Regret Not Speaking'' (2003) * '' No One Gets Off in This Town'' (2010)

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* 1957 births Living people English film directors English male screenwriters English LGBTQ screenwriters English people of Polish descent Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer BAFTA Award winners Writers from London 20th-century English LGBTQ people 21st-century English LGBTQ people {{UK-film-director-stub