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Richard Kwietniowski
Born March 17, 1957 · London, England (age 69)
Richard Kwietniowski (born 17 March 1957) is an English film director and screenwriter of Polish descent. 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.
Known For
Owning Mahowny · 2003Owning Mahowny
★ 6.82003
MovieCrimeDrama
Dan Mahowny was a rising star at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. At twenty-four he was assistant manager of a major branch in the heart of Toronto's financial district. To his colleagues he was a workaholic. To his customers, he was astute, decisive and helpful. To his friends, he was a quiet, but humorous man who enjoyed watching sports on television. To his girlfriend, he was shy but engaging. None of them knew the other side of Dan Mahowny--the side that executed the largest single-handed bank fraud in Canadian history, grossing over $10 million in eighteen months to feed his gambling obsession.
Mosaic of Seven ColoursMosaic of Seven Colours
MovieDramaFantasy
Tiles of an ancient mosque take visitors back to the Arabian Night. When one of the tiles smashes the only remaining visitor find herself trapped in a kaleidoscopic world between fiction and reality.
Love and Death on Long Island · 1998Love and Death on Long Island
★ 6.31998
MovieDramaRomance
Curmudgeonly author Giles De'Ath, a widower with a marked distaste for modern popular culture, attempts to buy a ticket for a film adaptation of an E.M. Forster novel, but instead finds himself watching a tacky teen sex comedy. Yet when the beautiful Ronnie Bostock appears on the movie screen, Giles finds himself caught in a whirlwind of unanswered questions about both his own sexuality and his place in late 20th-century society.
I Was a Jewish Sex Worker · 1996I Was a Jewish Sex Worker
★ 3.71996
MovieDocumentary
I Was a Jewish Sex Worker is a humorous, no-holds-barred autobiographical film about the director’s former career as a sex worker and his relationship with his Jewish family. From graphic, erotic massages to a revealing interview with his grandmother, Roth tells a unique tale and explores themes of sexual wellness, connection and self-realization. Featuring guest appearances by German filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim and sexologist/performer Annie Sprinkle.
Alfalfa · 1987Alfalfa
★ 5.01987
Movie
Film introduces a gay alphabet, with the aid of images and music, which it is argued is a defense against heterosexual language, and the hidden insults contained within.
Proust's Favorite Fantasy · 1991Proust's Favorite Fantasy
★ 7.01991
MovieDramaComedy
The greatest author of the twentieth century finds himself in a hotel room with a gendarme and a chicken...
What's Cooking? · 1986What's Cooking?
1986
MovieAnimation
Originally shown as part of Channel 4's series of shorts 'Women Call The Shots' on UK TV in 1986. The ingredients of animation are a motorcar, a dressmaker's dummy, and a glass of brandy. Out of the frying pan and into the fire goes sex and politics. What then is cooking?
Actions Speak Louder Than Words · 1992Actions Speak Louder Than Words
★ 10.01992
MovieDocumentary
Six deaf performers-three women, three men- are brought together to devise staged pieces based on their experience of gay and deaf cultures intersecting, and the highly politicized nature of both in Britain. The result is a diverse, assertive collage, ranging from advice on how to seduce a librarian( in silence, of course), to the importance of short hair in visibly proclaiming your lesbianism and deafness: plus an essential beginner's guide to sexual signing. Shot entirely in British Sign Language with subtitles for the hearing.
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