Halina Bielińska

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

August 14, 1914

Died

October 13, 1989 (75 years old)

Place of Birth

Warsaw, Poland

Also Known As

  • Галина Белиньска
  • Халина Белиньска
  • Галина Белиньская
  • Халина Белиньская

Halina Bielińska

Biography

Halina Bielińska was a Polish film director, animator, screenwriter, set designer and illustrator of children's books.

A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, Halina Bielińska was one of the pioneers of animation in Poland. Together with Włodzimierz Haup, their film Zmiana warty (Changing of the Guard) was awarded the Short Film Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1959.

Daughter of Edmund Krüger and sister of Maria Krüger.

Known For