Halina Bielińska

Birthday: 8/14/1914
Deathday: 10/13/1989
Place of birth: Warsaw, Poland
Fame for: Directing
Also known as: Галина Белиньска, Халина Белиньска, Галина Белиньская, Халина Белиньская

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.