Council of Culture of the Silesian Voivodship, Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice () and Committee for the Construction of Silesian Museum. He was also one of the supporters of development of the Silesian language. His 1995 film Reverted was entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1997 Kutz took part in the elections to the Senate of Poland (from the list of Freedom Union party, Katowice constituency) and was supported by approximately 500,000 Silesians. In 2001 he was elected for his second term as a non-partisan candidate, and in 2005 re-elected for the third term. Recently, he was the deputy speaker of the Senate of Poland. For his social involvements he was awarded with many of the highest Polish awards. Kazimierz Kutz was married to Iwona and had two sons (Gabriel and Tymoteusz) and two daughters (Wiktoria and Kamila). Filmography 1958 - Krzyż walecznych 1960 - Nikt nie woła 1961 - Tarpany 1961 - Ludzie z pociągu 1963 - Milczenie 1964 - Upał 1966 - Ktokolwiek wie... 1967 - Skok 1969 - Salt of the Black Earth (Sól ziemi czarnej) 1971 - Pearl in the Crown (Perła w koronie) 1974 - Linia 1975 - Znikąd donikąd 1979 - The Beads of One Rosary (Paciorki jednego różańca) 1983 - Na straży swej stać będę 1986 - Wkrótce nadejdą bracia 1993 - Straszny sen Dzidziusia Górkiewicza 1994 - Reverted (Zawrócony) 1994 - Śmierć jak kromka chleba 1995 - Colonel Kwiatkowski (Pułkownik Kwiatkowski) 1997 - Sława i chwała 2004 - Stare srebra References External links Official webpage Kutz's biography on the page of the Senate of Poland Kazimierz Kutz at Culture.pl A Kind Mocker: Kazimierz Kutz's 10 Most Important Works at Culture.pl 1929 births 2018 deaths People from the Province of Upper Silesia People from Katowice Politicians from Katowice Łódź Film School alumni Polish film directors Polish screenwriters Polish atheists Members of the Senate of Poland 1997–2001 Members of the Senate of Poland 2001–2005 Members of the Senate of Poland 2005–2007 Members of the Polish Sejm 2007–2011