Włodzimierz Staniewski

Włodzimierz Staniewski (born in 1950 in Bardo, Poland) is a Polish theatre and film director, founder and director of the Gardzienice Centre for Theatre Practices. Author of international programmes, actor training, essays, and plays.

• 1990: Diploma from the minister of foreign affairs for the Gardzienice Centre for Theatre Practices for its contribution to promoting Polish culture abroad
• 1991: Konrad Swinarski Award for Włodzimierz Staniewski and the group for the establishment and activity of the Gardzienice Centre for Theatre Practices
• 1999: First prize for the performance "Metamorfozy" / "Metamorphoses" based on Apuleius, at the MESS International Theatre Festival in Sarajevo
• 2002: Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta
• 2005: Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis
• Distinguished Cultural Activist (pl:Zasłużony Działacz Kultury)