Tadeusz Gasienica-Giewont was born on May 29, 1915 in Zakopane, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Zakopane, Malopolskie, Poland]. He is known for his work on Czarci zleb (1950), Les enfants du vent (1991) and Blekitny krzyz (1955). He died on April 2, 1999 in Zakopane, Malopolskie, Poland.