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