Camera Buff is a 1979 drama film from Polish writer and director Krzysztof Kieslowski. The film centers around a factory worker turned amateur cameraman. The man must balance his responsibilities at home and at work with his new found obsession. The film is based on Kieslowski's own experience as a filmmaker, where he began as an amateur documentarian and then went on to study film at the Lodz school in Poland.http://www.sensesofcinema.com/2007/cteq/camera-buff/

Camera Buff preceded the director's work on The Decalogue and the Three Colors Trilogy: Blue, Red and White.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001425/ For his work on the film, Kieslowski won the FIPRESCI Prize and Golden Prize at the 1979 Moscow International Film Festival. The director won a Golden Lion and actor Jerzy Stuhr received Best Actor at the 1979 Polish Film Festival.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078763/awards

Filip is a factory worker whose wife has just given birth to their first child. He buys a camera to capture his daughter's formative years on film. Soon after her birth, Filip's boss asks him if he can use his camera to record events at the factory so outsiders can gain a clearer picture of how it works. Filip's obsession with the art form begins to take over his life as he makes controversial films of his own. His wife, Irka, threatens to leave him and his boss looks to fire him for overstepping his bounds.http://www.allmovie.com/work/amator-86518

• Jerzy Stuhr as Filip Mosz
• Malgorzata Zabkowska as Irka Mosz
• Ewa Pokas as Anna Wlodarczyk
• Stefan Czyzewski as Director
• Jerzy Nowak as Stanislaw Osuch
• Tadeusz Bradecki as Witek Jachowicz
• Marek Litewka as Piotrek Krawczyk
• Boguslaw Sobczuk as Kedzierskihttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078763/

"None of the humor is excessive or intrusive, but there are moments of the absurd that maintain a relaxed tone, and Filip's enthusiasm is infectious. Kieslowski isn't attempting to bludgeon us with preachy morality lessons; his intent is to explore certain issues in an entertaining manner. And, while Camera Buff lacks some of the artistry evident in the director's later projects, it's worth seeing not only as an example of Kieslowski's early work, but as an important film in its own right." — James Berardinelli, Reel Reviewshttp://www.reelviews.net/movies/c/camera.html

"Suffused with Kieslowski's dry wit and intelligence, this early feature provides an excellent introduction to his work." — Johnathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Readerhttp://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/camera-buff/Film?oid=1062963