Łukasz Palkowski

Polish film director and screenwriter (born 1976)

Łukasz Palkowski

Łukasz Palkowski, 2017

Born|  (1976-03-02) 2 March 1976 (age 47)

Warsaw, Poland

Occupation(s)| Film director, screenwriter

Łukasz Palkowski (born 2 March 1976, Warsaw) is a Polish film director and screenwriter.

## Life and career[edit]

He initially studied at the National Film School in Łódź but dropped out. In 2007, he made his first full-length feature film entitled Rezerwat. The film tells the story of a photographer living in the Praga District of Warsaw who becomes infatuated with a local hairdresser and as a result comes into conflict with a criminal who shares a flat with her. He received an award for best debut at the 32nd Gdynia Film Festival.[1] In 2011, he directed Wojna żeńsko-męska based on a novel by Hanna Samson, which received much less favourable reviews from critics.[2]

In 2014, Palkowski directed his most critically acclaimed film Gods starring Tomasz Kot and based on the life of Zbigniew Religa, a surgeon who carried out the first heart transplant in Poland. The film won Grand Prix at the 39th Gdynia Film Festival as well as Polish Film Award for Best Film.[3][4] In 2017, he directed a biopic Breaking the Limits inspired by the life of triathlete Jerzy Górski.[5] The film received the Audience Award at the Gdynia Film Festival.[6]

He also directed a number of television series including an award-winning crime drama Belfer in 2016.[7] He also directed the first six episodes of Pułapka ("The Trap") TV series in 2018[8] while in 2019 he directed Żmijowisko based on Wojciech Chmielarz's crime novel.[9]

## Filmography[edit]

* Rezerwat, 2007
* 39 i pół, TV series, episodes 6-13, 2008
* Wojna żeńsko-męska, 2011
* Bogowie, 2014
* Belfer, TV series 2016
* Diagnoza, TV series, 2017
* Breaking the Limits, 2017
* Pułapka, TV series, 2017
* Chyłka. Kasacja, TV series, 2018-2019

## Screenplay[edit]

* Nasza ulica, 2004
* Rezerwat, 2007

## See also[edit]

* Polish cinema

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Rezerwat". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
2. ^ "Recenzja filmu: "Wojna żeńsko-męska", reż. Łukasz Palkowski". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
3. ^ "Palkowski trafia w serce. "Bogowie" – recenzja sPlay". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
4. ^ "Gods - Łukasz Palkowski". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
5. ^ "The Fastest - Łukasz Palkowski". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
6. ^ "Najlepszy". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
7. ^ "Belfer". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
8. ^ "Pułapka". Retrieved 13 April 2020.
9. ^ "Żmijowisko". Retrieved 13 April 2020.

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Polish Academy Award for Best Director

* Dorota Kędzierzawska (1999)
* Krzysztof Krauze (2000)
* Krzysztof Zanussi (2001)
* Robert Gliński (2002)
* Roman Polański (2003)
* Andrzej Jakimowski (2004)
* Wojciech Smarzowski (2005)
* Feliks Falk (2006)
* Krzysztof Krauze/Joanna Kos-Krauze (2007)
* Andrzej Jakimowski (2008)
* Jerzy Skolimowski (2009)
* Wojciech Smarzowski (2010)
* Jerzy Skolimowski (2011)
* Wojciech Smarzowski (2012)
* Roman Polański (2013)
* Paweł Pawlikowski (2014)
* Łukasz Palkowski (2015)
* Małgorzata Szumowska (2016)
* Wojciech Smarzowski (2017)
* Piotr Domalewski (2018)
* Paweł Pawlikowski (2019)
* Jan Komasa (2020)
* Jan Holoubek (2021)
* Jasmila Žbanić (2022)
* Jerzy Skolimowski (2023)

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