Jan Paweł Matuszyński (; born 23 April 1984,
Katowice
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) is a Polish film director and a producer of
documentary film
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s.
Life
In 2012, he graduated in Film and Television Directing at the
Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School
The Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School (also known as ''Katowice Film School'') is a Polish film and television school established in 1978 and based in Katowice, Poland. It is a full-time film school and offers MA courses in Directing, Cinematog ...
in Katowice. In 2014, he was awarded the Silver George Award at the
Moscow Film Festival
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for his documentary film ''Deep Love''.
In 2016, he won the Golden Lions award at the 41st
Gdynia Film Festival
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It has taken place every ...
for ''Ostatnia rodzina'' (''
The Last Family
''The Last Family'' () is a 2016 Polish biographical film directed by Jan P. Matuszyński. The film won the Golden Lions for best film at the 2016 Gdynia Film Festival. Plot
As renowned painter Zdzislaw Beksinski tapes everything with his camcorde ...
''), a film telling the story of artist
Zdzisław Beksiński
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Beksiński made his paintings and drawings in what he called either a Baroque or a Go ...
, starring
Andrzej Seweryn
Andrzej Teodor Seweryn (Polish pronunciation: ; born 25 April 1946) is a Polish actor and Theatre director, director. Regarded as one of the most successful Polish theatre actors, he starred in over 50 films, mostly in Poland, France, and Germa ...
(awarded the Silver Leopard for that role at the
Locarno Film Festival
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) and
Dawid Ogrodnik
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. In 2016, he was awarded the
Paszport Polityki Award in the film category for ''Ostatnia rodzina''.
His latest film ''
Żeby nie było śladów
''Leave No Traces'' () is a 2021 Polish Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Jan P. Matuszyński. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 78th Venice International Film Festival. It was selected as the Polish entry ...
'' (''Leave No Traces'') entered the main competition at the
78th Venice International Film Festival
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.
Filmography
*''Afterparty'', etude, 2009
*''
Amisze znad Wisły'', documentary, 2010
*''Niebo'', documentary, 2011
*''Offline'', short film, 2012
*''Deep Love'', documentary, 2013
*''
Kolaudacja'', documentary, 2014
*''
The Last Family
''The Last Family'' () is a 2016 Polish biographical film directed by Jan P. Matuszyński. The film won the Golden Lions for best film at the 2016 Gdynia Film Festival. Plot
As renowned painter Zdzislaw Beksinski tapes everything with his camcorde ...
'', 2016
*''
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It may be a Dutch surname. It originally was a nickname of someone with curly hair (''krul'' still means "curl" in Modern Dutch).Żeby nie było śladów
''Leave No Traces'' () is a 2021 Polish Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Jan P. Matuszyński. It was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 78th Venice International Film Festival. It was selected as the Polish entry ...
'' (''Leave No Traces''), 2021
*''Minghun,'' 2024
See also
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Polish cinema
The history of cinema in Poland is almost as long as the history of cinematography, and it has universally recognized achievements, even though Polish films tend to be less commercially available than films from several other European nations.
A ...
References
External links
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1984 births
Living people
Polish film directors
Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School alumni
People from Katowice