Wojciech Smarzowski

Wojciech Smarzowski
Wojciech Smarzowski
	Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis

Wojciech Smarzowski (born 18 January 1963 in

National Film School in Łódź (1990).^[1] His 2004 film, The Wedding (not to be confused with the Andrzej Wajda film of the same title) earned special jury mention at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

in 2005. He began his film career as a video camera operator.

Smarzowski’s film

Róża gained the Polish Film Award in seven categories in 2011.^[2] His film Traffic Department (2013) tells the story of seven policemen from Warsaw - colleagues and good friends whose lives change after one of them dies in mysterious circumstances.^[3] It competed in the main competition section of the 35th Moscow International Film Festival.^[4]

Kler (2018) was described by Anne Applebaum in The Washington Post as "a searing, painful film that condemns the Polish Catholic Church as corrupt and hypocritical". In its first weekend after opening, it broke box-office records in Poland and, after three weeks had been seen by 31⁄2 million people, about 10% of Poland's population.^[5]

Filmography

Feature films

Director and screenwriter

Sezon na leszcza, 2000 - screenwriter only
The Wedding (Wesele), 2004
The Dark House (Dom zły), 2009
Rose (Róża), 2011 - director only
Traffic Department (Drogówka), 2013
The Mighty Angel (Pod Mocnym Aniołem), 2014
Volhynia (Wołyń), 2016
Clergy (Kler), 2018
The Wedding (Wesele), 2021

Television

Director

Małżowina, 1998 - TV movie
Kuracja, 2001 - Teleplay
Na Wspólnej, 2003-2008 - TV series (125 episodes)
Klucz, 2004 - Teleplay
Cztery kawałki tortu, 2006 - Teleplay
BrzydUla, 2008-2009 - TV series (25 episodes)
The Londoners
- TV series (8 episodes)
Bez tajemnic, 2013 - TV series (7 episodes)

Orders and decorations

Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (decreed by Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski on May 16, 2014 for outstanding contributions to Polish culture, for achievements in creative work and artistic activity; decorated May 26, 2014).^[6]
Silver
Medal for "Meritorious Service to Culture Gloria Artis" (2014).^[7]

References

^ Wojciech Smarzowski. filmpolski.pl
^ "Rose dominates the 14th Polish film awards". filmneweurope.com.
^ "Traffic Department". culture.pl.
^ "First 10 Films of the 35th Moscow Film Festival Competition". MIFF. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
^ Applebaum, Anne (October 19, 2018). "In Poland, another blow to the Catholic Church". Retrieved October 20, 2018.
^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 16 maja 2014 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń". isap.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
^ "Największe gwiazdy polskiego kina na przyznaniu medali "Zasłużony Kulturze"". Party.pl (in Polish). 2014-04-11. Retrieved 2023-05-26.

External links

Wojciech Smarzowski at
IMDb
Wojciech Smarzowski at Culture.pl

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[1] Wojciech Smarzowski. filmpolski.pl

[film-2] "Rose dominates the 14th Polish film awards". filmneweurope.com.

[Drogówka-3] "Traffic Department". culture.pl.

[Moscow-4] "First 10 Films of the 35th Moscow Film Festival Competition". MIFF. Retrieved 2013-05-29.

[5] Applebaum, Anne (October 19, 2018). "In Poland, another blow to the Catholic Church". Retrieved October 20, 2018.

[6] "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 16 maja 2014 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń". isap.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 2023-05-26.

[7] "Największe gwiazdy polskiego kina na przyznaniu medali "Zasłużony Kulturze"". Party.pl (in Polish). 2014-04-11. Retrieved 2023-05-26.

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