Pawel Pawlikowski

Director | Writer | Producer

A literature and philosophy graduate, with extensive post-graduate work at Oxford on German ...

Born: September 15, 1957

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Filmography

Known For

Cold War Director (2018)
Ida Director (2013)
My Summer of Love Director (2004)
Known For

Last Resort Director (2000)
Director

Cold War (2018)
Ida (2013)
The Woman in the Fifth (2011)
My Summer of Love (2004)
Last Resort (2000)
Twockers (1998)
The Stringer (1998)
Tripping with Zhirinovsky (1995)
Serbian Epics (1992)
Bookmark (1991)
From Moscow to Pietushki: A Journey with Benedict Yerofeyev (1990)
Director

Open Space (1987)
Writer

Cold War (2018)
Lost in Karastan (2014)
Ida (2013)
The Woman in the Fifth (2011)
My Summer of Love (2004)
Last Resort (2000)
Twockers (1998)
The Stringer (1998)
Writer

From Moscow to Pietushki: A Journey with Benedict Yerofeyev (1990)
Producer

Twockers (1998)
Tripping with Zhirinovsky (1995)
Bookmark (1991-1992)
Producer

Serbian Epics (1992)
Actor

Gare du Nord Le patron de Joan (2013)
Additional Crew

Jerry (2017)
Pars Pro Toto (2017)
Butterfly Kisses (2017)
Additional Crew

Semangat (2010)
Brass Tacks (1986)
Sound Department

Serbian Epics (1992)

Awards

Did You Know

His paternal grandmother was Polish-Jewish and died in Auschwitz. Pawel learned about it from his father as a grown-up. This must have been a shocking news for him as he had been baptised and raised Catholic by his deeply religious mother.

Quotes

[on winning the 1st 'Best Foreign Language Film' Academy Award for Poland with Ida (2013)] It's really fantastic. We have a great tradition of films but no Oscars so this feels really great. I hope it encourages the world to look at Polish cinema ...