Agata Trzebuchowska (; born 12 April 1992) is a Polish screenwriter and film director.filmpolski database
/ref> She debuted in the film industry playing the title role in the 2013 film '' Ida'' for which she was nominated for many festival and industry awards. She works as a journalist for ''

Przekrój ''Przekrój'' (; ''Cross-section'') was the oldest Polish weekly newsmagazine in operation, established in 1945 in Kraków. After temporary closure in 2013, it was bought by photographer Tomasz Niewiadomski and subsequently relaunched in December ...

''.Trzebuchowska's author page on ''Przekrój'' website
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Discovery

'' Ida'' director

Paweł Pawlikowski Paweł Aleksander Pawlikowski (; born 15 September 1957) is a Polish filmmaker. He garnered early praise for a string of documentaries in the 1990s and for his award-winning feature films of the 2000s, '' Last Resort'' (2000) and '' My Summer of ...

was having trouble finding an actress to play his title character, so he put out word to the

Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the River Vistula in east-central Poland, and its population is officia ...

film community to be on the lookout for talent. Trzebuchowska was spotted by a friend of Pawlikowski, sitting in a cafe reading a book. Trzebuchowska had no acting experience or plans to pursue an acting career, but agreed to meet with Pawlikowski because she was a fan of his 2004 film ''

My Summer of Love ''My Summer of Love'' is a 2004 British drama film directed by Paweł Pawlikowski and co-written by Pawlikowski and Michael Wynne. Based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Helen Cross, the film explores the romantic relationship between two ...

''.

Filmography

* 2019: ''Vacancy'' (Director, Screenwriter) * 2018: ''The Kindler and The Virgin'' in ''

The Field Guide to Evil ''The Field Guide To Evil'' is a 2018 anthology horror film produced by Legion M. Eight film makers from different countries bring stories or folk tales from their country to the anthology. Plot The film comprises treatises on forbidden love ...

'' (assistant director) * 2016: ''Heat'' (Director, Screenwriter) * 2013: '' Ida'' (title role)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Polish Shorts database
1992 births 21st-century Polish actresses Living people Polish women film directors Polish women journalists {{Poland-actor-stub