Dariusz Gajewski (born 3 December 1964,

Częstochowa Częstochowa ( , ; german: Tschenstochau, Czenstochau; la, Czanstochova) is a city in southern Poland on the Warta River with 214,342 inhabitants, making it the thirteenth-largest city in Poland. It is situated in the Silesian Voivodeship (admin ...

) is a Polish film director and screenwriter. He graduated from the

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in 1993. He also studied law at the

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. His 2003 film ''Warszawa'' ("Warsaw") won the Golden Lions Award at the 28th

Gdynia Film Festival The Gdynia Film Festival (until 2011: Polish Film Festival, Polish: ''Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych w Gdyni'') is an annual film festival first held in Gdańsk (1974–1986), now held in Gdynia, Poland. It has taken place every year sinc ...

. Between 2008–2016, he was the chairman of the

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Film Studio ''Młodzi i Film''. Since 2016, he has served as deputy director of the Polish Filmmakers Association. In 2004, he married actress

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Filmography

*''Nie bój, nie bój'' (1994) *''Utwór na chłopca i lampę'' (1996) *''Franciszek muzykant'' (1998) *''Anatol lubi podróże'' (1999) *''Stara muzyka'' (1999) *''Konwój'' (1999) *''Tu jest wszystko'' (2000) *''AlaRm'' (2002) *''Warszawa'' (2003) *''Lekcje pana Kuki'' (2007) *''Obce niebo'' (2015) *''Czas niedokończony. Wiersze księdza Jana Twardowskiego'' (2015) *''Legiony'' (2019)

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