Marek Brodzki (born 25 December 1960) is a Polish
film director and
television director
A television director is in charge of the activities involved in making a television program or section of a program. They are generally responsible for decisions about the editorial content and creative style of a program, and ensuring the prod ...
. He directed the film and series versions of
''Wiedźmin'' aka
''The Hexer'' and the series ''Miasteczko''. He has worked as
First Assistant Director
The role of an assistant director on a film includes tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, and maintaining order on the set. They also have to t ...
with top Polish directors
Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Witold Wajda (; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the ...
and
Krzysztof Zanussi
Krzysztof Pius Zanussi (born 17 June 1939) is a Polish film and theatre director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of European film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop. He is ...
and has specialized as a Polish First
Assistant Director and
Second Unit Director
Second unit is a discrete team of filmmakers tasked with filming shots or sequences of a production, separate from the main or "first" unit. The second unit will often shoot simultaneously with the other unit or units, allowing the filming stag ...
on international productions made in Poland notably including
Steven Spielberg's ''
Schindler's List
''Schindler's List'' is a 1993 American epic historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the 1982 novel ''Schindler's Ark'' by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally. The film f ...
'' and has a long working relationship with German director
Volker Schlöndorff
Volker Schlöndorff (; born 31 March 1939 Friday) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer who has worked in Germany, France and the United States. He was a prominent member of the New German Cinema of the late 1960s and early 1970s ...
. October 2015 he was awarded the Bronze Medal for Merit to Culture –
Gloria Artis.
He is married to
Production Manager
In the cinema of the United States, a unit production manager (UPM) is the Directors Guild of America–approved title for the top below-the-line staff position, responsible for the administration of a feature film or television production. Non- ...
,
Casting Director
In the performing arts industry such as theatre, film, or television, casting, or a casting call, is a pre-production process for selecting a certain type of actor, dancer, singer, or extra for a particular role or part in a script, screenp ...
,
First Assistant Director
The role of an assistant director on a film includes tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, and maintaining order on the set. They also have to t ...
Ewa Brodzka.
Selected filmography
Feature films:
* 2010 ''
Beyond the Steppes'' – with director
Vanja d'Alcantara –
Line Producer
A line producer is a type of film or television producer who is the head of the production office management personnel during daily operations of a feature film, advertisement film, television film, or TV program. A line producer usually works on o ...
: Poland/
Kazakhstan
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* 2008 ''
A Woman in Berlin'' (''Anonyma – Eine Frau in Berlin'') – with director
Max Färberböck – Asst. Director: Poland
* 2006 ''
Ulzhan'' – with director
Volker Schlöndorff
Volker Schlöndorff (; born 31 March 1939 Friday) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer who has worked in Germany, France and the United States. He was a prominent member of the New German Cinema of the late 1960s and early 1970s ...
– First Asst. Director, Line Producer
* 2006
''Strike'' (''Strajk'') – with director
Volker Schlöndorff
Volker Schlöndorff (; born 31 March 1939 Friday) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer who has worked in Germany, France and the United States. He was a prominent member of the New German Cinema of the late 1960s and early 1970s ...
– First Asst. Director
* 2003
''The Revenge'' (''Zemsta'') – with director
Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Witold Wajda (; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the ...
– First Asst. Director
* 2002
''The Pianist'' – with director
Roman Polanski
Raymond Roman Thierry Polański , group=lower-alpha, name=note_a ( né Liebling; 18 August 1933) is a French-Polish film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, tw ...
– Crowd Marshall
* 1999
''Pan Tadeusz'' – with director
Andrzej Wajda
Andrzej Witold Wajda (; 6 March 1926 – 9 October 2016) was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the ...
– First Asst. Director
* 1999 ''
Jakob the Liar
''Jakob the Liar'' is a 1999 American war comedy-drama film directed by Peter Kassovitz, produced by Steven Haft, Marsha Garces Williams and written by Kassovitz and Didier Decoin. The film is based on the book of the same name by Jurek Becker ...
'' – with director
Peter Kassovitz
Peter Kassovitz (born 7 January 1938) is a Hungarian-French film director and scriptwriter.
Personal life
He was born to Jewish parents in Budapest, Hungary. He fled the country at the time of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. He is the father ...
– First Asst. Director: Poland
* 1999 ''
Rider of the Flames'' (''Feuerreiter'') – with director
Nina Grosse
Nina Grosse (born 11 August 1958) is a German film director and screenwriter. She has directed 14 films since 1983. Her 2004 film '' Olga's Summer'' was entered into the 26th Moscow International Film Festival
The 26th Moscow International Fi ...
– Second Unit Director
* 1998 ''
Ibangin'' – with director
Moon Seung-wook – Second Unit Director, First Asst. Director
* 1997 ' – with director
Krzysztof Zanussi
Krzysztof Pius Zanussi (born 17 June 1939) is a Polish film and theatre director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of European film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop. He is ...
– First Asst. Director
* 1997 ''
Un Air Si Pur'' – with director
Yves Angelo – First Asst. Director
* 1996 ''
L'Elève'' – with director
Olivier Schatzky
Olivier Schatzky (born 1949) is a French film director and screenwriter. His 1991 film ''Fortune Express'' was entered into the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.
Filmography
* 1986 : ''Le Complexe du kangourou'', Screenwriter
* 1987 : ''A ...
– First Asst. Director
* 1996
''The Ogre'' (''Der Unhold'') – with director
Volker Schlöndorff
Volker Schlöndorff (; born 31 March 1939 Friday) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer who has worked in Germany, France and the United States. He was a prominent member of the New German Cinema of the late 1960s and early 1970s ...
– First Asst. Director: Poland
* 1995 ''
Les Milles
Les Milles is a village, part of the communes of France, commune of Aix-en-Provence, in southern France.
On the territory of the village Camp des Milles was opened in September 1939 in a former tile factory. Originally a French internment camp ...
'' – with director – First Asst. Director: Poland
* 1994
''Le Colonel Chabert'' – with director
Yves Angelo – First Asst. Director: Battle Scenes
* 1994 ''
El Detective y la Muerte
''The Detective and Death'' ( es, El detective y la muerte, links=no) is a 1994 Spanish thriller film directed by Gonzalo Suárez.
Plot
Loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Story of a Mother", it is set in a fictional European city ...
'' – with director
Gonzalo Suárez – First Asst. Director: Poland
* 1993 ''
Schindler's List
''Schindler's List'' is a 1993 American epic historical drama film directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the 1982 novel ''Schindler's Ark'' by Australian novelist Thomas Keneally. The film f ...
'' – with director
Steven Spielberg – Polish First Asst. Director
* 1993 ''
La Petite Apocalypse'' – with director
Costa-Gavras
Costa-Gavras (short for Konstantinos Gavras; el, Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς; born 12 February 1933) is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter, and producer who lives and works in France. He is known for films with political and s ...
– Asst. Director
* 1992 ' – with director
Krzysztof Zanussi
Krzysztof Pius Zanussi (born 17 June 1939) is a Polish film and theatre director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of European film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop. He is ...
– Asst. Director
* 1991 ''
Beltenebros'' – with director
Pilar Miró – First Asst. Director: Poland
* 1991 ''
Life for Life'' (''Zycie Za Zycie'') – with director
Krzysztof Zanussi
Krzysztof Pius Zanussi (born 17 June 1939) is a Polish film and theatre director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of European film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop. He is ...
– First Asst. Director
* 1991 ''
Eminent Domain
Eminent domain (United States, Philippines), land acquisition (India, Malaysia, Singapore), compulsory purchase/acquisition (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, United Kingdom), resumption (Hong Kong, Uganda), resumption/compulsory acquisition (Austr ...
'' – with director
John Irvin
John Irvin (born 7 May 1940) is an English film director. Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, he began his career by directing a number of documentaries and television works, including the BBC adaptation of John le Carré's '' Tinke ...
– Asst. Director
* 1988 ' (''Gdzieśkolwiek jest, jeśliś jest...'') – with director
Krzysztof Zanussi
Krzysztof Pius Zanussi (born 17 June 1939) is a Polish film and theatre director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of European film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop. He is ...
– Asst. Director
Television films:
* 2008 ''
Stauffenberg – the True Story'' – German
ZDF TV film
* 2007 ''
Das Wunder von Mogadischu'' (''Miracle of Mogadishu'') – German
ZDF TV film
* 2006 ''
Die Hölle von Verdun'' – German
ZDF TV film
* 2005 ''
Das Drama von Dresden'' (''the Drama of Dresden'') – with director Sebastian Dehnhardt –
Emmy Award for best documentary
* 2005 ''
Wir Weltmeister'' – German
ZDF TV film
Television series:
* 2004 ''
Hitler's Managers'' – Germany
* 2002 ''Wiedźmin'' (''
The Hexer'') – Poland
* 2000–01 ''
Miasteczko
A ( or (), () was a historical type of urban settlement similar to a market town in the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. After the partitions of Poland, partitions of Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth at the end of the 18th-century, these ...
'' – Poland
Internet TV series:
* 2009 ''Zobaczyć ciszę'' – Poland
*:It was the first in Europe TV serial in
sign language
Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Sign languages are expressed through manual articulation in combination with non-manual markers. Sign l ...
about a deaf family.
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References
External links
Marek Brodzki at the Filmpolski Database*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brodzki, Marek
1960 births
Living people
Polish film directors
German-language film directors
Recipients of the Bronze Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis