Marek Koterski (born 3 June 1942) is a Polish film and

theatre director A theatre director or stage director is a professional in the theatre field who oversees and orchestrates the mounting of a theatre production such as a play, opera, dance, drama, musical theatre performance, etc. by unifying various endeavors a ...

, screenwriter, actor, and playwright. In 1972, he graduated in directing from the

Łódź Film School The Leon Schiller National Film School ( pl, Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Filmowa, Telewizyjna i Teatralna im. Leona Schillera) is a Polish academy for future actors, directors, photographers, camera operators and television staff. It was founded o ...

. Initially, he made documentaries, but in 1984, he gained recognition in Poland thanks to the semi-autobiographical tragicomedy ''Dom wariatów''. This was the first of nine films Koterski went on to write and direct about his alter ego, the character

Adaś Miauczyński Adaś Miauczyński is a fictional character created by Marek Koterski. He has featured in a series of films and stage works as well as a musical. Adaś (in two films, he is presented as Michał Miauczyński) is a Polish man whose first name, Ad ...

. Several of these, including the 1986 sequel to ''Dom wariatów'', titled ''Życie wewnętrzne''; the sixth and seventh films in the loose series, titled ''

Day of the Wacko Day of the Wacko ( pl, Dzień świra) is a 2002 Polish comedy-drama about a day in the life of Adaś Miauczyński, a frustrated, divorced, middle-aged teacher who suffers from OCD. Written and directed by Marek Koterski, the film stars Marek ...

'' (2002) and ''

We're All Christs ''We're All Christs'' (''Wszyscy jesteśmy Chrystusami'') is a 2006 Polish comedy-drama film directed by Marek Koterski. It is the seventh in a nine-part series of films about the character Adaś Miauczyński, created by Koterski. Each story sho ...

'' (2006), respectively; and the final one, ''7 uczuć'' (2018), won accolades. ''Życie wewnętrzne'' won a Silver Lion at the 1987

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 ...

, and in 2002, Koterski won a Golden Lion for ''Day of the Wacko''. In 2006, he received another Golden Lion as Best Director, this time for ''We're All Christs'', and he repeated this feat in 2018 with ''7 uczuć''. Koterski's son Michał is an actor. He portrayed Adaś Miauczyński in ''7 uczuć''.

Filmography

* '' Dom wariatów'' (1984) * '' Życie wewnętrzne'' (1986) * '' Porno'' (1989) * '' Nothing Funny'' (1995) * '' Ajlawju'' (1999) * ''

'' (2002) * ''

'' (2006) * '' Baby są jakieś inne'' (2011) * '' 7 uczuć'' (2018)

Awards

* Golden Lion – Best Director: ''

'' (2002) * Golden Lion – Best Director: ''

'' (2006) * Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis (2014) * Golden Lion – Best Director: ''7 uczuć'' (2018)

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Marek Koterski
at Culture.pl 1942 births Living people Polish film directors Polish film actors Polish male stage actors Film people from Kraków Polish theatre directors 20th-century Polish dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Polish dramatists and playwrights Łódź Film School alumni Recipients of the Gold Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis {{Poland-film-director-stub