Patrick Yoka (born 1975) is a television and film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his work on television series '' The Lousy World'' (2000–2017), ''

Niania Niania is a Polish comedy television series directed by Jerzy Bogajewicz, which aired on TVN (Polish TV channel), TVN from 10 September 2005 to 24 October 2009. It was based on the American original The Nanny licensed by CBS, which aired in the ...

'' (2006–2007), ''

Family.pl ''Family.pl'' (Polish: ''Rodzinka.pl''), also known as ''A Polish Family'', is a Polish comedy series directed by Patrick Yoka, aired on TVP2 TVP 2 (TVP Dwa, ''Program II Telewizji Polskiej'', ''"Dwójka"'') is a Polish public mainstream TV ...

'' (2011–2020), and ''

True Law ''True Law'' (original title: ''Prawo Agaty'') is a Polish legal drama television series directed by Maciej Migas and featuring Agnieszka Dygant as the title character, Agata Przybysz. It premiered on TVN on 4 March 2012. The plot is set in Warsaw ...

'' (2012).

Biography

Patrick Yoka was born in 1975 and is citizen of

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

. He has graduated from the Karol Szymanowski Music School in

Wrocław Wrocław (; german: Breslau, or . ; Silesian German: ''Brassel'') is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, rou ...

, Poland. In 2000, he begun working as a screenwriter on the television series '' The Lousy World'', and in 2008, he also became director of the series. He worked on the series until 2017. He also worked as a screenwriter on the television series '' Crime Wave'' (2003–2004), '' Hela w opałach'' (2006), and ''

'' (2006–2007), as well as a director on television series ''Hela w opałach'' (2006), and '' Naznaczony'' (2009), and ''

'' (2012). In 2011, he begun working as a director on the television series ''

'', and in 2016, he also begun working there as a screenwriter. He worked on the show until 2020. He directed feature films '' Letters to Santa 4'' (2020), and '' Święta inaczej'' (2022).

Private life

He is in a relationship with actress

Agnieszka Dygant Agnieszka Urszula Dygant (born 27 March 1973) is a Polish actress. She is a two-time Telekamery, Telekamery Award winner for Best Actress. Biography She studied at the LVI Liceum Ogólnokształcące named after Leon Kruczkowski in Warsaw. In h ...

, with whom he has a son born in 2010.

Filmography

References

External links

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(in Polish) {{DEFAULTSORT:Yoka, Patrick 1975 births Living people Polish television directors Polish film directors Polish documentary film directors Polish documentary filmmakers Polish screenwriters 21st-century screenwriters Male television writers People from Wrocław Film people from Wrocław Writers from Wrocław