Urszula Antoniak (born 1968 in

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 ...

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) is a Polish-Dutch film director. She is best known for her film '' Nothing Personal'' which won four

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Biography

Antoniak graduated from the

Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School The Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School (also known as ''Katowice Film School'') is a polish film and television school established in 1978 and based in Katowice, Poland. It is a full-time film school and offers MA courses in Directing, Cinematogra ...

Katowice Katowice ( , , ; szl, Katowicy; german: Kattowitz, yi, קאַטעוויץ, Kattevitz) is the capital city of the Silesian Voivodeship in southern Poland and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. It is the 11th most popul ...

and the

Netherlands Film Academy The Netherlands Film Academy ( nl, Nederlandse Filmacademie) (NFA) was founded in 1958. The academy is the only recognised institute in the Netherlands that offers training to prepare for the work in the various crew disciplines. Specialisation ...

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Selected filmography

* 2009: '' Nothing Personal'' * 2011: ''

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'' * 2014: '' Nude Area'' * 2017: '' Beyond Words'' * 2020: ''Magic Mountains''

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Urszula Antoniak - Filmography
at the Filmpolski Database 1968 births Living people Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School alumni Dutch women film directors Polish women film directors Golden Calf winners Polish emigrants to the Netherlands People from Częstochowa University of Silesia in Katowice alumni {{Netherlands-film-director-stub