Wojciech Smarzowski (born 18 January 1963 in Korczyna near

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) is a Polish screenwriter and director. He studied filmmaking at the

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and the

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(1990). His 2004 film, '' The Wedding'' (not to be confused with the

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film of the same title) earned special jury mention at the

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in 2005. He began his film career as a video camera operator. Smarzowski’s film '' Róża'' gained the

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in seven categories in 2011. His film '' Traffic Department'' (2013) tells the story of seven policemen from Warsaw - colleagues and good friends whose lives change after one of them dies in mysterious circumstances. It competed in the main competition section of the

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. ''Kler'' (2018) was described by Anne Applebaum in ''

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'' as "a searing, painful film that condemns the Polish Catholic Church as corrupt and hypocritical". In its first weekend after opening, it broke box-office records in Poland and, after three weeks had been seen by 3 million people, about 10% of Poland's population.

Filmography

Feature films

Director & screenwriter

*''Sezon na leszcza'', 2000 - screenwriter only *'' The Wedding'' (''Wesele''), 2004 *'' The Dark House'' (''Dom zły''), 2009 *''

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'' (''Róża''), 2011 - director only *'' Traffic Department'' (''Drogówka''), 2013 *'' The Mighty Angel'' (''Pod Mocnym Aniołem''), 2014 *''

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'' (''Wołyń''), 2016 *''

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'' (''Kler''), 2018 *'' The Wedding'' (''Wesele''), 2021

Television

Director

*''Małżowina'', 1998 - TV movie *''Kuracja'', 2001 - Teleplay *'' Na Wspólnej'', 2003-2008 - TV series (125 episodes) *''Klucz'', 2004 - Teleplay *''Cztery kawałki tortu'', 2006 - Teleplay *'' BrzydUla'', 2008-2009 - TV series (25 episodes) *'' The Londoners'' - TV series (8 episodes) *''Bez tajemnic'', 2013 - TV series (7 episodes)

References

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Wojciech Smarzowski
at Culture.pl 1963 births Living people Jagiellonian University alumni Łódź Film School alumni Polish film directors Polish screenwriters People from Krosno County Polish atheists {{Poland-film-director-stub