Łukasz Kośmicki (born September 9, 1968) is a Polish cinematographer, screenwriter and director, known for
''Dom zły'' (''The Dark House'') and ''
The Coldest Game''.
Kośmicki received the Special Award at the 2019
Gdynia Film Festival
The Gdynia Film Festival aka FPFF (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 ...
for the spy film ''The Coldest Game'', described as "exquisitely made genre cinema". The film was picked up by
Netflix
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and is distributed internationally.
Career
Kośmicki's debut as a cinematographer was with ''Gry uliczne''. He mentions how he tried to make that film "MTV-like" to distinguish it from typical films about the Communist era (he said the idea came from
Krzysztof Krauze
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Lif ...
). However, in the case of ''Poznań '56'', he made the visuals black and white and very "classic", in the spirit of the European cinema of the 1960s.
His directorial debut came with ''
The Coldest Game'' (2019).
Film
Director
* ''
The Coldest Game'' (2019); also screenwriter
* ''
Queen (2022 miniseries), Queen'' (2022)
Screenwriter
*
''Dom zły'' (''The Dark House'') (2009)
Cinematographer
* ''
Battle of Warsaw 1920
''Battle of Warsaw 1920'' (''pol. Bitwa warszawska 1920'') is a Polish historical film directed by Jerzy Hoffman depicting the events of the Battle of Warsaw (1920) of the Polish–Soviet War. It was released in September 2011. It was filmed in ...
'' (2011) - second unit; also directorial cooperation
* ''Haker'' (2002)
* ''Sezon na leszcza'' (2000)
* ''Billboard'' (1998)
* ''Gniew'' (1998)
*
Poznań '56
''Poznań '56'' is a Polish language, Polish historical film directed by Filip Bajon about the Poznań 1956 protests. It was released in 1996. Premiered at the 1996 Gdynia Film Festival, Polish Film Festival, the film won seven awards including Sp ...
(1996)
* ''Gry uliczne'' (1996)
[
]
Documentaries
* ''W sercu ukrył miasto (1999)'' - cinematographer
* ''Stan zapalny'' (1997) - cinematographer
* ''Departament IV'' (1996) - cinematographer[
]
Television
* '' Diagnoza'' (2018-2019) - director
* ''Druga szansa'' (2016) - director
* '' Przepis na życie'' (2011-2013) - director
* ''Rodzinka.pl'' (2011-2012) - director
* ''W roli Boga'' (2010) - cinematographer
* ''Wieczór z lalką'' (1997) - cinematographer
* ''Drugie zabicie psa'' (1996) - cinematographer
* ''Król Mięsopust'' (1995) - cinematographer
Other works
Kośmicki has also directed TV commercials and worked as a director and/or cinematographer on various short films.
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kośmicki, Łukasz
1968 births
Living people
Polish screenwriters
Polish cinematographers
Polish directors
People from Szamotuły