Piotr Szulkin

Piotr Szulkin

Bio

Born in 1950. Film, TV and theatre director and screenwriter. Graduate of Fine Arts High School (1970) and the Łódź Film School (film directing) (1975).

He has made a number of short films, including “Everything” (Wszystko), “The Birth” (Narodziny), “Working Women” (Kobiety pracujace), “A girl with a Devil” (Dziewcze z ciortem), “Charming Eyes” (Oczy uroczne), “Meat” (Mieso). (Piotr wrote most of the screenplays to his films.) He writes for literary magazines and has published two books: “O-Bi, O-Ba. End of Civilization” (O-Bi, O-Ba. Koniec cywilizacji), “Ga, Ga – Glory the Heroes” (Ga, ga – chwała bohaterom).

Piotr has won several festival awards: (e.g.) Grand Prix Oberhausen, Grand prix Mannheim, Andrzej Munk Award and the FIPRESCI Award.

Filmography

2003 Ubu the King (Ubu Krol)
1991 Femina
1985 Ga, Ga – Glory the Heroes (Ga, ga – chwała bohaterom)
1984 O-Bi, O-Ba. End of Civilization (O-Bi, O-Ba. Koniec cywilizacji)
Bronze Lions for scenography at PFF Gdank ’85
1981 The War of the Worlds (Wojna swiatow)
1979 Golem