Tomasz Wiszniewski

June 1, 1958 – November 20, 2016

Tomasz Wiszniewski

Bio

Born in 1958 in Lublin. Director and screenwriter. Graduated from film directing at the Łódź Film School (1984). Then he worked as a director’s assistant for Roman Polanski and Wojciech Has. In 1990 for Television Theatre he directed the play Quack (Szalbierz) with a great role by Tadeusz Lomnicki. Quack was enlisted to the Golden Hundred of Television Theatre Plays. Directed many documentaries awarded in Polish and international film competitions: Get Your Arms (Do broni), Alien Blood (Obca krew), The Brush and the Baton (Pędzel i batuta), Season (Pora), We Are All Made of Coal (Wszyscy jesteśmy z węgla).

Filmography

2007 All Will Be Well (Wszystko będzie dobrze)
2001 Where Eskimos Live (Tam gdzie żyją eskimosi)
– 1996 – Hartley Merrill Screenplay Award
– 1998 – Best European Screenplay Award at the Sundance Film Festival
– 2002 – Best European Film Award at the Avignon FF
– 2003 – Best Feature Film Award at the Optimistic Film Festival “Happy End” in Jelenia Gora
2000 First Million (Pierwszy million) (TV Series, Co-Director) 1990