Andrzej Jakimowski
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{{Infobox person
| name = Andrzej Jakimowski
| image = TRICKS-2.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|08|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Warsaw, Poland
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| occupation = Film director, screenwriter, producer
| spouse = Ewa Jakimowska
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Andrzej Jakimowski (born 17 August 1963) is a Polish film director, writer and producer, best known for directing the films Squint Your Eyes ({{langx|pl|Zmruż oczy}}) and Tricks ({{langx|pl|Sztuczki}}).{{cite web | title = Biography for Andrzej Jakimowski | url = https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1435889/bio }} He is an alumnus of Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice.
Film career
=''Squint Your Eyes''=
Squint Your Eyes is Andrzej Jakimowski's 2002 drama{{Citation | title = Squint Your Eyes on the Internet Movie database | url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379063/ }} about a ten-year-old girl named Mała (The Little One). Mała runs away from the affluence of her parents home to the abandoned farm of her former teacher, Jasiek. With her parents and Jasiek both attempting to persuade Mała to return home, the story undergoes a few twists and turns, providing a fascinating meditation on the wiles of youth, and the adult reaction to them.{{Citation
| title = Sqint Your Eyes Plot summary on Rotten Tomatoes
| url = http://scour.com/view/result/Squint%20Your%20Eyes%20rotten%20tomatoes/U3F1aW50IHlvdXIgRXllcyBNb3ZpZSBSZXZpZXdzLCBQaWN0dXJlcyAtIFJvdHRlbiBUb21hdG9lcw==/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5yb3R0ZW50b21hdG9lcy5jb20vbS9zcXVpbnRfeW91cl9leWVzLw==/?URL=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/squint_your_eyes/
| access-date = September 28, 2019
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180840/http://scour.com/view/result/Squint%20Your%20Eyes%20rotten%20tomatoes/U3F1aW50IHlvdXIgRXllcyBNb3ZpZSBSZXZpZXdzLCBQaWN0dXJlcyAtIFJvdHRlbiBUb21hdG9lcw==/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5yb3R0ZW50b21hdG9lcy5jb20vbS9zcXVpbnRfeW91cl9leWVzLw==/?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rottentomatoes.com%2Fm%2Fsquint_your_eyes%2F
| archive-date = March 3, 2016
| url-status = dead
}}
=''Tricks''=
Tricks is a 2007 drama written, directed and produced by Andrzej Jakimowski. It tells the tale of Stefek, 6 years old, who believes that the chain of events he sets in motion will help him get closer to his father who abandoned his mother.{{Citation | title = Tricks Official Website | url = http://www.sztuczki-film.pl/index_en.html | access-date = August 30, 2008 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080915111831/http://www.sztuczki-film.pl/index_en.html | archive-date = September 15, 2008 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}
=''Imagine''=
In 2012, he directed the film Imagine.
=''Once Upon a Time in November''=
The film Once Upon a Time in November referring to the co-called March of Independence of 2013 organised by the Polish far-right ultranationalist organisations All-Polish Youth and the National Radical Camp was premiered at the 33rd Warsaw Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://wff.pl/en/film/once-upon-a-time-in-november |title=Once Upon a Time in November | language=en |access-date=December 2, 2019}} It contains documentary shots of the demonstration.
External links
- {{IMDb name|1435889}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080915111831/http://www.sztuczki-film.pl/index_en.html Tricks Website]
References
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{{Polish Academy Award for Best Director}}
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Category:Polish film directors