Jan P. Matuszyński
{{Short description|Polish film director}}
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| nationality = Polish
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Jan Paweł Matuszyński ({{IPAc-pl|j|a|n|-|p|a|w|e|ł|-|m|a|t|u|s|z|y|ń|s|k|i}}; born 23 April 1984, Katowice) is a Polish film director and a producer of documentary films.{{cite news|url=https://culture.pl/pl/tworca/jan-p-matuszynski |title=Jan P. Matuszyński |access-date=2019-09-22}}{{Cite web |url=https://iffr.com/en/persons/jan-p-matuszy%C5%84ski |title=Jan P. Matuszyński at IFFR |website=International Film Festival Rotterdam |publisher=International Film Festival Rotterdam |access-date=2019-12-28 |archive-date=2021-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211205115158/https://iffr.com/en/persons/jan-p-matuszy%C5%84ski |url-status=dead }}
Life
In 2012, he graduated in Film and Television Directing at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice. In 2014, he was awarded the Silver George Award at the Moscow Film Festival for his documentary film Deep Love.{{cite news|url=http://www.38.moscowfilmfestival.ru:80/miff38/eng/archives/?year=2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520131025/http://www.38.moscowfilmfestival.ru:80/miff38/eng/archives/?year=2014 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2017-05-20 |title=36 MIFF PRIZES |access-date=2019-09-22}}
In 2016, he won the Golden Lions award at the 41st Gdynia Film Festival for Ostatnia rodzina (The Last Family), a film telling the story of artist Zdzisław Beksiński, starring Andrzej Seweryn (awarded the Silver Leopard for that role at the Locarno Film Festival) and Dawid Ogrodnik.{{cite news|url=https://film.wp.pl/zakonczenie-41-festiwalu-filmowego-w-gdyni-zlote-lwy-dla-filmu-ostatnia-rodzina-lista-nagrodzonych-6040520362889857a |title=Zakończenie 41. Festiwalu Filmowego w Gdyni. Złote Lwy dla filmu "Ostatnia rodzina" |access-date=2019-09-22}} In 2016, he was awarded the Paszport Polityki Award in the film category for Ostatnia rodzina.{{cite news|url=https://culture.pl/pl/artykul/paszporty-polityki-2016-wreczone |title=Paszporty Polityki 2016 wręczone! |access-date=2019-09-22}}
His latest film Żeby nie było śladów (Leave No Traces) entered the main competition at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.{{Cite web |title=PISF - Światowa premiera filmu „Żeby nie było śladów” w Wenecji |url=https://pisf.pl/aktualnosci/swiatowa-premiera-filmu-zeby-nie-bylo-sladow-w-wenecji/ |access-date=2025-01-24 |language=pl}}
Filmography
- Afterparty, etude, 2009
- Amisze znad Wisły, documentary, 2010
- Niebo, documentary, 2011
- Offline, short film, 2012
- Deep Love, documentary, 2013
- Kolaudacja, documentary, 2014
- The Last Family, 2016
- Król (The King), TV series, 2020
- Żeby nie było śladów (Leave No Traces), 2021
- Minghun, 2024
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=4956873|name=Jan P. Matuszyński}}
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Category:Polish film directors