Małgorzata Szumowska
Małgorzata Szumowska ( born February 26, 1973 in Kraków ) is a Polish film director.
Life
Małgorzata Szumowska studied for two years art history at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, before she began studying directing at the Film School in Łódź. In 1998 she graduated from the studies with a diploma. In 2000, her feature film debut was released. For this film Szczęśliwy człowiek she was nominated in 2001 for the European Film Awards in the category Discovery of the year. This nomination she received for her second film life in me, which originated as a German -Polish co-production. 2005 was one of the group of directors who turned for Polish television TVP on the 25th anniversary of the founding of Solidarity one of 13 short films that were then under the title Solidarność, Solidarność the anniversary of the events of August 1980 premiere. Other directors have included Filip Bayon, Ryszard Bugajski, Feliks Falk, Robert Gliński Jan Jakub Kolski, Juliusz Machulski, Piotr Trzaskalski, Andrzej Wajda and Krzysztof Zanussi.
In 2008, she was 33 movie scenes from the life of Julia Jentsch at the Locarno Film Festival awarded the Special Jury Prize. The film also won the Polish Film Award 2009 in the category Best Film, Best Music, Best Editing, and Audience Prize.
Her film drama W imię ... (Festival title: In the Name of ) deals with the homosexuality of a Catholic priest. The film received an invitation in the Competition of the Berlinale 2013. A year earlier, she had been represented by the better living already in the Panorama section of the festival.
Małgorzata Szumowska is the daughter of journalist Dorota Terakowska and Maciej Szumowski. Her brother Wojciech Szumowski is documentary filmmaker. She was married to the cameraman Michał Englert.
Filmography (selection)
- 2000: Szczęśliwy człowiek
- 2004: life in me ( Ono )
- 2005: Solidarnosc, Solidarnosc ... ( Episode: Ojciec )
- 2008: 33 scenes from the life (33 sceny z życia )
- 2011: A better life ( Elles )
- 2013: In the Name of ... (W imię ... )