Łukasz Karwowski BIO
Screenwriter, director, producer of feature films, including “Novembre” (“November”), Południe-Północ “South-North”, Mała Wielka Miłość “Little Great Love”. He has produced over 120 and directed over 300 television commercials. While working in various countries, he realized advertising productions for, among others, Bella, Daewoo, Danone, Grant’s Whiskey, Happy, ING, Jelfa, Johnson & Johnson, KIA, LOT, Lotto, MK Cafe, Nestle, Old Spice, Plus +, Procter & Gamble, PZU, TZMO, Unilever, US Pharmacia, and Van den Bergh. His ads have gone to receive many awards at festivals. He has been running his production company, Zoom Media sp.z o.o., for 18 years
In 1985-86, he studied Polish philology at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Studied directing between 1986 and 1990, obtaining a degree from the Film and Television Directing Department of the National Film School in Łódź, was taught by Wojciech Jerzy Has. He was a directing student at the National Film and Television School in the UK in 1989. In Belgrade, in the same year, he graduated from a film mastering workshop run by Istvan Szabo.
In private, he is husband to Weronika Karwowska and a father of 5 children: Franciszek, Roch, Mia, Leon, and Tymon.
FILMOGRAPHY:
„Wstęga Möbiusa” 1989
Written and directed by Łukasz Karwowski, cinematography Paweł Edelman, music by Philip Glass, artistic supervision Wojciech Jerzy Has.
- Edinburgh International Film Festival - Award for the best film
- Los Angeles, Student Academy Award (so-called student’s Oscar) – Nomination
- Tel-Aviv International Student Film Festival - Main prize
- Nimes (Film School Festival) - Screenplay award
- Paryż (Survey of Films) - Best Screenplay
The film was sold to many foreign TV stations, including Canal + France, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) Germany and others.
"Sal" 1991
Written and directed by Łukasz Karwowski, cinematography Paweł Edelman, artistic supervision by Colin Young, Poland / United Kingdom production. Starring: Sal Solo and others.
“Novembre” (“November”) 1993
Written and directed by Łukasz Karwowski, cinematography by Paweł Edelman, music by This Mortal Coil, Stage design by Andrzej Przedworski, artistic supervision Wojciech Jerzy Has, executive producer Piotr Dzięcioł, France / Poland production. Starring: Marine Delterme, Judith Henry, Alexander Kaidanovsky (Stalker), Bartłomiej Topa, Zbigniew Zpasiewicz.
- Gdynia (Polish Feature Film Festival) Award of the Polish Culture Foundation
- French Film Festival in Sarasota (Official Selection)
- Stockholm International Film Festival (Official Selection)
"Południe-Północ" („South by North”) 2006
Written and directed by Łukasz Karwowski, cinematography by Marek Rajca and Jacek Januszyk, stage design by Weronika Karwowska, music by Igor Czerniawski, edited by Aleksander Gruziel and Jarosław Barzan, sound by Michał Żarnecki. starring: Borys Szyc, Agnieszka Grochowska, Robert Więckiewicz, Stanisława Celińska.
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the opening film of the 22nd Warsaw International Film Festival
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Toruń (“Tofifest” International Film Festival) – “Flisak”
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Cieszyn (“Summer Stills” Film Festival) – “Golden Horseshoe” for the Best Film and “Golden Horseshoe” for the Best Male Role - Borys Szyc
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Orzeł (Polish Film Award) - nomination of the best supporting female role - Stanisława Celińska
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Zbyszek Cybulski Award, nomination for the best leading female role - Agnieszka Grochowska
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Busan International Film Festival “International premiere”.
"Mała Wielka Miłość" („Expecting Love”) 2008
Written, directed by Łukasz Karwowski, cinematography by Arkadiusz Tomiak, music by Piotr Komorowski, edited by Jarosław Barzan, stage design by Joanna Macha. Starring: Agnieszka Grochowska, Joshua Leonard (main role in the Blair Witch Project), Mikołaj Grabowski, Marcin Bosak, Robert Forster (nominee for the Oscar for “Jackie Brown”), Agata Kulesza.
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The “Polish Cinemas” Silver Ticket Association Award.
The film has been regularly broadcast on many TV stations for years.
"Mała Wielka Miłość" („Expecting Love”) 4 episodes series 2009
Written, directed by Łukasz Karwowski, cinematography Arkadiusz Tomiak, music by Piotr Komorowski, edited by Jarosław Barzan, stage design by Joanna Macha. Starring: Agnieszka Grochowska, Joshua Leonard (main role in the Blair Witch Project), Mikołaj Grabowski, Marcin Bosak, Robert Forster (nominee for the Oscar for “Jackie Brown”), Agata Kulesza.
The series has been regularly renewed by many TV stations for years.
„Doktor” 2009
Screenplay, direction, cinematography, and production Łukasz Karwowski, music Piotr Komorowski, edited by Przemysław Lisak.
A very personal film about the director's grandfather, Otton Karwowski, a village doctor, a legend. Dr. Otton treated the poor for free, while renowned clinics, after rare diagnoses, turned to him for assistance. Over 20,000 people came to the funeral of this ordinary country doctor.
Link to the page containing information on the film: http://ottonkarwowski.blogspot.com
„Kac Wawa” 2011
Written and produced by Jacek Samojłowicz, directed by Łukasz Karwowski, cinematography by Jacek Januszyk. Starring: Borys Szyc, Roma Gąsiorowska, Sonia Bohosiewicz, Michał Żurawski, Mirosław Zbrojewicz, Przemysław Bluszcz.
A controversial film project. This is the only film in the director's achievements where he was not a screenwriter and had no influence on the final edited version of the film.
„Syn Miasta” („Son of the City”) 2013
TV pilot series for Polsat. Directed by Łukasz Karwowski, cinematography Tomasz Dobrowolski, producer Jarosław Sander. Starring: Paweł Wilczak, Magdalena Boczarska, Eryk Lubos, Tomasz Sapryk.
"Toruń Europejską Stolicą Kultury 2016" (Toruń – a European Capital of Culture, 2016)
Written, directed, and produced by Łukasz Karwowski
„TZMO Global” 2018
Written, directed, and produced by Łukasz Karwowski
Pictures taken in India, Germany, Russia, England, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Poland, and Austria.
A film presenting the global corporation TZMO made with a vast production effort.
„Jedna dusza” („One Soul”) 2019
Pre-Production
Written, directed, and produced by Łukasz Karwowski