Dorota Kobiela
Dorota Karolina Welchman (née Kobiela) (born 1978) is a Polish filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. She is best known for co-directing her first fully painted animated feature film Loving Vincent (2017) with her husband Hugh Welchman.
Dorota Kobiela
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- Name
- DK Welchman
- Born
- 1978
- Education
- Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
- Birthplace
- Bytom, Poland
- Occupation
- director, producer and screenwriter
- Nationality
- Poland
- Fields
- film direction · film screenwriting · painting · animated film
- Known for
- Loving Vincent
- Honours
- European Film Award for Best Animated Feature Film
- Languages
- Polish
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Dorota Karolina Welchman (née Kobiela) (born 1978) is a Polish filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. She is best known for co-directing her first fully painted animated feature film Loving Vincent (2017) with her husband Hugh Welchman.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — DK Welchman • Born — 1978 • Education — Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw • Birthplace — Bytom, Poland • Occupation — director, producer and screenwriter • Years Active — 2004–present
Career
Career
DK Welchman conceived Loving Vincent as a 7-minute short movie in 2008, Loving Vincent was idealized by Kobiela, a painter herself, after studying the techniques and the artist's story through his letters.
Filmography
Filmography
• 2023: The Peasants (directed, writer) • 2017: Loving Vincent (directed, writer, editor, visual effects) • 2011: Little Postman (short, director, writer) • 2011: Chopin's Drawings (short, director, writer) • 2011: The Flying Machine (short, director, writer)
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Life and career
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1978
Dorota Kobiela born at Bytom.
Awards and nominations
• Year — Ceremony — Category — Recipient(s) — Result — Ref. Reference • 2017 — Shanghai International Film Festival — Best Animation Film — DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman • 2018 — 75th Golden Globe Awards — Best Animated Feature Film — DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman • St. Louis Film Critics Association — Best Animated Feature • Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards — Best Animated Feature • 23rd Critics' Choice Awards — Best Animated Feature — DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman • 90th Academy Awards — Best Animated Feature — DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman and Ivan Mactaggart • 30th European Film Awards — Best Animated Feature Film — DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman • 45th Annie Awards — Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production — DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman and Jacek Dehnel • 71st British Academy Film Awards — Best Animated Film — DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman and Ivan Mactaggart • North Texas Film Critics Association — Best Animated Film — DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman — 2nd Place • St. Louis Film Critics Association — Best Animated Feature
Avant-première du film "La Passion Van Gogh": Pierre Niney, Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman.
Georges Biard
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