Peter Fudakowski

• Name — Peter Fudakowski • Born — 2 September 1954 • Birthplace — London, England • Education — Wimbledon College • Alma Mater — Magdalene College, Cambridge • Occupation — * Film director • Screenwriter • Film Producer • Years Active — 1995–present • Known for — Secret Sharer (film), Tsotsi • Partner — Henrietta Fudakowski (1980–present) • Children — 2

Fudakowski, born in London to Polish immigrants and educated at Wimbledon College, did not go to film school but studied economics at Magdalene College, Cambridge (where he was the President of the Cambridge Union Society in Michaelmas Term 1976). He graduated with a master's degree and later read for an MBA at the business school INSEAD, France.

In 1979 he joined the First National Bank of Chicago, where he worked in the film financing department. In 1982 Fudakowski left to set up his own production company with his wife, Henrietta Fudakowski (née Williams), as a script editor and head of development.

Peter Fudakowski is son of Wojciech and Danuta Fudakowski who escaped form Communist Poland to England just after WW2. Wojciech fought with the Polish resistance Armia Krajowa (AK) as a teenager. His wife Danuta as a 13-year-old girl, survived the Warsaw Uprising in August 1944. His grandfather Jan Fudakowski was a Polish officer, author of military memoirs and was also the inspiration for Jasiu – a character in Thomas Mann's novella Death in Venice. Peter Fudakowski has a son and a daughter from his marriage to Henrietta Fudakowski (née Henrietta Williams).

Peter is passionate about movies, photography, ski-touring and sailing. He enjoys traveling and spending time with his grandchildren. In 1995 he helped set up the Mountain Haven for sick children in southern Poland under the auspices of the UK charity Children in Crisis. The Haven had achieved its goals by 2010 and was taken over by Caritas Poland. Films • Year — Title — Director — Producer — Notes • 1995 — Prowokator — https: www.imdb.com/title/tt0114198/ • 1999 — The Last September — https: www.imdb.com/title/tt0180793/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm • 2003 — Bugs 3D! — https: www.imdb.com/title/tt0337587/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_6_nm_0_q_BUGS%25203D! • 2004 — Piccadilly Jim — https: www.imdb.com/title/tt0371878/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm • 2004 — In my Country — https: www.imdb.com/title/tt0349260/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm • 2005 — Tsotsi • 2005 — Keeping Mum • 2011 — Hysteria • 2014 — Secret Sharer — Scriptwriter adapted from the book Secret Sharer • 2023 — Twarze Agaty — https: www.imdb.com/title/tt28328696/?ref_=ext_shr_wts Television Series • Year — Title — Director — Producer — Notes • 1999 — Trial by Fire — https: www.imdb.com/title/tt0245518/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_9_dr • 2002 — Helen West — https: www.imdb.com/title/tt0318221/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm