Weronika Tofilska

• Name — Weronika Tofilska • Born — 1985 • Birthplace — Katowice, Poland • Occupation — * Director • screenwriter • Education — * Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School • National Film and Television School • Years Active — 2008–present Weronika Tofilska (born 1985) is a Polish director and screenwriter. She is best known for co-writing the romantic thriller film Love Lies Bleeding (2024) and for directing the first four episodes of the Netflix miniseries Baby Reindeer (2024), the latter of which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Tofilska was born in Katowice. She attended the Państwowa Ogólnokształcąca Szkoła Muzyczna II stopnia im. Karola Szymanowskiego w Katowicach in Katowice and II Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Emilii Plater w Sosnowcu in Sosnowiec. As a teenager, she volunteered at the New Horizons Film Festival. She bought her first camera, a Sony MiniDV camcorder, after watching Miloš Forman's Amadeus (1984) for the first time. She attended the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School before later graduating from the National Film and Television School in 2014.

In 2019, Tofilska worked as a second unit director on an episode of Gangs of London. In 2021, she directed two episodes of the crime drama television series The Irregulars. In 2022, she directed one episode of the fantasy drama series His Dark Materials. In 2024, she co-wrote the romantic thriller film Love Lies Bleeding with Rose Glass, with whom she attended the National Film and Television School. That year, she also directed the first four episodes of the Netflix miniseries Baby Reindeer. For the series' fourth episode, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.

Since graduating from the National Film and Television School, Tofilska has lived and worked in London.

• Year — Title — Director — Executive producer — Notes — Reference • 2021 — The Irregulars — 2 episodes • Hanna — 2 episodes • 2022 — His Dark Materials — Episode: "No Way Out" • 2024 — Baby Reindeer — 4 episodes • 2026 — Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen — 4 episodes

• Year — Title — Artist — Reference • 2015 — "Devotion" — Woman's Hour • 2016 — "The Cure" — Stevie Parker

• Year — Title — Director — Writer — Notes — Reference • 2010 — Last Train — Short film • 2017 — Love Life — Short film • 2024 — Love Lies Bleeding — Co-written with Rose Glass

• Award — Year — Category — Nominated work — Result — Reference • Astra TV Awards — 2024 — Best Directing in a Limited Series or TV Movie — Baby Reindeer (for "Episode 1") • British Academy Film Awards — 2025 — Outstanding British Film — Love Lies Bleeding • British Academy Television Awards — 2025 — Best Limited Drama — Baby Reindeer • British Academy Television Craft Awards — 2025 — Best Director: Fiction — Baby Reindeer • British Independent Film Awards — 2024 — Best British Independent Film — Love Lies Bleeding • Best Screenplay • Dorian Awards — 2025 — LGBTQ Screenplay of the Year — Love Lies Bleeding • Primetime Emmy Awards — 2024 — Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie — Baby Reindeer (for "Episode 4") • San Diego Film Critics Society — 2024 — Best Original Screenplay — Love Lies Bleeding