Wojciech Smarzowski
Wojciech Smarzowski (born 18 January 1963 in Korczyna near Krosno) is a Polish screenwriter and director.
Wojciech Smarzowski

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- Born
- 1963. · Korczyna.
- Nationality
- Poland.
- Occupation
- screenwriter, director and filmmaker.
- Education
- National Film School in Łódź and Jagiellonian University.
- Honours
- Paszport Polityki, Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis, Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta and Annual award ACFK.
- Languages
- Polish.
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Wojciech Smarzowski (born 18 January 1963 in Korczyna near Krosno) is a Polish screenwriter and director.
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Education and Career
Education and Career
Wojciech Smarzowski studied at National Film School in Łódź and Jagiellonian University. The recorded working language is Polish. Distinctions recorded are Paszport Polityki, Silver Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis, Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta and Annual award ACFK.
He studied filmmaking at the Jagiellonian University and the National Film School in Łódź (1990). His 2004 film, The Wedding (not to be confused with the Andrzej Wajda film of the same title) earned special jury mention at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2005. He began his film career as a video camera operator. Smarzowski’s film Róża gained the Polish Film Award in seven categories in 2011. His film Traffic Department (2013) tells the story of seven policemen from Warsaw - colleagues and good friends whose lives change after one of them dies in mysterious circumstances. It competed in the main competition section of the 35th Moscow International Film Festival. Kler (2018) was described by Anne Applebaum in The Washington Post as "a searing, painful film that condemns the Polish Catholic Church as corrupt and hypocritical". In its first weekend after opening, it broke box-office records in Poland and, after three weeks had been seen by 31⁄2 million people, about 10% of Poland's population.
Director
Director
Małżowina, 1998 - TV movie Kuracja, 2001 - Teleplay Na Wspólnej, 2003-2008 - TV series (125 episodes) Klucz, 2004 - Teleplay Cztery kawałki tortu, 2006 - Teleplay BrzydUla, 2008-2009 - TV series (25 episodes) The Londoners - TV series (8 episodes) Bez tajemnic, 2013 - TV series (7 episodes)
Orders and decorations
Orders and decorations
Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (decreed by Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski on May 16, 2014 for outstanding contributions to Polish culture, for achievements in creative work and artistic activity; decorated May 26, 2014). Silver Medal for "Meritorious Service to Culture Gloria Artis" (2014).

Wojciech Smarzowski - Mocny Solanin 2012, Solanin Film Festiwal.
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Pol'and'Rock Festival in 2019.
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Director and screenwriter
Sezon na leszcza, 2000 - screenwriter only The Wedding (Wesele), 2004 The Dark House (Dom zły), 2009 Rose (Róża), 2011 - director only Traffic Department (Drogówka), 2013 The Mighty Angel (Pod Mocnym Aniołem), 2014 Volhynia (Wołyń), 2016 Clergy (Kler), 2018 The Wedding (Wesele), 2021 Home Sweet Home (Dom dobry) (2025)
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- “Wojciech Smarzowski”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Clergy (Kler) by Wojciech Smarzowski – The Image of Catholic Priests in Polish Movies After 1989, Studia Religiologica, 2021
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- 1.Wojciech Smarzowski. filmpolski.pl
- 2.filmneweurope.com. Rose dominates the 14th Polish film awards.
- 3.culture.pl. Traffic Department.
- 4.First 10 Films of the 35th Moscow Film Festival Competition. MIFF.
- 5.Applebaum, Anne. In Poland, another blow to the Catholic Church. October 19, 2018.
- 6.Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 16 maja 2014 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń. isap.sejm.gov.pl.
- 7.Największe gwiazdy polskiego kina na przyznaniu medali "Zasłużony Kulturze". Party.pl. 2014-04-11.
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