Jan Jakub Kolski

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Full Name	Jan Jakub Kolski
Occupation	Film Director
Date Of Birth	Jan 29, 1956(1956-01-29)
Age	68
Birthplace	Wrocław
Country	Poland
Birth City	Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Horoscope	Capricorn

Jan Jakub Kolski Biography

Jan Jakub Kolski is one of the most popular and richest Film Director who was born on January 29, 1956 in Wrocław, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. Jan Jakub Kolski, born 29 January 1956, is a Polish filmmaker, cinematographer and writer.

Kolski has been awarded many awards both in Poland and internationally. His major international success is his 1995 Special Award at The Film Festival Tokyo for Grajacy z talerza (“Playing from the Plate”) He was also elected to the European Film Academy in 2000. Keep Away from the Window, his 2000 film, was entered in the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival.

Kolski’s literary output includes short stories collected in two books – Jańcio Wodnik i inne nowele (Johnnie Aquarius and Other Stories), and Mikroświaty (Microworlds); a novel, Kulka z chleba (A Bread Pellet); and a book for children, Jadzia i małoludki (Jadzia and The Little People).

Kolski’s first feature, Pogrzeb kartofla (“The Burial of a Potato”) was shot in Popielawy, in 1990. It was based upon the real story of Kolski’s maternal grandfather Jakub Szewczyk. Kolski used his vision of a world enhanced with magic in that film and in subsequent films. He is widely considered the originator of the “magical realism” trend in Polish filmmaking. Kolski has since made many other films, almost all in the same village or mythical country. These films include: Pograbek (A Knacker); Magneto (Johnnie Aquarius aka Johnnie Waterman); Cudowne miejsce (“A Miraculous Place”); Grajacy z talerza (“Playing from the Plate”) and Szabla od komendanta (“The Commander’s Sword aka Legacy of Steel”), all of which were based on Kolski’s script. Jancio Wodnik was awarded the Findling Award at 1994 Filmfestival Cottbus.

Jan Jakub Kolski Net Worth

Jan Jakub Kolski is one of the richest Film Director from Poland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jan Jakub Kolski 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kolski was born in Wroclaw and is from a cinema-related family. Roman Kolski, his father, and Ewa Pakulska, his sister were film editors. Wlodzimierz, his brother, is a producer manager. His paternal grandfather was an actor and producer. Kolski’s mother, Grazyna Blecka Kolska, is an actress. Kolski lived in Popielawy from age 11 to age 14 near Tomaszow Mazowiecki or Lodz. These years were the inspiration for his later films. He rose through the ranks to become the chief director of photography at his hometown TV station in the late 1970s. He continued his studies in cinematography at Lodz’s Film School, where he currently runs a screenwriting workshop. He received his doctoral degree as a film artist in 2007. He is also a lecturer at the Andrzej Wajda Masters School of Film Direction.

Kolski produced about twenty short films during the 1980s. ), Szkola przetrwania [The Survival School], Palkiewicz ma racje (“Palkiewicz Is Right”), Slowianski swit (“The Dawn of the Slavonic Tribes”), Ladny dzien (“A Nice Day”), Idz („Walk“). These short films won numerous awards in Poland. Kolski was known as the ‘Stuntman of Polish Cinematography’ for his short films that documented his passion for mountain climbing, speleology and other outdoor pursuits. Kolski also created three film diaries, Zobaczyc jak nieciej (To see all), Gdzie jestes Paititi. (Where are you Paititi? Miedzy rajem A Ziemia (Between Paradise & Earth) during his travels to Asia & South America.

Daleko od okna (Keep Away from the Window), made in 2000, opened a new chapter in Kolski’s filmography. The screenplay by Cezary Harasimowicz was based on a real-life story written by Hanna Krall, famous for writing about the Holocaust. His next work, Pornografia (Pornography) was in turn based on the novel with the same title by Witold Gombrowicz. The next two Jasminum and Afonia i pszczoły (Afonia and Honeybees) were based on his own original screenplays, whereas Wenecja (Venice), his latest movie, is based on a short story by Włodzimierz Odojewski.

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