Jan Jakub Kolski

Jan Jakub Kolski

Jan Jakub Kolski (born 29 January 1956) is a Polish film director, cinematographer, and writer. Kolski was born in Wrocław, and comes from a family closely connected to cinema. His father, Roman Kolski, and his sister, Ewa Pakulska were film editors. His brother, Włodzimierz Kolski, is a production manager. His paternal grandfather was a film producer. Kolski's wife, Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska is an actress. From age eleven until age fourteen, Kolski lived in a small village, Popielawy, near Tomaszów Mazowiecki and Łódź. Those years became the inspiration for his later films. During the late 1970s, he worked his way through the ranks at a TV station in his home town, ending up as chief director of photography. He then studied cinematography at the famous Film School in Łódź, where he now runs a screenplay workshop. In 2007 he gained his doctoral degree in film art. He's also a lecturer at Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing. During the 1980s, Kolski made about twenty short films, including Umieranko (A Little Dying); Najpiękniejsza jaskinia świata (The Most Beautiful Cave in the World); Mały dekalog (The Little Ten Commandments), Nie zasmucę serca twego (I Won't Make You Sad), Jak mnie kochasz (How Do You Love Me?), Szkoła przetrwania (The Survival School), Pałkiewicz ma rację (Palkiewicz Is Right), Słowiański świt (The Dawn of the Slavonic Tribes), Ładny dzień (A Nice Day), Idź (Walk). The shorts won many awards in Poland. Many of Kolski's short films documented his passion for mountain climbing and speleology, which earned him a nickname 'The Stuntman of the Polish cinematography'. More recently, Kolski created three film diaries: Zobaczyc jak najwiecej (To see everything), Gdzie jestes Paititi? (Where are you, Paititi?) and Między rajem a ziemią (Between Paradise and Earth) during his journeys to Asia and South America. Kolski's first feature, Pogrzeb kartofla (The Burial of a Potato), was shot in Popielawy in 1990, and was based on a real story of Kolski's maternal grandfather, Jakub Szewczyk. In that movie, as well as in his subsequent films, Kolski employed his own vision of the world enriched with magic, and is considered to be the founder of the 'magical realism' trend in Polish film making. Since then, Kolski has made many more films, most of them located in the same village or mythical countryside. Among those films are: Pograbek (A Knacker); Magneto; Jańcio Wodnik (Johnnie Aquarius aka Johnnie Waterman); Cudowne miejsce (A Miraculous Place); Grający z talerza (Playing from the Plate); Szabla od komendanta (The Commander's Sword aka Legacy of Steel); and Historia kina w Popielawach (The History of Cinema in Popielawy), which were all based on Kolski's own script. In 1994 Jańcio Wodnik won the Findling Award at the Filmfestival Cottbus.

  • Title: Jan Jakub Kolski
  • Popularity: 2.206
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1956-01-29
  • Place of Birth: Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland
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Jan Jakub Kolski Movies

  • 2003
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    Pornography

    Pornography

    5.9 2003 HD

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  • 2005
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    Solidarność, Solidarność...

    Solidarność, Solidarność...

    6 2005 HD

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  • 2005
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    Solidarność, Solidarność...

    Solidarność, Solidarność...

    6 2005 HD

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  • 1998
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    Magneto

    Magneto

    7 1998 HD

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  • 1998
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    Magneto

    Magneto

    7 1998 HD

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  • 2010
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    Venice

    Venice

    7 2010 HD

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  • 1995
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    The Man Who Reads Music From The Plates

    The Man Who Reads Music From The Plates

    7.2 1995 HD

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  • 1995
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    The Man Who Reads Music From The Plates

    The Man Who Reads Music From The Plates

    7.2 1995 HD

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  • 1998
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    History of Cinema in Popielawy

    History of Cinema in Popielawy

    6.318 1998 HD

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  • 1998
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    History of Cinema in Popielawy

    History of Cinema in Popielawy

    6.318 1998 HD

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  • 2006
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    Jasminum

    Jasminum

    6.2 2006 HD

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  • 2006
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    Jasminum

    Jasminum

    6.2 2006 HD

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  • 1994
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    Miraculous Place

    Miraculous Place

    6 1994 HD

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  • 2000
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    Keep Away from the Window

    Keep Away from the Window

    5.8 2000 HD

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  • 2012
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    To Kill a Beaver

    To Kill a Beaver

    4.6 2012 HD

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  • 1990
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    Burial of a Potato

    Burial of a Potato

    7.7 1990 HD

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  • 1988
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    A Nice Day

    A Nice Day

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1988
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    A Nice Day

    A Nice Day

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1988
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    A Nice Day

    A Nice Day

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1994
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    Johnnie Waterman

    Johnnie Waterman

    7.4 1994 HD

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  • 1996
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    ojDADAna

    ojDADAna

    1 1996 HD

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  • 1988
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    A Nice Day

    A Nice Day

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1988
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    A Nice Day

    A Nice Day

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1984
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    A Little Dying

    A Little Dying

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1983
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    Inauguracja 82

    Inauguracja 82

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1983
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    Inauguracja 82

    Inauguracja 82

    1 1983 HD

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  • 1985
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    Jak mnie kochasz

    Jak mnie kochasz

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    Jak mnie kochasz

    Jak mnie kochasz

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1985
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    Jak mnie kochasz

    Jak mnie kochasz

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1994
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    Johnnie Waterman

    Johnnie Waterman

    7.4 1994 HD

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  • 2010
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    Venice

    Venice

    7 2010 HD

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  • 2021
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    The Republic of Children

    The Republic of Children

    1 2021 HD

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  • 2021
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    The Republic of Children

    The Republic of Children

    1 2021 HD

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  • 1996
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    Szabla od komendanta

    Szabla od komendanta

    6.8 1996 HD

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  • 2014
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    The Heart and Sweetheart

    The Heart and Sweetheart

    5.4 2014 HD

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  • 2014
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    The Heart and Sweetheart

    The Heart and Sweetheart

    5.4 2014 HD

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  • 1984
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    A Little Dying

    A Little Dying

    1 1984 HD

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  • 1996
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    ojDADAna

    ojDADAna

    1 1996 HD

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  • 2005
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    Wielki woz

    Wielki woz

    1 2005 HD

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  • 2024
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    The Maniacs

    The Maniacs

    1 2024 HD

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  • 2003
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    Pornography

    Pornography

    5.9 2003 HD

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  • 2009
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    Afonia i pszczoły

    Afonia i pszczoły

    5 2009 HD

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  • 2024
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    The Maniacs

    The Maniacs

    1 2024 HD

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  • 2017
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    Las, 4 rano

    Las, 4 rano

    5.3 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    Las, 4 rano

    Las, 4 rano

    5.3 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    Las, 4 rano

    Las, 4 rano

    5.3 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    Las, 4 rano

    Las, 4 rano

    5.3 2017 HD

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  • 1993
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    Pograbek

    Pograbek

    6 1993 HD

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  • 2024
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    The Maniacs

    The Maniacs

    1 2024 HD

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  • 1994
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    Miraculous Place

    Miraculous Place

    6 1994 HD

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  • 2019
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    Pardon

    Pardon

    6 2019 HD

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  • 2019
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    Pardon

    Pardon

    6 2019 HD

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  • 2009
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    Afonia i pszczoły

    Afonia i pszczoły

    5 2009 HD

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  • 2009
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    Afonia i pszczoły

    Afonia i pszczoły

    5 2009 HD

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  • 1996
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    Szabla od komendanta

    Szabla od komendanta

    6.8 1996 HD

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  • 2019
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    Pardon

    Pardon

    6 2019 HD

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  • 2019
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    Pardon

    Pardon

    6 2019 HD

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  • 1993
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    Pograbek

    Pograbek

    6 1993 HD

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

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