Dariusz Jabłoński
Dariusz Jabłoński is a Polish film director and producer, president of his own production company, Apple Film Productions, and one of the leading independent producers in Poland.Biography
Jabłoński is a graduate of the Film Directing Academy in Łódź, Poland. He has worked on the biggest films in Polish cinematography – as a Second Director on Dekalog by Krzysztof Kieślowski and as First Assistant Director on the "White Visiting Card" and "Magnate" by Filip Bajon. He produced and directed "The Visit of an Elderly Lady" – the first Polish independent film—and Photographer, which received a number of international film awards: Grand Prix FIPA D'OR and Prix Planete in Biarritz ; Grand Prix International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam#VPRO IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary |VPRO Joris Ivens Award at IDFA in Amsterdam ; Prix Europa for Best Non-fiction TV Program ; Best Documentary in Banff ; Best Documentary at Double Take, Durham; Grimme Prize in Germany ; Bavarian TV Prize. His work has also been screened at the TOP TEN Mediaforum Conference in Cologne. In addition, he has won awards at many international and Polish film festivals.
In 1990 he founded Apple Film Productions, which has produced more than 21 documentaries, 15 feature films and numerous tele-plays. Most of these were co-produced by Polish Television, Canal+, WDR, ARTE as well as other international producers. Additionally, many of these productions have received myriad international film awards.
Jabłoński is a founder of the Polish Film Awards and the Polish Film Academy as well as of the Independent Film Foundation, created to promote Art House films and their writers. The Independent Film Foundation is also running "ScripTeast", an innovative training program designed specifically for experienced scriptwriters from Eastern and Central Europe. He has finished many special courses and received many international scholarships for European film professionals.
He is also a member of the European Film Academy. In 2012 he was elected president of the Polish Film Academy.
He was a BBC candidate for the producer of the series about Rittmeister Pilecki.Filmography
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