Mateusz Pacewicz

Mateusz Pacewicz (born 21 June 1992, Warsaw) is a Polish award-winning screenwriter and film director.[1]

Mateusz Pacewicz
Born (1992-06-21) 21 June 1992
Warsaw, Poland
NationalityPolish
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw
Occupation
  • Screenwriter
  • filmmaker
Years active2015–present

Life and career

He is a graduate of the Inter-area Individual Humanistic and Social Studies (MISH) of the University of Warsaw. In 2017, he wrote the script and directed Heat (in collaboration with Agata Trzebuchowska), a short film nominated for The Short Film Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival.[2] In 2019, he received the Best Screenplay Award for Jan Komasa's Academy Award-nominated film Corpus Christi at the 44th Gdynia Film Festival.[3] He also won two Polish Film Awards for Best Screenplay as well as the Discovery of the Year Award for Corpus Christi.[4] In 2020, he was also nominated for the Paszport Polityki Award in the film category.[5]

In 2020, he wrote the screenplay to another film directed by Komasa The Hater, a spin-off of the 2011 drama film Suicide Room.[6]

Personal life

He was born on 21 June 1992 in Warsaw to father Piotr Pacewicz and mother Alicja.[7] When asked about his inspirations in an interview, he named the New Testament, Hermann Broch's The Tempter, René Girard's The Scapegoat and Carlo Ginzburg's The Cheese and the Worms as the books which influenced his work.[8]

Filmography
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gollark: I wonder if Emu War Online's ever going to happen.
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gollark: I have to admit that the lack of emus is troubling.
gollark: If you want hyperbolic geometry, you could try HyperRogue in the meantime.

See also

References
  1. "Mateusz Pacewicz". Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  2. "Mateusz Pacewicz. Biography". Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  3. "44. Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych w Gdyni: Złote Lwy dla "Obywatela Jonesa" Agnieszki Holland! Oto pozostali laureaci". Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. "Mateusz Pacewicz". Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  5. "Paszporty polityki 2020 lista nominowanych w siedmiu kategoriach". Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  6. "Mateusz Pacewicz". Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  7. "Mateusz Pacewicz". Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  8. ""Skłonność do podążania za charyzmatycznymi liderami". Scenarzysta "Bożego Ciała" o książkowych inspiracjach". Retrieved 14 April 2020.
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