Mateusz Kudła

Mateusz Kudła (Polish pronunciation: [maˈtɛuʂ ˈkudwa]; born September 16, 1991) is a Polish film producer, director and TV reporter.

Mateusz Kudła
PronunciationMateusz Kudła
Born (1991-09-16) September 16, 1991
Chicago, U.S.
CitizenshipUS and Polish
EducationJagiellonian University
OccupationFilm director, producer, journalist
Years active2010–present
TelevisionTVN
Parent(s)
  • Anna Kordecka (mother)
  • Tomasz Kudła (father)
Mateusz Kudła and Roman Polanski on the set of "Polanski, Horowitz. The Wizards from the Ghetto"
Roman Polanski and Mateusz Kudla on the set of "Polanski, Horowitz. The Wizards from the Ghetto"

Early life

Kudła was born on September 16, 1991 in Chicago, Illinois. His parents, Anna and Tomasz, moved the family back to Poland in 1992. He has dual citizenship, US and Polish.[1]

Kudła's paternal great-grandparents, Jadwiga and Stanislaw Solecki were posthumously awarded the title of "Righteous Among the Nations" by Yad Vashem on August 25, 2015. They risked their lives during the Holocaust to save Jewish girl, Marlena Wagner, from extermination by the Nazis. In 2017 Mateusz Kudła started producing a documentary film about Marlena Madeleine Wagner-Alster, who came to Korczyna after over 70 years with her children and grandchildren to once again see the house where her life was saved.[2][3][4][5]

Kudła studied American studies at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

Career

Kudła began his career in 2010 in TVN, one of Poland's major television networks owned by Discovery Inc. Earlier he had been the picture editor in Onet.pl, the largest Polish web portal. He prepares news reports for TVN24, a Polish 24-hour commercial news channel, and Fakty TVN, the flagship newscast of TVN.[6] In 2018 he was a TV editor of International Festival of Independent Cinema Off Camera.[7]

In 2016 Kudła was awarded the Green Pear for outstanding journalistic achievements, in 2017 he was nominated to Bolesław Prus award by The Association of Journalists of the Republic of Poland.[8][9]

For his first short documentary film, Depositary (2014), he was awarded on Southampton International Film Festival[10] and has received two nominations on The Best Shorts Competition.[11] His film The Photo Film People (2017) won the Gold Dolphin of the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards in France[12] and the Gold Plaque of the Chicago International Film Festival Television Awards in United States.[13][14]

In 2015 he directed documentary film Wilczur about Jacek Wilczur, member of the Main Commission for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes in Poland, explorer of the Project Riese undergrounds and the Home Army executioner in Holy Cross Mountains.

Kudła is director and producer of film Polanski, Horowitz. The Wizards from the Ghetto, with Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski's and New York photographer Ryszard Horowitz's participation, about their early life in Kraków Ghetto during the Holocaust and after the war in Poland.[15][16][17][18]

Filmography

Director and producer[19]

Awards

Film

Journalism

  • nomination for the Bolesław Prus award of the Association of Journalists of the Republic of Poland (Warsaw, 2017)[28]
  • Green Pear for outstanding journalistic achievements of the Association of Journalists of the Republic of Poland in Kraków (Kraków, 2016)[29]

References
  1. Polish Film Festival in America (en), Polish Film Festival in America. Retrieved 2018-23-08
  2. The Solecki Family on Yad Vashem (en). Retrieved 2018-25-08
  3. Kolejni „Sprawiedliwi wśród Narodów Świata” w powiecie dzierżoniowskim (pl). Retrieved 2018-25-08
  4. UD-42 i tajemnice Korczyny (pl). Retrieved 2018-25-08
  5. Wiedzą sąsiedzi, jak kto siedzi (pl). Retrieved 2018-25-08
  6. KRK FILM (en), KRK FILM. Retrieved 2018-23-08
  7. OFF Camera (pl). Retrieved 2018-25-08
  8. Nagroda im. Bolesława Prusa 2017 (pl). Retrieved 2018-23-08
  9. Złota Gruszka i Zielona Gruszka (pl). Retrieved 2018-23-08
  10. Southampton International Film Festival (en), (Southampton International Film Festival). Retrieved 2018-23-08
  11. Winners Award of Merit March 2016 (en). Retrieved 2018-23-08
  12. Dokumentalny film z Dolnego Śląska "Ludzie z klisz" z nagrodą w Cannes (pl). Retrieved 2018-23-08
  13. Wielki sukces "Ludzi z klisz" w Chicago (pl). Retrieved 2018-23-08
  14. Filip Rozbicki (pl). Retrieved 2018-23-08
  15. Roman Polanski Returns to Poland to Shoot Film About His Childhood (en). Retrieved 2018-23-08
  16. Roman Polanski visits site of ghetto where he was held during Holocaust (en). Retrieved 2018-23-08
  17. Testament Polańskiego. Reżyser kręcił w Krakowie film o sobie (pl). Retrieved 2018-23-08
  18. Polański w Krakowie (pl). Retrieved 2018-23-08
  19. Mateusz Kudla on IMDb (en). Retrieved 2018-23-08
  20. Trwają prace nad filmem o dzieciństwie i młodości Romana Polańskiego (pl). Retrieved 2018-23-08
  21. Kraków. Wizyta Romana Polańskiego (pl). Retrieved 2018-23-08
  22. Roman Polański odwiedził Kraków (pl). Retrieved 2018-23-08
  23. Roman Polański w Polsce. Ruszyły zdjęcia do filmu o zdobywcy Oscara (pl). Retrieved 2018-23-08
  24. Roman Polański chodzi sobie po Krakowie i… kręci film o samym sobie. Dokument o życiu reżysera z Holokaustem w tle (pl). Retrieved 2018-23-08
  25. Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards (pl). Retrieved 2018-25-08
  26. Wilczur on Polish Film Festival in America (en). Retrieved 2018-25-08
  27. Mateusz Kudla on FilmPolski.pl (pl). Retrieved 2018-23-08
  28. Nagroda im. Bolesława Prusa 201 (pl). Retrieved 2018-23-08
  29. Wyróżnienia dla dziennikarzy wręczone! (pl). Retrieved 2018-23-08
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