Dorota Kobiela

DK Welchman (née Dorota Kobiela) (born 1978) is a Polish filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. She is best known for co-directing her first fully painted animated feature film Loving Vincent (2017) with her husband Hugh Welchman.^[1][2]

DK Welchman
Kobiela in 2017
Born	1978 Bytom, Poland
Alma mater	Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw
Occupation(s)	director, producer and screenwriter
Years active	2004–present

Career

DK Welchman conceived Loving Vincent as a 7-minute short movie in 2008,^[3] Loving Vincent was idealized by Kobiela, a painter herself, after studying the techniques and the artist's story through his letters.^[4]

Filmography

• 2023: The Peasants (directed, writer)
• 2017: Loving Vincent (directed, writer, editor, visual effects)
• 2011: Little Postman (Short, director, writer)
• 2011: Chopin's Drawings (Short, director, writer)
• 2011: The Flying Machine (Short, director, writer)

Awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref.
2017	Shanghai International Film Festival	Best Animation Film	DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman	Won	[5]
2018	75th Golden Globe Awards	Best Animated Feature Film	DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman	Nominated	[6]
	St. Louis Film Critics Association	Best Animated Feature		Nominated	[7]
	Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards	Best Animated Feature		Nominated	[8]
	23rd Critics' Choice Awards	Best Animated Feature	DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman	Nominated	[9]
	90th Academy Awards	Best Animated Feature	DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman and Ivan Mactaggart	Nominated	[10]
	30th European Film Awards	Best Animated Feature Film	DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman	Won	[11]
	45th Annie Awards	Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production	DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman and Jacek Dehnel	Nominated	[12]
	71st British Academy Film Awards	Best Animated Film	DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman and Ivan Mactaggart	Nominated	[13]
	North Texas Film Critics Association	Best Animated Film	DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman	2nd Place	[14]
	St. Louis Film Critics Association	Best Animated Feature		Nominated	[15]