Kasia Adamik

Katarzyna "Kasia" Adamik (born 28 December 1972) is a Polish director and storyboard artist. She has directed TV series including 1983, Axis Mundi, and Absentia. Her debut film feature as director, Bark!, was in competition at Sundance Film Festival.^[1] Adamik and Olga Chajdas shared the award for Best TV Show at the Polish Film Awards for directing drama The Pack.^[2] A Hollywood Reporter article listed her among "four of the country's most prominent directors", naming her alongside the fellow Polish directors she worked on for conspiracy thriller series 1983, which was Netflix's first Polish original series.^[3]

Kasia Adamik
Adamik in 2009
Born	(1972-12-28) 28 December 1972 (age 51) Warsaw, Poland
Occupations	Director storyboard artist
Parent	Agnieszka Holland (mother)
Relatives	Magdalena Łazarkiewicz (aunt)

Personal life

Adamik was born in Warsaw, the daughter of Polish film director Agnieszka Holland and Slovak opera director Laco Adamík.^[4] Her aunt is film director Magdalena Łazarkiewicz. She graduated in graphics from the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels.

She came out as a lesbian in 2012.^[5]

Career

Adamik debuted in the film industry in 1993. She has worked as a storyboard artist on an array of movies, including In Darkness, Copying Beethoven, Everything Is Illuminated, Catwoman, Trapped, Julie Walking Home, Angel of Death, Hearts in Atlantis, Angel Eyes, Golden Dreams, Battlefield Earth, Na koniec swiata, The Third Miracle, The Wood, Beloved, Wicked, Polish Wedding, Washington Square, and Total Eclipse.^[6] 1983, a Polish-language TV series directed by Adamik and Agnieszka Holland, debuted on Netflix in 2018 as the streaming service's first Polish-language original production.^[7]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Notes
2018	1983	co-director
2017	Absentia	co-director
2011	In Darkness	storyboard artist
2006	Copying Beethoven	storyboard artist
2005	Everything Is Illuminated	storyboard artist
2004	Catwoman	storyboard artist
2002	Trapped	storyboard artist
2002	Julie Walking Home	storyboard artist
2002	Bark!	director
2001	Golden Dreams'	storyboard artist
2001	Hearts in Atlantis	storyboard artist
2000	Battlefield Earth	storyboard artist
1999	Na koniec swiata [pl]	storyboard artist
1999	The Third Miracle	storyboard artist
1999	The Wood	storyboard artist
1998	Beloved	storyboard artist
1998	Wicked	storyboard artist
1998	Polish Wedding	storyboard artist
1997	Washington Square	storyboard artist
1995	Total Eclipse	storyboard artist

References

1. Barraclough, Leo (2019-05-21). "Cannes: Four Polish Female Directors Embark on 'Erotica 2022' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
2. "11 Polish Eagles have landed for Corpus Christi". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
3. Hundic, Stjepan (2019-11-08). "Why the Poland Film Sector Is Quietly Thriving". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
4. "Agnieszka Holland i Kasia Adamik (Polish)". Archived from the original on 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
5. "Kasia Adamik przyznała, że jest lesbijką (Polish)". Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
6. "Kasia Adamik". IMDb. IMDb. 2011. Retrieved February 9, 2015.
7. "Stream It Or Skip It: '1983' On Netflix, A Polish Alternate-Reality Drama Where The Iron Curtain Still Exists". Decider. 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2021-11-13.

External links

• Kasia Adamik at IMDb
• Kasia Adamik at the Culture.pl