Kasia Adamik

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

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]

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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

YearTitleNotes
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

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