Stefan Pleszczynski

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Stefan Pleszczynski
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Nationality Canadian
Education
Occupation(s)Film/television director, film producer and screenwriter
Years active1994–present
Spouse(s)Bernadette Gogula
(?–present)

Stefan Pleszczynski (born in Eastern Townships, Quebec) is a Canadian film and television director, producer and screenwriter. [1]

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Career

Pleszczynski is an alumnus of Concordia University and Simon Fraser University. While at Simon Fraser, he won two awards at the Canadian Student Film Festival in 1984 for his experimental student short film The Dragon. [2]

He was a location manager on the films Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994) and Johnny Mnemonic (1995) prior to directing his first mid-length film, The Old Man Who Wanted to Climb to Heaven (L'Homme perché), in 1997. [3]

Pleszczynski's television credits include Da Vinci's Inquest , Intelligence , The Worst Witch , Weirdsister College , Sophie , 18 to Life , Flashpoint , Motive , Supernatural , Transplant , Sight Unseen and the American-Canadian adaption of Being Human .

Beginning with the second season of Transplant, he was also a producer of the series. [4]

He has also directed the television films Live Once, Die Twice (2006), Circle of Friends (2006) and A Life Interrupted (2007), and the 2004 feature film On the River of Lost and Found (L'Espérance). [5]

Personal life

He currently lives in Montreal and is married to Bernadette Gogula, [6] who was a collaborator on both of Pleszczynski's theatrical films. [7]

Awards

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryWorkResultRef(s)
Canadian Screen Awards 2015 Best Direction in a Dramatic Series Motive Nominated [8]
2022 Best Dramatic Series Transplant
with Jocelyn Deschênes, Bruno Dubé, Joseph Kay, Tara Woodbury, Virginia Rankin, Josée Vallée, Adam Barken
Won [9]
2023 Transplant
with Joseph Kay, Bruno Dubé, Jocelyn Deschênes, Josée Vallée, Rachel Langer, Sarah Timmins
Nominated
2024 Nominated [10]
Canadian Student Film Festival1984Best Experimental FilmThe DragonWon [2]
Best SoundtrackThe Dragon
with Simon Purcell
Won
Directors Guild of Canada 2013Best Direction in a TV Series Flashpoint : "We Take Care of Our Own"Nominated [11]
2022Best Direction in a Dramatic SeriesTransplant: "Guardrail"Nominated [12]

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