Weronika Tofilska

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Weronika Tofilska
Born1985 (age 38–39)
Katowice, Poland
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Occupations
  • Director
  • screenwriter
Years active2008–present

Weronika Tofilska (born 1985 [1] ) is a Polish director and screenwriter. She is best known for co-writing the 2024 romantic thriller film Love Lies Bleeding and for directing the first four episodes of the 2024 Netflix miniseries Baby Reindeer , for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.

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Early life

Tofilska attended the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music  [ pl ] in Katowice and Emilia Plater High School  [ pl ] in Sosnowiec. [2] As a teenager, she volunteered at the New Horizons Film Festival. [3] [4] She bought her first camera, a Sony MiniDV camcorder, after watching Miloš Forman's Amadeus for the first time. [5]

She attended the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School before later graduating from the National Film and Television School in 2014. [6] [7]

Career

In 2019, she worked as a second unit director on an episode of Gangs of London . [7] In 2021, she directed two episodes of the crime drama television series The Irregulars . [8] [9] In 2022, she directed one episode of the fantasy drama series His Dark Materials . [10]

In 2024, she co-wrote the romantic thriller film Love Lies Bleeding with Rose Glass, whom she met while attending the National Film and Television School. [11] [12] That year, she also directed the first four episodes of the 2024 Netflix miniseries Baby Reindeer . [13] For the series' fourth episode, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. [14] [15]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorWriter
2024 Love Lies Bleeding NoYes

Television

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
2021 The Irregulars YesNo2 episodes
Hanna YesNo2 episodes
2022 His Dark Materials YesNoEpisode "No Way Out"
2024 Baby Reindeer YesNo4 episodes

Awards and nominations

AwardDate of ceremonyCategoryNominated workResultRef.
Primetime Emmy Awards 15 September 2024 Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Baby Reindeer(for "Episode 4")Nominated [16]
Astra TV Awards TBA Best Directing in a Limited Series or TV Movie Baby Reindeer (for "Episode 1")Pending [17]

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