Weronika Tofilska

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Weronika Tofilska
Born1985 (age 38–39)
Katowice, Poland
Education
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

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotesRef.
2024 Love Lies Bleeding NoYesCo-written with Rose Glass [11]

Television

YearTitleDirectorProducerNotesRef.
2021 The Irregulars YesNo2 episodes [8]
Hanna YesNo2 episodes [16]
2022 His Dark Materials YesNoEpisode "No Way Out" [10]
2024 Baby Reindeer YesNo4 episodes [13]
TBASomething Very Bad Is Going To HappenYesExecutive4 episodes [17]

Awards and nominations

AwardYearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
Astra TV Awards 2024 Best Directing in a Limited Series or TV Movie Baby Reindeer (for "Episode 1")Nominated [18]
British Independent Film Awards 2024 Best British Independent Film Love Lies Bleeding Nominated [19]
Best Screenplay Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards 2024 Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Baby Reindeer(for "Episode 4")Nominated [20]

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