Marek Koterski

Marek Koterski
senior White man with short grey hair and moustache, wearing a blue jacket and scarf, smiling at camera
Koterski in 2019
Born (1942-06-03) 3 June 1942 (age 82)
Kraków, Poland
Occupations
Known forWriting and directing nine films about the character Adaś Miauczyński
Notable workDay of the Wacko, We're All Christs

Marek Koterski (born 3 June 1942) is a Polish film and theatre director, screenwriter, actor, and playwright.

In 1972, he graduated in directing from the Łódź Film School.[1] Initially, he made documentaries,[citation needed] but in 1984, he gained recognition in Poland thanks to the semi-autobiographical tragicomedy Dom wariatów. This was the first of nine films Koterski went on to write and direct about his alter ego, the character Adaś Miauczyński.

Several of these, including the 1986 sequel to Dom wariatów, titled Życie wewnętrzne; the sixth and seventh films in the loose series, titled Day of the Wacko (2002) and We're All Christs (2006), respectively; and the final one, 7 uczuć (2018), won accolades. Życie wewnętrzne won a Silver Lion at the 1987 Gdynia Film Festival, and in 2002, Koterski won a Golden Lion for Day of the Wacko. In 2006, he received another Golden Lion as Best Director, this time for We're All Christs,[2] and he repeated this feat in 2018 with 7 uczuć.[3][4]

Koterski's son Michał is an actor. He portrayed Adaś Miauczyński in 7 uczuć.[5]

  1. ^ "Marek Koterski, Akademia Polskiego Filmu [dostęp 2018-01-27] (pol.)".
  2. ^ "KINO Miesięcznik poświęcony twórczości i edukacji filmowej". Kino.org.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  3. ^ "7 UCZUĆ (pol.). FilmPolski.pl. [dostęp 10 października 2018]".
  4. ^ "7 uczuć (2018) - Mediakrytyk". mediakrytyk.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 19 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Marek Koterski i Małgorzata Bogdańska dla "Super Expressu" przed występem w Nowym Jorku: "Uśmiechnij się! Życie nie jest Twoim wrogiem."". www.se.pl. Retrieved 19 March 2022.