Andrzej Kukuła – Director
Director of animated films, author of art studies, animator, producer of multimedia programs and games for children, illustrator, cartoonist and caricaturist. Since 1994 he has been cooperating with the TV Studio of Animated Film in Poznan. Member of the Filmmakers Association Polskich. Member of the Association of Polish Caricaturists. Associated with the community of satirical artists, he took part in competitions and exhibitions. As a cartoonist, he has collaborated with the editors of magazines, including Carousel, Pins, Evening of Wroclaw, Workers’ Newspaper, Wroclaw’s Newspaper. He develops and implements multimedia programs and computer games for children, including Prince and Coward (95-97), animated commercials, presentations.
1986 – Status of the Artist, granted by the Ministry of Culture and Art
1985 – 1991 Feature Film Studio in Wroclaw – Animation Department
1984 – Animated Film Studio in Bielsko-Biala
Since 2002 – multiple broadcasts of films made for TV SFA in Channel 1, TVP Polonia, TVP Culture
A series of animated films for children entitled “Polish Fairy Tales” was sold, m.in, to: Great Britain, Italy, Spain (2x), Argentina, Brazil, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Portugal, Iran, Finland, Japan, Malta, the Middle East, Andora and South Korea.
2006, 2008 – “Polish Fairy Tales” series on DVD
2008 – “Fantazy the Bear” series on DVD
Filmography:
2022
LOT BALONEM z serii “Szmatkowe królestwo”, sezon 1 | 07′
Directed, cinematography
Co-producer, production: TV Studio Filmów Animowanych Sp. z o.o.
Producer: Serafiński Studio Sp. z o.o.
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
2019
AGATKA I MARYNARZ z serii Agatka, sezon 2 | 10′
Directed, cinematography
Co-producer, production: TV Studio Filmów Animowanych Sp. z o.o.
Producer: Serafiński Studio Sp. z o.o.
Co-producers: Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny, Telewizja Polska SA
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
AGATKA I WIATR z serii Agatka, sezon 2 | 10′
Directed, cinematography
Co-producer, production: TV Studio Filmów Animowanych Sp. z o.o.
Producer: Serafiński Studio Sp. z o.o.
Co-producers: Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny, Telewizja Polska SA
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
2016
KOBIAŁKA Z ROZUMEM z serii Baśnie i bajki polskie, sezon 3 | 13′
Directed, screenplay, set design, cinematography
Producer, production: TV Studio Filmów Animowanych
Co-producers: Telewizja Polska SA, Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
2015
KLUSKOWA BRAMA z serii Baśnie i bajki polskie, sezon 3, 13′
Directed, screenplay, set design, cinematography
Producer, production: TV Studio Filmów Animowanych
Co-producers: Telewizja Polska SA, Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
AGATKA I MYDŁO z serii Agatka, sezon 1 | 10′
Directed, cinematography
Co-producer, production: TV Studio Filmów Animowanych Sp. z o.o.
Producer: Serafiński Studio Sp. z o.o.
Co-producers: Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny, Telewizja Polska SA
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
Awards:
HONOURABLE MENTION for taking III place in the category ‘Now preschoolers have a voice!’, IV National Festival of Polish Animation O!PLA, Poland, 19.05.2016
CHILDREN’S JURY AWARD – the best polish series, Polish Filmmakers Association, Warszawa, Poland, 2015-12-17
SPECIAL MENTION OF THE CHILDREN’S JURY in the short film category for informative content, stimulating the viewer’s imagination and colourful, colourful world presented, 5. KinoJazda Film Festival for Children and Youth, Nowy Sącz, Poland, 2015-09-02
AGATKA I CUKROJAD z serii Agatka, sezon 1 | 10′
Directed, cinematography
Co-producer, production: TV Studio Filmów Animowanych Sp. z o.o.
Producer: Serafiński Studio Sp. z o.o.
Co-producers: Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny, Telewizja Polska SA
Film co-financed by Polish Film Institute
2009
ON ZEFLIK AND THE DRAGON | O ZEFLIKU I SMOKU from the Polish Fairy Tales series, season 2, 13′
Directed, screenplay, set design, decorations, cinematography
Production: TV Studio of Animation Films for TVP S.A.
2008
THE LYING GOAT | KOZUCHA KŁAMCZUCHA from the Polish Fairy Tales series, season 2, 13′
Directed, set design, decorations, cinematography
Production: TV Studio of Animation Films for TVP S.A.
Awards:
CHILDREN AUDIENCE AWARD, X Biennial of Animation Bratislava – International Festival of Animated Films of Children, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2010-10-16
SECOND PLACE in category Films for Children, II National Festival of Animation Films BORUTAFEST’2010, Łęczyca, Poland, 2010-07-03
2007
THE LAND OF GREEN HILLS | KRAINA ZIELONYCH PAGÓRKÓW from the Fantazy the Bear series, season 1, 13′
Directed, computer animation, decorations (co-author), cinematography, special effects
Production: TV Studio of Animation Films for TVP S.A.
SCARLET PEARL | SZKARŁATNA PERŁA from the Fantazy the Bear series, season 1, 13′
Directed, computer animation, decorations (co-author), cinematography, special effects
Production: TV Studio of Animation Films for TVP S.A.
Award:
CHILDRENS’ JURY AWARD „KOGUT”, for the TV Studio of Animation Films, 22 Festival Tarnowska Nagroda Filmowa, Tarnow, Poland, 2008
2006
LUNAR LAND | KSIĘŻYCOWA KRAINA from the Fantazy the Bear series, season 1, 13′
Directed, computer animation, decorations (co-author), cinematography, special effects
Production: TV Studio of Animation Films for TVP S.A.
Award:
GOLD REMI AWARD in category Serial TV – Animation, 43th Annual Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival, Houston, USA, 2010
2004
BAZYLISK | BAZYLISZEK from the Polish Fairy Tales series, season 1, 13′
Directed, set design, decorations, cinematography
Production: TV Studio of Animation Films for TVP S.A.
Award:
HONORABLE MENTION for the children’s film, X National Festival of Original Animated Films OFAFA’2004, Krakow, Poland, 2004
2002
ON BARTEK THE DOCTOR | O BARTKU DOKTORZE from the Polish Fairy Tales series, season 1, 13′
Directed, set design, decorations, cinematography
Production: TV Studio of Animation Films for TVP S.A.
Award:
DIPLOMA OF APPRECIATION for directing the film “On Bartek the Doktor”, International Biennial of Animation BAB’2003, Bratislava, Slovakia, 2003
1997
ANIMATED HISTORY OF THE WORLD (directed by Aniela Lubieniecka)
Main animation, animation
Production: TV Studio of Animation Films for ~ S4C Channel 4
1994
MARC CHAGALL (directed by Aniela Lubieniecka)
Main animation, animation
Production: TV Studio of Animation Films for TVP S.A.
1990
WITH THE WIND | Z WIATREM (directed by Aniela Lubieniecka)
Main animation, animation, directing collaboration
Producer, production: Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych we Wrocławiu
1988
WHY SHOULD WE COUNT FOR A LONG TIME | PO CO MAMY DŁUGO LICZYĆ
Directed, set design, animation
Producer, production: Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych, Wrocław
1987
SCRIBBLE | BAZGROTA
Directed, set design, animation
Producer, production: Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych, Wrocław
Award:
ZENON WASILEWSKI AWARD for the film “Scribble”, for the best Polish animated film for children in 1989, Łódź, Poland, 1989
1986
BIMBER STORY
Directed, set design, animation
Producer, production: Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych, Wrocław
LULLABY WITH A TEARDROP | KOŁYSANKA Z ŁEZKĄ (directed by Aniela Lubieniecka)
Main animation, animation
Producer, production: Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych, Wrocław
1985
EXPEDITION | WYPRAWA
Directed, set design, animation
Debut, artistic supervision by Ryszard Czekała
Producer, production: Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych, Wrocław
1984
UNTIL YOU LOSE YOUR HEADS | DO UTRATY GŁÓW (directed by Ryszard Czekała)
Main animation, animation
Producer, production: Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych, Wrocław
Collective awards and distinctions:
COLLECTIVE DISTINCTION – Congratulatory Letter from the Mayor of the City of Poznań on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the first film screening in Poznań: The artistic achievements of the Animated Television Film Studio [here: films directed by Andrzej Kukuła] bring well-deserved fame to filmmakers, and are a great promotion for the City of Poznań. Thanking you for all this, congratulations once again, Poznań, Poland, 2006-12-27
COLLECTIVE AWARD – Golden Dash Award for the TV Animated Film Studio in Poznań [here: films directed by Andrzej Kukuła] for the great contribution and development of Polish animated film, which brought an infinite number of successes to Polish film art, VI National Festival of Auteur Animated Films OFAFA’2000, Krakow, Poland, 2000
SPECIAL AWARD of the Chairman of the Cinematography Committee of the Ministry of Culture and Art and the President of Polish Television SA for the Television Animated Film Studio for an innovative method of popularizing classical phenomena in art, [here: the film “Marc Chagall”] in the series “Impressions”, Przegląd Filmów o Sztuki, Zakopane, Poland, 1996
