Paweł Pawlikowski

Paweł Pawlikowski is one of the few contemporary directors whose name alone makes me pay attention. From Warsaw to Oxford to a decade of documentaries, his path built a patient, observant eye that now defines his fiction. Sweeping the 2014 European Film Awards and taking Best Director at Cannes in 2018 confirms what his images already prove. I am drawn to his austere, prayer-like compositions and his courage to let silence and empty space carry the story. He trusts the audience to lean in, and that restraint moves me more than any spectacle could.

Name (English)

Paweł Pawlikowski

Name (Japanese)

パヴェル・パヴリコフスキー

Reading

ぱゔぇる・ぱゔりこふすきー

Born

September 15, 1957 (age 68)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rooster

Origin

Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Occupation

film director / screenwriter / television director / film screenwriter

University

University of Oxford

Awards & achievements

• 2018 Cannes Best Director Award
• 1992 European Film Award Special Mention
• 2014 European Film Award for Best Film
• 2014 European Film Award for Best Director
• 2014 European Film Award for Best Screenwriter
• 2014 European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film
• 2018 European Film Award for Best Film
• 2018 European Film Award for Best Director

• Official sitehttps://www.pawelpawlikowski.co.uk/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawe%C5%82%20Pawlikowski
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A6%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%B4%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B3%E3%83%95%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1377022

Tags

• Masovian Voivodeship
• film director
• screenwriter
• television director

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.