Kamil Kwiecinski - Filmmaker Portfolio | Screenwriter, Director, Producer

About me

When I was 5 I wrote my first script. Since then I’ve got my 1^st Class Film Degree from Westminster Film School.
I’m a professional screenwriter, director and editor working with Story Production media house.

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Amica "Backwards” - Papaya Young Creators 2022 competition

Roles: Director, Writer, Producer

My entry as finalist for the Papaya Young Creators 2022 competition.

Available on Vimeo.

“Ekler” - web comedy series [2021]

Roles: Screenwriter, Script Supervisor, Editor

“Ekler” is a web comedy series about the lives of the employees of the fictional TV station “Perseverance”. The production is inspired by Television Trwam and the figure of Tadeusz Rydzyk. It combines great comedy with satire on the world of media. It is also an insightful commentary on the state of the Catholic Church in Poland and its links with politics. As co-writer of all the episodes, I was able to show off when creating the dialogue and crazy situations. In addition to writing the script, I also acted as an on-set scriptwriter and editor for the first episode, which allowed me to be fully involved in the project in all phases of production.

All four episodes of the series are available on YouTube.

“Guilty People” – The Kroach music video [2019]

Roles: Director, Writer, Producer, Editor

Set in the Prohibition Era America, this project has been my debut as a music video director. The band is an up-and-coming metal group The Kroach featured in polish edition of ‘Got Talent’ show.

Available on YouTube.

“Maly Grand Hotel” – comedy TV series [2019]

Role: Writer

My first time as a TV screenwriter working on the last two episodes of the first season – “The Running Groom” and “The Helpful Hand of the Hotel Boy”. Each episode is a new adventure of the hotel’s employees – a colorful group of misfits and their wacky guests.

Available to stream on Player.pl.

“NSPCC - Your Comments Follow You” – anti-bullying commercial [2019]

Role: Producer

Awards:
• 1st IN BRIEF at Kodak Student Commercial Awards 2019
• 3rd OVERALL at Kodak Student Commercial Awards 2019

The commercial has been made as part of my Film course at Westminster Film School. What interested me in the idea was that it told the story from the perspective of the aggressor, rather than the victim.

Available on YouTube.

"Defending Macbeth" – short drama [2017]

Roles: Director, Writer, Producer, Editor

• OFFICIAL SELECTION at Aasha International Film Festival 2019
• OFFICIAL SELECTION at Inshort Film Festival 2019

Metka, law student, applies for an internship at the renowned firm. His morals are being put to the test when he’s asked to defend the perpetrator of a hit-and-run. Only he knows who’s actually being defended.

Available on Vimeo in Polish with English subtitles.

"Forever Yours" - short drama [2018]

Role: Editor, Sound Editor, Colourist

Working in a flower shop, Brandy, a 20-something year old Londoner deals with people’s sentimental requests every day. She yearns for something meaningful and finds herself looking for it in the wrong places. A chance encounter might change everything.

Available on YouTube.

"Audrey and the Rocket" - BA Film graduation drama [2019]

Role: Script Supervisor

The highest marked graduation film of Westminster Film School 2020 class. Bored of the monotonous funerals, Audrey decides to sign up to a service that, upon her death, places her ashes within a rocket sending them into space. However, her husband Bernard fears being left alone.

Link to iMDB page below.

"Cuckoo" - BA Film graduation drama [2019]

Role: Script Supervisor

Graduation film for Westminster Film School BA Film degree – a short horror story. A single mother Mary, who tries to bond with her one year-old son struggles to stay in control as tensions rise when an unknown creature tries to get in the house, and a local farmer and his daughter unexpectedly force themselves into her life.

Screener link available on request.

Still from Remodel Fashion BTS by Kamil Kwiecinski

“Remodel Fashion” – BTS video for Papaya Films [2019]

Roles: DOP, Editor

My debut as a BTS Filmmaker – a Papaya Films shoot for Remodel Fashion campaign. The aim of the project is to put a stop to the practice of forcefully starving models to meet certain weight and body image standards.

Available on YouTube in English.

“Seeds in Big Apple” – theatre production [2015]

Roles: Writer, Director

Awards:
• Grand Prix award on 21st Youth Theatre Festival

A day in a life of an aspiring writer obsessed with the works of Woody Allen loosing herself in New York City as seen through her Master’s eyes.

The play has been invited to perform at one of the most renowned polish theatres – Teatr Polski. Follow the link to see the details of the event.

“Beauty of the Act” – theatre production [2014]

Roles: Writer, Director

Awards:
• Best Director Award on 20th Youth Theatre Festival
• Best Play Award on 20th Youth Theatre Festival

On the day of his retirement, a celebrated actor revisits the biggest hits of his career. A story about understanding the importance of creating art and my tribute to the golden years of Hollywood cinema – 40s & 50s.

Script in Polish available on request.

“In Motion” – short comedy [2018]

Roles: Director, Writer, Producer, DOP, Editor

A Celebrity and his Bodyguard are off for a jogging in the park. A swimmingly normal afternoon is changed when the two finds a very unusual thing.

Available on YouTube in Polish with English subtitles.

“Les Sons de la Liberté” – short documentary [2015]

Roles: Director, DOP, Producer, Editor

A non-verbal attempt to find out what brings the street musicians to Paris Underground. Are those the financial reasons or is it a manifest of liberty?

Available on YouTube.

"iSense" – 16mm montage exercise [2017]

Role: DOP

A surreal experimental film inspired by Soviet montage theory. It explores the influence of technology on our senses.

Available on YouTube in English.

“Our Beloved Tom” – short student drama [2018]

Role: Director

Westminster Film School degree 2nd Year Final Drama that I directed. It’s a black comedy/farce happening in one room. Four friends gather for man’s funeral to discover the true nature of their relationships.

Screener link available on request.

“Tonight with Roger Goodman” – short student drama [2018]

Role: Script Supervisor

Westminster Film School degree 2nd Year Final Drama. Charismatic TV game show host Roger Goodman’s persona is forced to crack when challenged by his family and his own show.

Link to iMDB page below.

“Kaminari Knives | Good Job” – web series pilot [2018]

Role: Writer

I was asked to write a narration for a pilot of documentary web series about polish people with extraordinary professions. Kaminari Knives makes custom blades inspired by the Japanese culture.

Available on YouTube in Polish with English subtitles.

“In the Far Forty Fifth… Meetings on Elbe” (AKA “Deafened by Silence”) – feature film [2015]

Role: Production Assistant

A Polish-Russian collaboration on a full-length epic war drama about the last day of the World War II. As a director’s personal assistant I gained working on professional set experience.

Link to iMDB page below.

“A long, long time ago…” – commercial [2019]

Role: Writer

A commercial video I’ve written for a polish blogger Okiem Mamy. It’s a bedtime story the parents tell to their kids inspired by a new bathtub and a shower.

Available on Facebook Video in Polish.

“Buba” – screenplay [2013]

Rola: Scenarzysta

Scenariusz oparty jest na wspomnieniach żydowskiej dziewczyny, która przeżyła II wojnę światową przemycając w getcie towary dla rodziny i przyjaciół.

Otrzymał nagrodę za najlepszy scenariusz w konkursie organizowanym przez Stowarzyszenie Sprawiedliwych wśród Narodów Świata.

Scenariusz dostępny na życzenie.