Lecturer

Tomasz Drozdowicz

Lecturer Profile

Director and producer; graduate of the Film and Television Department named after Krzysztof Kieślowski at the University of Silesia in Katowice and the Faculty of Electronics and Computer Science at the Warsaw University of Technology.

Author:

  • documentary films—including: “Rescue,” “Concert for Two,” “Baniorze,” “Soup on a Twist,” “Kolba, Thank Goodness!,” “The World According to Lem,” “Mathematics Mediates Between Spirit and Matter,” “Triple Hamlet in Elsinore,” “Nazukos, or With the Flow of the Sprząśli,” “A House as Big as a Castle,” “Signs of Penance”
  • television theater productions—including “Praski Reytan,” a musical-style story about the communists’ seizure of power in postwar Poland, “The Man Who Stopped Russia”—the story of Jan Kowalewski, a brilliant cryptologist who ensured that Józef Piłsudski knew the contents of all the dispatches encrypted by the Soviets,
  • educational theater productions, including: “Prince Konstanty,” “Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki,” “Kajetan Koźmian,”
  • educational series, including: “Lost Secret,” “No Problem,” “Minotaur, or the Sphinx,” “A World of Words,” “Guests of Literary Journals,”
  • drama series – “The Ganzegal Family Saga,”
  • documentary series, including: “The Book of Space,” “Monuments of History,” “A World of Words,” “The Amateur’s Trade,”
  • concerts including “Kilar – Film Music,” Joe Cocker, Radiohead, and Foo Fighters

He made his feature film debut as director, editor, and producer of the Polish-German co-production *Futra*.
His *Concert for Two* —a feature-length documentary about Ewa and Jerzy Maksymiuk—won the Audience Award at the 2018 Warsaw Film Festival, was nominated for an Orły Award in the documentary category in 2020, the Special Award from the Chair of the Chicago Festival Organizing Committee (Polish Film Festival in America), served as the opening film of the 2018 KFF, and was part of the official selection at FIPADOC 2019.
He is currently working on documentary films about prominent Polish philosophers—Rev. Prof. Józef Tischner and Prof. Maria Szyszkowska.
He teaches courses in directing, cinematography, and editing to students majoring in multimedia at the Faculty of Mechatronics at the Warsaw University of Technology.
He has served as a juror at the Warsaw Film Festival and the Grand OFF Festival.
Member of the Polish Film Academy.

Filmography

Lecturer's courses

Directing-Cinematography Krakow (EN)

English course in directing, cinematography, camera work, and basic film workflow.

Advanced Film Course in Kraków

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Editing (narrative editing)

A course on narrative editing, film rhythm, post-production, and working with AI.

DOP Masterclass

The DOP Masterclass is a one-semester, hands-on course in cinematography at the advanced level

Image Post-Production + AI

A course on compositing, visual effects, AI, and the final film image.

Image Post-Production

A program focusing on visual effects, CGI, 3D, compositing, and color grading.

Introductory Film Course in Kraków

The Basic Film Course at AMA FILM ACADEMY covers filmmaking techniques, the operation of modern digital cameras,...

Film Acting

A program for people who want to develop their film acting skills and work in front of the camera.

Camera/Light Operator

The Camera/Light Cinematography Program in Warsaw is an innovative, PRG Cinegate-supported program modeled after...

Film Acting

Kierunek Aktorstwo Filmowe (Camera Acting) w AMA KRAKÓW to jedyny kierunek o takim profilu w Polsce. Jest przezn...

Operational

A two-year program focusing on the camera, lighting, composition, and the cinematographer's role on set.

Online Film Production

A one-year online course on production organization, planning, and the role of a production manager.

Online Screenwriting

A year-long online course on screenwriting, story structure, and revising your work.

Sound Production

A program focusing on recording, editing, and sound design for film, video games, and multimedia.

Introductory Film Course in Warsaw

The Basic Film Course at AMA FILM ACADEMY covers filmmaking techniques, the operation of modern digital cameras,...