Normal 0 21 false false false PL X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:Standardowy; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} Born in Wrocław in 1956. Film director, cinematographer, screenwriter and prose writer. In 1985 he graduated from the Cinematography Department of the Polish Film School i Łódź. He is an author of numerous short films and documentaries, films about art and educational films. He also made a lot of nature films, most of them focusing on cave exploration and mountain climbing. As a director of feature films Kolski debuted in 1990 with "The Burial of the Potato". Since then, he has made full-length features and in the process has become one of most original filmmakers in Poland. Since 2000 Jan Jakub Kolski has been a member of the European Film Academy.