Urszula Urbaniak

Urszula Urbaniak (born 27 December 1967) is Polish filmmaker and TV director

Urszula Urbaniak graduated in Directing from the famous Polish Film school, PWSFTviT in Łódź in 1991. She then went on to gain an MA in Directing at the National Film and Television School in the UK. She has directed shorts, documentaries and several dramas for Polish television. Among the dramas: Nina (1994), Górski Hotel (from Václav Havel's play, 1995), Myra Gets Married (from F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1996) and Room303 (1997).

In 1999, her film "The Junction", Polish title "Torowisko" won several awards including First Film Special Distinction at the Montréal World Film Festival and Jury Prize at the Sarajevo Film Festival and the Audience Award at Torino International Festival of Young Cinema.

Since then she has worked on several Polish TV productions including Na Wspólnej, Egzamin z Życia and Odwróceni.