Bromski, Jacek

(1946-)

   Director, screenwriter, producer, and current chairman of the Polish Filmmakers Association. Since his debut in 1984 with a television film, The Funeral Party (Ceremonia pogrzebowa), Bromski made several films in a variety of genres. For example, he directed a political film about the Stalinist period, Polish Cuisine (Kuchnia polska, 1991, also a television series); a contemporary action picture, Kill Me, Cop (Zabij mnie glino, 1987); a film about the wave of anti-Semitism in 1968 in Poland, 1968: Happy New Year (1968: Szczęśliwego nowego roku, 1993); and a melodrama, The Lovers of the Year of the Tiger (Kochankowie roku tygrysa, 2005), the first Polish-Chinese coproduction. Bromski, however, is best known for comedies. Several of them, for example the political satire The Career of Nikoś Dyzma (Kariera Nikosia Dyzmy, 2002), starring Cezary Pazura, were popular among audiences. Others, such as Snug as a Bug in a Rug (U pana boga za piecem, 1998) and It's Me, the Thief (To ja złodziej, 2000), also received critical acclaim. In addition, Bromski is the producer of several popular films directed by Juliusz Machulski (Kiler, 1997), Krzysztof Krauze (Debt, 1999), and Jerzy Stuhr (Love Stories, 1997), among others, all of them made by the film studio Zebra, which he cofounded and where he is currently a literary director.

   Other films: The Art of Love (Sztuka kochania, 1989), Seen but Not Heard (Dzieci i ryby, 1996).

   Historical Dictionary of Polish Cinema by Marek Haltof