Kaczmarek, Jan A. P.

(1953-)

   Successful film and theater composer. In 2005 he received an Academy Award (Best Original Score) for Finding Neverland, directed by Marc Forster. Kaczmarek began his career touring Europe with his Orchestra of the Eighth Day (Orkiestra Ósmego Dnia). In the 1980s, he started composing for film. In the 1990s, living in the United States, he gained international recognition for his work on Agnieszka Holland's films such as Total Eclipse (1995), Washington Square (1997), and The Third Miracle (1999). His recent films include Edges of the Lord (2001, Yurek Bo-gayevicz), Unfaithful (2002, Adrian Lyne), and Polish films such as Quo Vadis (2001, Jerzy Kawalerowicz) and Who Never Lived (2006, Andrzej Seweryn).

   Historical Dictionary of Polish Cinema by Marek Haltof