Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School

The Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School (also known as Katowice Film School ) is a Polish film and television school established in 1978 and based in Katowice, Poland. It is a full-time film school and offers MA courses in Directing, Cinematography and Photography, Film and Television Producing. Kieślowski Film School is allowed to award PhD degree. One of its first tutors was Krzysztof Kieślowski. It is a part of University of Silesia.

In 2017 film school was moved to brand new building at Pawła street no 3 in the downtown of Katowice. The building won the Brick Award and was shortlisted to the Mies Van Der Rohe Award in 2019.

Students from Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School were awarded nine times at the Camerimage Festival, including four Golden Tadpoles, two Silver Tadpoles, two Bronze Tadpoles and one Blue Tadpole for the best film of the decade.

Authorities

 * Dean Assoc. Prof. Krystyna Doktorowicz, Professor of the University of Silesia
 * Deputy Dean for Education and Student Affairs Ernest Wilde, MA
 * Deputy Dean for Internationalisation and Organisation Dr Eng. Olaf Flak
 * Deputy Dean for the Arts Full Prof. Jerzy Łukaszewicz

Structure

 * Institute of Film and Theatre Arts - Director of the Institute Dr Jarosław Świerszcz

Research and artistic activity
Main research areas:
 * Film and television directing, cinematography
 * Artistic photography
 * Media Studies, audiovisual law
 * Cinema and film production

Full-time BA courses

 * Film and Television Directing
 * Film and Television Producing

Full-time MA courses

 * Film and Television Directing
 * Cinematography, Directing and Art Photography (long-term)
 * Film and Television Producing
 * Creative Management in New Media (lectures in English)

Part-time BA and MA courses

 * Film and Television Producing

Tutors

 * Maciej Pieprzyca
 * Michał Rosa
 * Bartosz Konopka
 * Magdalena Piekorz
 * Andrzej Jakimowski
 * Marcin Koszałka
 * Adam Sikora
 * Bogdan Dziworski
 * Jerzy Łukaszewicz
 * Andrzej Fidyk
 * Filip Bajon
 * Krzysztof Zanussi

Directors

 * Urszula Antoniak
 * Maciej Dejczer
 * Magdalena Holland-Łazarkiewicz
 * Andrzej Jakimowski
 * Bartosz Konopka (Academy Award nomination in 2010 )
 * Jan P. Matuszyński
 * Magdalena Piekorz
 * Maciej Pieprzyca
 * Michał Rosa
 * Agnieszka Smoczyńska
 * Marcin Wrona
 * Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz

Cinematographers

 * Paweł Dyllus
 * Paweł Flis
 * Marcin Koszałka

Former name

 * 1978-2019 - Krzysztof Kieślowski Faculty of Radio and Television at the University of Silesia in Katowice (Polish: Wydział Radia i Telewizji im. Krzysztofa Kieślowskiego Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach)

Common names

 * Katowice Film School
 * Silesian Film School