Peter Fudakowski

Peter Jan Fudakowski (1954) is a London-based film producer, writer and director. Fudakowski, born in London to Polish immigrants, did not go to film school but studied Economics at Magdalene College, Cambridge (where he was the President of the Cambridge Union Society in Michaelmas Term 1976). He graduated with a master's degree and later read for an MBA at the business school INSEAD, France.

Peter Fudakoski
Peter (Right) with his wife (Left) at the Golden Globes in 2006
Born (1954-09-02) 2 September 1954
London, United Kingdom
EducationWimbledon College
Alma materMagdalene College, Cambridge
Occupations
Years active1995–present
Known forSecret Sharer (film) , Tsotsi
PartnerHenrietta Fudakowski (1980-present)
Children2

Career

In 1979 he joined the First National Bank of Chicago, where he worked in the film financing department. In 1982 Fudakowski left to set up his own production company with his wife, Henrietta Fudakowski (née Williams), as a script editor and head of development.

Awards and Accolades

Their company, Premiere Productions Ltd, marked its 20th year in the film business with the production of Tsotsi, which won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film in 2006.[1] Peter was also nominated in 2006 by the BAFTA for an Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer Award. [2]

Tsotsi won both the critics and Audience Awards at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2005. [3] This was followed by winning the People’s Choice Award for Best Film at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2005. [4] Tsotsi was also nominated in 2006 for a BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language and a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. [5] [6]

Following this Fudakowski and Williams developed film projects, including The Secret Sharer and Corams Children. Fudakowski directed Secret Sharer, shot on location in Thailand and China, which was released in the UK in June 2014. In November 2014 Fudakowski was awarded the Wings Award by the Polish Film Festival in America.[7]

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Family and Ancestors

Peter Fudakowski is son of Wojciech and Danuta Fudakowski. His family is of noble Polish origin. His grandfather Jan Fudakowski was a Polish officer, author of military memoirs and was also the inspiration for Jasiu - a character in Thomas Mann’s novella Death in Venice. Peter Fudakowski has a son and a daughter from his marriage to Henrietta Fudakowski (née Henrietta Williams).

Personal life

Peter is passionate about movies, photography and sailing. He enjoys traveling and spending time with his grandchildren. In 1995 he helped set up the Mountain Haven for sick children in southern Poland under the auspices of the UK charity Children in Crisis. The Haven had achieved its goals by 2010 and was taken over by Caritas Poland.

Films
YearTitleDirectorProducerNotes
1995ProwokatorNoAssociatehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114198/
1999The Last SeptemberNoExecutivehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180793/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm
2003Bugs 3D!NoExecutivehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337587/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_6_nm_0_q_BUGS%25203D!
2004Picadily JimNoAssociatehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371878/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm
2004In my CountryNoAssociatehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349260/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm
2005TsotsiNoYes
2005Keeping MumNoExecutive
2011HysteriaNoExecutive
2014Secret Sharer (film)YesYesScriptwriter adapted from the book Secret Sharer
Television Series
YearTitleDirectorProducerNotes
1999Trial by FireNoExecutivehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245518/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_9_dr
2002Helen WestNoExecutivehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318221/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm

References
  1. "Tsotsi wins Academy Award | Academy Awards Online". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  2. "BAFTA awards nomination | BAFTA Awards".
  3. "Edinburgh Film Critics and Audience Award win | Edinburguh Film Festivals".
  4. "People's Choice Award win | Toronto International Film Festival".
  5. "Nomination for Best Film Not in English Language| BAFTA Awards".
  6. "Nomination for Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film | Golden Globes".
  7. "Oscar winning filmmaker Peter (Piotr) Fudakowski receives 2014 PFFA Wings Award"
  • "Peter Fudakowski" on IMDB
  • Official Tsotsi website
  • Presidents of the Cambridge Union Society (1815–2005)
  • Secret Sharer website
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