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Tomek Bagiński is known for:

  • Fallen Art
    Fallen Art presents the story of General A, a self-proclaimed artist. His art, however, consists of a deranged method of stop motion photography, where the individual frames of the movie are created by photographs made by Dr. Johann Friedrich, depicting the bodies of dead soldiers, pushed down by Sergeant Al from a giant springboard onto a slab of concrete.
  • The Cathedral
    The Cathedral (Polish: Katedra) is a 2002 short animated science fiction movie by Tomasz Bagiński, based on a short story by Jacek Dukaj, winner of the Janusz A. Zajdel Award in 2000. The film was nominated in 2002 for the Academy Award for Animated Short Film for the 75th Academy Awards.
  • Ambition
    A young apprentice (Aisling Franciosi) struggles to master nanotechnology on an alien world and prove herself to her enigmatic master (Aidan Gillen). Will her herculean goals remain tantalizingly out of reach, or will she fulfill them and in the process, change life as we know it? Tomek Bagiński’s short film Ambition is a collaborative project between the European Space Agency and Platige Image highlighting Rosetta, ESA’s real mission to rendezvous with, escort and land on a comet.

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Biography

Audiences know Tomek Bagiński primarily through his short animated films, for which he has received BAFTAs and LIAs as well as Academy Award, Emmy, and VES nominations. In the animation industry, however, his name is associated with characterful commercials and the now-iconic video game cinematics. Bagiński has created animated interludes for The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 games, as well as cinematics for prestigious titles published by Microsoft and Ubisoft. As a commercials director – who has made almost 150 of them – Tomek has cooperated with such global brands as BBC, EA Sports, Coca Cola, Nike, and History Channel. His portfolio also includes special projects – such as fantasy short films of the Allegro Polish Legends series or a short film promoting the European Space Agency called Ambition. Currently, as Executive Producer, Tomek is working on the set of the serial version of The Witcher, produced by Netflix in cooperation with Platige Image. He is also directing a live-action feature film Knights of the Zodiac based on the Japanese manga and animation Saint Seiya.