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2023

Diplodocus

Third year of production! Directing the full-length feature.

Premiere of "Fungae"

The premiere of the graphic novel with my script and drawings by Tomek Lesniak in January 2023.

I am very sorry

Evening sporadic drawing after working on "Diplodocus"....

2022

Diplodocus

Directing an animated feature film and the first teaser!

Diplodocus + pixel

Presentation of "Diplodocus" at the Pixel Heaven 2022 festival in Warsaw.

mr. lightbulb!

The U.S. premiere of "Mr. Lightbulb" published by Fantagraphics in April.

Diplodocus + CM22

The third presentation of "Diplodocus" at the Cartoon Movie 2022 event in Bordeaux, France.

mr. lightbulb in Cracow

Event on the occasion of the American premiere of the comic book.

Mr. lightbulb in Sweden

Book signing at the Stockholm International Comic Book Festival.

fungae

New graphic novel with my script and drawings by Tomek Lesniak completed.

I am very sorry

The work on another graphic novel continues.

GTH Artbook Update

Expanded version of the "George the Hedgehog" movie artbook

2021

Diplodocus

Directing a feature-length animated film.

US edition

"Mr. Lightbulb" to be the first Polish comic ever published by the prestigious Fantagraphics!

Fungae

Working on a graphic novel illustrated by Tomek Lesniak.

I am very sorry

Drawing after hours... :)

Fird

Project development for a 4-part, epic graphic novel about a half-fish, half-bird.

Directing ads

GoodValley, Berlinki.

2020

The Comics Journal

Interview with me.

Diplodocus

Final screenplay and storyboard (rev.6). The production START.

I am very sorry

Initial work on my second graphic novel.

Fungae

Script for a comic book illustrated by Tomasz Leśniak. Initial works.

directing ads

Plush, Bobovita, Berlinki, GoodValley.

2019

DRAGON-EAGLE-DINO-VAMPIRE

The film based on the improvised script of 6-year-old son Gucio.

Best Graphic Novel Award

"Mr. Lightbulb" recognized as the best Polish comic book of 2018!

Diplodocus

18th script draft. 1st version of the storyboard.

Directing ads

Fristi, Plush, Franki, Kiełbasy Morlińskie, Berlinki, Yonelle.

The best advice

The last part of the "Sunshine and Water" series.

Music video

"Sunshine and Water" with the music arrangement by Mikolai Stroinski.

2018

Casparade DVD

First season DVD release.

"Mr. Lightbulb" premiere

The premiere of the Polish edition of the book - April 18th, 2018.

Sunshine and Water

4 shorts based on my 5-year old son Gucio's improvised songs.

Directing ads

Plush, Ipla, Kiełbasy Morlińskie, Berlinki, CityFit.

Diplodocus

Cartoon Movie presentation. 16th and 17th script drafts written by me. Storyboarding.

"Mr. Lightbulb" awarded

MISIE: BEST HERO; Festival in Łódź: BOOK OF THE YEAR nomination; Środek Komiksu: THE BEST COMIC BOOK WRITER.

2017

Directing ads

Plush, Berlinki, Kiełbasy Morlińskie, Empik.

Mr. LightBulb

Over 600-page graphic novel completed after 8 years of work.

Diplodocus

Development of the full-length animated family comedy. Animation tests. 13th, 14th and 15th screenplay drafts.

2016

Directing ads

Plush, Vibovit, Berlinki, Kiełbasy Morlińskie, Orange.

Casparade: King of the Party

Directing of one of the episodes of "Casparade" series Season 1.

The Fly Avenger: Genesis

Screenplay and direction of the "Casparade" season 1 series' special episode.

Rewriting "Diplodocus"

8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th draft written by me.

2015

Directing ads

Plush, Orange, Famikid, Berlinki, Kiełbasy Morlińskie, Tiger.

Rewriting "Diplodocus"

2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th draft written by me.

2014

Directing ads

Tiger, Plush, Orange, Żabka, Famikid, Saga, Ministerstwo Środowiska.

"Diplodocus" on Cartoon Movie

The first international presentation of the idea for the film "Diplodocus". 1st draft of the script written by Rafał Skarżycki.

2013

Directing ads

Orange, Żabka, Saga, Berlinki.

2012

"George" awarded

Spirit Award at the Brooklyn Film Festival in New York and Grand Prix at SICAF in South Korea.

RealD - Haracters

Stereoscopic commercial directed by Wojtek Wawszczyk and Kamil Polak; awarded at 3d Film Festival in Los Angeles.

Casparade - pilot

Screenplay and direction of the first episode of the series for children.

Directing ads

Orange, Żabka, Telewizja N, RealD, Telekomunikacja Polska.

2011

George the Hedgehog

Movie premiere 11 III 11.

Artbook

"George the Hedgehog" movie's behind the scenes and a collection of short comic stories published by Egmont.

Heart & Brain: Hysteria

Debut in commercial directing.

"George" on DVD and Bluray

Extras and special features prepared for the special releases of the movie.

Human Ark

Joining the animation studio on long-term basis.

Directing ads

Telekomunikacja Polska, Tiger, Axe.

2010

George the Hedgehog

End of the production (directed by Wojtek Wawszczyk, Kuba Tarkowski, Tomek Leśniak).

Mr. LightBulb

Drawing first pages of the graphic novel's final version.

2009

First draft

Draft version of the "Mr. Lightbulb" graphic novel completed after several years.

Some more teaching

Art of animation lectures at Polish-Japanese Adademy of Information Technology in Warsaw.

2008

"Splinter" awarded

Best Animated Film award at the Era New Horizons festival in Wroclaw.

2007

Splinter

End of production.

The Lost Town of Switez

Animation supervisor for Kamil Polak's short film.

"George" begins...

Production start of a full-leght animated feature "George the Hedgehog".

Guest lecture

Directing animation at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany.

2006

Digisuperstar

One-week animation workshop at Maribor's Kibla Gallery in Slovenia.

2005

Aeon Flux

Character animation for Karyn Kusama's feature, at Digital Domain in Los Angeles.

wojwaw.com

Short promotional movie for the Warsaw Film School.

Teaching

Art of animation classes at the Warsaw Film School.

2004

I, robot

Character animation. The movie was nominated for Oscars in the Best VFX category.

"Switez" Animatic

Helping with the animatic for Kamil Polak's "The Lost Town of Switez" short film.

Fight Club - the Game

Director and animation supervisor of cinematic sequences for a game based on David Fincher's movie; in Prana studios, Mumbai.

Disney: Homecoming

Animating classic Disney characters for the first time ever in CG; Disneyland's 50-year anniversary commercial directed by Joe Pytka; at Digital Domain, Los Angeles.

"Splinter" awarded

Screenplay awarded in Bosch Stiftung competition in Germany. Start of the movie production.

2003

Digital Art Festival

Special guest and the retrospective at DAF in Tokyo, Japan.

Digital Domain

Invitation to join the legendary Digital Domain studio in Los Angeles; working on "I, Robot" movie directed by Alex Proyas.

2002

Oxen

Comic about oxes for the CD cover of Oxen band record.

Ploi Studio

Independent group of animation creators founded with Kamil Polak; first commercial jobs.

Penguin

First short film right after finishing studies.

2001

Mo-Mi

Compilation of the music written during studies at the Polish Film School in Lodz and Filmakademie in Ludwigsburg.

Polish story

Music written for the movie by Jacek Rokosz.

Stinky

Experimental improvised comic book created by 9 students from the Polish Film School.

Mouse

Graduate film.

End of studies

A+ Masters Degree at the Polish National Film School in Lodz.

100 Meisterwerke

One-page comic adaptation of Kafka's "Trial" published in Germany in a collection of comic adaptations of great literature.

2000

Coincidence

Awarded music written for "Coincidence" short film directed by Anna Kubik.

"Headless" awarded

at Imagina,Mecon, Animago, OpenArt festivals.

1999

Mtv: Forests

Classic 2d animation for a short MTV movie directed by Piotr Karwas.

Headless

My 3rd year student film. First computer animation ever.

1996

Zmasta 30

Last episode of improvised recordings with Tomek Dudziński.

Film School

Beginning of studies at the Polish National Film School in Lodz.

1998

Rock Parada Radio

Collection of extremely bizarre recordings from a Lodz radio station.

Kontakt'98 Festival

One of the festival organizers and festival's trailer music composer.

Sorry!

2nd year student short film.

Scholarship

One-year scholarship at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany.

1997

Passing by

First cheesy music written for the Artur Żurawski short student film.

One Often Feels...

First movie ever.

1995

Zmasta

Episodes 28-29. Rollnig Stoned "Mutant Body". Great Work (unfinished).

1994

Zmasta

Episodes 21-27. Quadro special.

1993

Zmasta

Episodes 10-20.

1992

Nowa Zmasta

Improvised audio plays recorded with Tomek Dudziński.

1991

Svenn

Comic book series about a boy with superpowers (1990-1991).

1989

Relaks, Minirelaks

Some hundreds of pages of my stories, comics and cut-outs from other magazines.

Anaconda

Comic book about a thief who accidently blows up a building and then runs away. He dies at the end.

Zmasta 1

Improvised audio plays recorded with Tomek Dudziński.

1988

Smiley

Little book full of incomprehensible humor.

Minirelaks nr1

Magazine that I drew for my family and friends between 1988 and 1989.

Jack i Alex oraz Paka

Comic book series about brave daredevils in space.

Difficult road

Game with exceptionally complex rules.

1987

Mushroom Cinema

I was drawing pictures on paper rolls and then "projecting" them frame by frame.

1986

Fugitive

Futuristic comic book about Thief John, that takes place in 2001.

1985

Devils and Creatures

Collection of stories, some of them copied from other books. Price 200 zloty (ouch!).

1983

G-Force

SF stories mixed with songs from the kindergarten.

The playgrounds broken out of my thoughts

40 "great" playground ideas: beds, shoe shop, hood shooting range, head club, and so on.

Digger

A graphic created during my stay at Grandma's.

1982

War

My first comic ever. I was 5.

1981

Daddy

I drew it when I was 4.

1977

ELVIS

August 16th - Elvis is dead. Wojtek Wawszczyk is born.