Dorota Kedzierzawska (Polish pronunciation: [d?'r?ta k??d???'?afska]; born 1 June 1957 in Lódz) is a Polish director of feature and documentary films.
Kedzierzawska graduated from the National Film School in Lódz in 1981 but prior to that had completed a course in cultural studies at the University of Lódz and studied film directing in Moscow for two years.
Kedzierzawska is the director of several acclaimed films, such as Crows, Nothing, I Am, and Devils, Devils.
In her films she concentrates on the experiences of disadvantaged children who contend with a difficult financial situation, rejection by adults, or both.
Her characters are usually women, hopelessly fighting for the love of their men.
Her most recent film, Time to Die (Pora Umierac, 2007), is a powerful black-and-white depiction of the daily life of an old woman named Aniela, played by Polish screen and stage legend Danuta Szaflarska.
Dorota Kedzierzawska directed the following movies:
Another World (2012)
Tomorrow Will Be Better (2011)
Time to Die (2007)
I Am (2005)
Nic (1998)
Wrony (1994, aka Crows)
Diably, diably (1991, screened for the 30th International Critics' Week of Cannes)
Koniec Swiata (1998, TV Movie)
Gucia (1985, Short film)
Poczatek (1983, Short documentary)
Jajko (1982, Short film)
Agnieszka (1980, Short film)