Diplodocus (Director’s Cut)

Wojtek Wawszczyk

Born on the very day Elvis Presley died – and, just like the King of Rock’n’Roll, he seemed destined for creativity from the start. He is a director, screenwriter, animator, and comic book author, and a graduate of the Polish National Film School in Łódź and the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg.

He created award-winning short animations such as Headless, Mouse, Penguin, and Splinter. In Los Angeles, he worked at Digital Domain on I, Robot and Æon Flux, co-created animation for Disney, and led animators at Prana Studios in India. He was lead animator on Kamil Polak’s The Lost Town of Świteź and co-director of the feature George the Hedgehog (2011), which won awards including the Grand Prix at SICAF in South Korea and the Spirit Award at the Brooklyn Film Festival, where he also voiced the character Clone.

Between 2011-2025 associated with Human Film studio, where he has directed nearly 200 commercials combining animation and live action. As writer and director of the family 3D animated feature Diplodocus (2024), he achieved international success – the film was released in over 100 countries and won multiple awards (including at the 11th Young Horizons International Film Festival and the Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival).

His graphic novel Pan Żarówka (Mr. Lightbulb, 2018/2022) was named Comic of the Year in Poland and became the first Polish title ever published by the prestigious American publisher Fantagraphics. In 2023, in collaboration with Tomasz Leśniak, he created the graphic novel Fungae soon to be released in the US. He is currently developing several new film projects and working on his next original graphic novel.