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name: "Jan A. P. Kaczmarek"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jan-a-p-kaczmarek"
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imdb_id: "nm0434222"
tmdb_id: 22680
wikidata_id: "Q960311"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "29 April 1953"
died: "21 May 2024"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T07:10:35.043327+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Jan A. P. Kaczmarek

## Identity

Jan A. P. Kaczmarek

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jan-a-p-kaczmarek
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jan-a-p-kaczmarek
- **IMDb ID:** nm0434222
- **TMDB ID:** 22680
- **Wikidata ID:** Q960311
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_A._P._Kaczmarek, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q960311, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0434222/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/22680

Composer. Born 29 April 1953 in Konin, Polish People's Republic [now Poland]. Died 21 May 2024.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 29 April 1953, Konin, Polish People's Republic [now Poland]
- **Died:** 21 May 2024
- **Active:** 2004–2009
- **Also known as:** Jan A. P. Kaczmarek , Jan A. Kaczmarek , Jan Andrzej Pawel Kaczmarek, Jan Andrzej Paweł Kaczmarek, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_A._P._Kaczmarek, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q960311, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0434222/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/22680

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Hachi: A Dog's Tale*](https://film.one/film/hachi-a-dogs-tale.md) (73)

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## Biography

Jan A.P. Kaczmarek was a Polish composer. He wrote scores for more than 70 feature films and documentaries.

Born in Konin in 1953, he studied law before turning to music through an association with the avant-garde theatre of Jerzy Grotowski. He later formed his own ensemble and toured in Europe. His film work includes *Total Eclipse* (1995), *Unfaithful* (2002), *Finding Neverland* (2004), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Score, *The Visitor* (2008) and *Hachi: A Dog's Tale* (2009).

Kaczmarek died in Kraków on 21 May 2024, aged 71.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, apnews.com, allmusic.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Hachi: A Dog's Tale* (2009), Fi1m 73, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/hachi-a-dogs-tale.md)
- *Finding Neverland* (2004), Fi1m 64, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/finding-neverland.md)

## Complete filmography (63)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Legend of the Happy Worker* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Resurrection* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *Death of Zygielbojm* (2021), Music Producer, Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
- *Butterfly's Dream* (2021), Original Music Composer, Music Producer
- *Magnesium* (2021), Music Producer, Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
- *Valley of the Gods* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Nieletni inżynierowie* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *I'll Find You* (2019), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
- *Paul, Apostle of Christ* (2018), Music Producer, Orchestrator, Original Music Composer
- *Tales of Mexico* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Interlude: City of a Dead Woman* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Dancing Before the Enemy: How a Teenage Boy Fooled the Nazis and Lived* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Inbetween Worlds* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *1939 Battle of Westerplatte* (2013), Music Producer, Orchestrator, Original Music Composer
- *Joanna* (2013), Original Music Composer, Music Producer
- *The Time Being* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Leonie* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Get Low* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *The Officer's Wife* (2010), Producer, Original Music Composer
- *Pinocchio* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Pinocchio* (2009), series, Original Music Composer
- *Hachi: A Dog's Tale* (2009), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/hachi-a-dogs-tale.md)
- *The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler* (2009), Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
- *City Island* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Horsemen* (2009), Orchestrator, Original Music Composer
- *Passchendaele* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *The Karamazov Brothers* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *The Visitor* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Hania* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Evening* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Who Never Lived* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Finding Neverland* (2004), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/finding-neverland.md)
- *Soldier's Girl* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Unfaithful* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Shot in the Heart* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Edges of the Lord* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Quo Vadis* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *A Mother's Fight for Justice* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Lost Souls* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *The Third Miracle* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Aimée & Jaguar* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Washington Square* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Bliss* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Dead Girl* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Felony* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Total Eclipse* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Gospel According to Harry* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Empty Cradle* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Three of Hearts* (1993), as Priest
- *White Marriage* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Doppelganger* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Do domu* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *Pale Blood* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *On Death Row* (1990), Original Music Composer
- *And at the Gates of Dawn You Shine...* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Trees* (1988), Original Music Composer
- *Jeździec na ogniu* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Disaster* (1986), Original Music Composer
- *Bohun and Kmicic* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Jan* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Marta* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Michał* (1984), Original Music Composer
- *Edward and Stefan* (1984), Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![Gwiazda Jana A.P. Kaczmarka na Alei Gwiazd w Krakowie na Bulwarze Czerwieńskim. (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/105226/gallery-05140b4b1732.jpg) Gwiazda Jana A.P. Kaczmarka na Alei Gwiazd w Krakowie na Bulwarze Czerwieńskim. (2023) — Mach240390, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/GwiazdaJanaA.P.Kaczmarka-AlejaGwiazd-BulwaryWi%C5%9Blane-POL%2C_Krak%C3%B3w.jpg/1280px-GwiazdaJanaA.P.Kaczmarka-AlejaGwiazd-BulwaryWi%C5%9Blane-POL%2C_Krak%C3%B3w.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jan A. P. Kaczmarek](https://film.one/media/person/105226/gallery-e7e17cca6099.jpg) Jan A. P. Kaczmarek — Michał Nadolski, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Jan_A.P._Kaczmarek%2C_PL_Pozna%C5%84_2011_%281%29.jpg/1280px-Jan_A.P._Kaczmarek%2C_PL_Pozna%C5%84_2011_%281%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, Poznań 2011.](https://film.one/media/person/105226/gallery-7ceff75d6fce.jpg) Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, Poznań 2011. — Michał Nadolski, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Jan_A.P._Kaczmarek%2C_PL_Pozna%C5%84_2011_%282%29.jpg/1280px-Jan_A.P._Kaczmarek%2C_PL_Pozna%C5%84_2011_%282%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, Poznań 2011.](https://film.one/media/person/105226/gallery-e2e5c73948dc.jpg) Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, Poznań 2011. — Michał Nadolski, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Jan_A.P._Kaczmarek%2C_PL_Pozna%C5%84_2011_%282%29_2.jpg/1280px-Jan_A.P._Kaczmarek%2C_PL_Pozna%C5%84_2011_%282%29_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 2005: Best Original Score (won), for *Finding Neverland*

### Other awards — 4 won

- Medal of the Centenary of Regained Independence 2021: Medal of the Centenary of Regained Independence (won)
- Złoty Hipolit 2020: Złoty Hipolit (won)
- Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta 2015: Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta (won)
- Golden Medal for Merit to Culture 2006: Golden Medal for Merit to Culture (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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