--- name: "Janusz Głowacki" canonical: "https://film.one/person/janusz-gowacki" fi1m_id: "janusz-gowacki" imdb_id: "nm0323196" tmdb_id: 342858 wikidata_id: "Q1683054" roles: ["Writer"] born: "13 September 1938" died: "19 August 2017" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "writer" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-18T00:01:05.132412+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." --- # Janusz Głowacki ## Identity Janusz Głowacki - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/janusz-gowacki - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** janusz-gowacki - **IMDb ID:** nm0323196 - **TMDB ID:** 342858 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1683054 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_G%C5%82owacki, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1683054, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0323196/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/342858 Writer. Born 13 September 1938 in Poznań, Poland. Died 19 August 2017. ## Details - **Work:** Writer - **Born:** 13 September 1938, Poznań, Poland - **Died:** 19 August 2017 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janusz_G%C5%82owacki, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1683054, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0323196/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/342858 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Cold War*](https://film.one/film/cold-war.md) (85) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Janusz Głowacki was a Polish playwright, essayist and screenwriter. Born in Poznań in 1938, he studied Polish philology at the University of Warsaw, graduating in 1961. He began his career writing short stories and satirical articles before turning to film and theatre. His screenwriting credits include co-writing *The Cruise* (1970) and writing *Hunting Flies* (1969) and *This Love Must Be Killed* (1972). Later works encompass the screenplay for *Wałęsa: Man of Hope* (2013) and a co-writing credit on *Cold War* (2018). He emigrated to the United States in the early 1980s, where he taught creative writing and had several plays produced. Głowacki received a Guggenheim Fellowship and other honours. He died in Egypt in 2017. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, culture.pl.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Cold War* (2018), Fi1m 85, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/cold-war.md) ## Complete filmography (11) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Cold War* (2018), Screenplay — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/cold-war.md) - *Gods* (2014), Thanks - *Wałesa: Man of Hope* (2013), Screenplay - *Billboard* (1998), Screenplay - *Antigone in New York* (1995), Theatre Play - *Choinka strachu* (1990), Screenplay - *Screen Tests* (1977), as Man In Bar - *Her Portrait* (1974), Dialogue - *To Kill This Love* (1972), Screenplay - *The Cruise* (1970), as Passenger (uncredited) · Screenplay - *Hunting Flies* (1969), as Man in front of the Club (uncredited) · Screenplay ## Gallery - ![Janusz Głowacki](https://film.one/media/person/128248/gallery-296e9bec8657.jpg) Janusz Głowacki — Mariusz Kubik, http://www.mariuszkubik.pl, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Janusz_Glowacki.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Janusz Głowacki in Poland (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/128248/gallery-412c11464366.jpg) Janusz Głowacki in Poland (2011) — Kontrola, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/00_Janusz_G%C5%82owacki.jpg/1280px-00_Janusz_G%C5%82owacki.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Skwer Janusza Głowackiego w Warszawie. (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/128248/gallery-6e712e8033b1.jpg) Skwer Janusza Głowackiego w Warszawie. (2025) — Cybularny, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/2025_Warszawa_Skwer_Janusza_G%C5%82owackiego%2C_1.jpg/1280px-2025_Warszawa_Skwer_Janusza_G%C5%82owackiego%2C_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Skwer Janusza Głowackiego w Warszawie. (2025)](https://film.one/media/person/128248/gallery-4b97129d314d.jpg) Skwer Janusza Głowackiego w Warszawie. (2025) — Cybularny, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/2025_Warszawa_Skwer_Janusza_G%C5%82owackiego%2C_2.jpg/1280px-2025_Warszawa_Skwer_Janusza_G%C5%82owackiego%2C_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Janusz Głowacki and Andrzej Szczytko, Kharkiv Ukrainian Drama Theatre, December 4th, 2014.](https://film.one/media/person/128248/gallery-60f567ba3e2b.jpg) Janusz Głowacki and Andrzej Szczytko, Kharkiv Ukrainian Drama Theatre, December 4th, 2014. — Glowajan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/JGlowacki_ASzczytko2014.jpg/1280px-JGlowacki_ASzczytko2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Mural of Andrzej Pągowski dedicated to Janusz Głowacki, Łódź 39 Targowa Street (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/128248/gallery-70b625fc41d3.jpg) Mural of Andrzej Pągowski dedicated to Janusz Głowacki, Łódź 39 Targowa Street (2018) — Zorro2212, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Mural_of_Andrzej_P%C4%85gowski_dedicated_to_Janusz_G%C5%82owacki%2C_%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA_39_Targowa_Street.jpg/1280px-Mural_of_Andrzej_P%C4%85gowski_dedicated_to_Janusz_G%C5%82owacki%2C_%C5%81%C3%B3d%C5%BA_39_Targowa_Street.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Other awards — 2 won, 1 nominated - European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film 2019: European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film (nominated), for *Cold War* - Warsaw Literary Prize 2011: Warsaw Literary Prize (won) - Śląski Wawrzyn Literacki 2004: Śląski Wawrzyn Literacki (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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