---
name: "Piotr Szkopiak"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/piotr-szkopiak"
fi1m_id: "piotr-szkopiak"
imdb_id: "nm0844155"
tmdb_id: 212025
roles: ["Director"]
born: "14 March 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T12:20:08.619626+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."
---

# Piotr Szkopiak

## Identity

Piotr Szkopiak

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/piotr-szkopiak
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** piotr-szkopiak
- **IMDb ID:** nm0844155
- **TMDB ID:** 212025
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0844155/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/212025

Director. Born 14 March 1966 in Camberwell, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 14 March 1966, Camberwell, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1985–1986
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan Wareing](https://film.one/person/alan-wareing.md), [Alice Troughton](https://film.one/person/alice-troughton.md), [Andrew Morgan](https://film.one/person/andrew-morgan.md), [Andy Hay](https://film.one/person/andy-hay.md), [Antonia Bird](https://film.one/person/antonia-bird.md), [Chris Clough](https://film.one/person/chris-clough.md), [Chris Murray](https://film.one/person/chris-murray-2716243.md), [Claire Winyard](https://film.one/person/claire-winyard.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as director, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0844155/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/212025

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70), [*Casualty*](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md) (68)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Piotr Szkopiak is a British director, editor and writer. Born in London in 1966 to Polish parents, he began working in television without formal training, starting as an intern at MTV Europe in 1989 before joining Sky TV.

He made his feature debut with *Small Time Obsession* (2000), which he also wrote, edited and produced. His second feature, *The Last Witness* (2018), which he co-wrote and directed, received a wide theatrical release in Poland and releases in the UK and US. Szkopiak has directed extensively for British television, including episodes of *Casualty* (1986), *EastEnders* (1985), *Doctors* (2000), *Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators* (2018), *The Coroner* (2015) and 139 episodes of *Emmerdale* (1972). His work has received two BAFTA Television Award nominations.

*Sources: imdb.com, filmfreeway.com, arvon.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Casualty* (1986), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *No Place to Hide* (2026), Director
- *Two Knights* (2022), Director
- *Postcards from the 48%* (2018), Actor
- *The Last Witness* (2018), Director, Writer
- *Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators* (2018), series, Director
- *The Coroner* (2015), series, Director
- *Doctors* (2000), series, Director
- *The Killing Zone* (1999), Editor
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, Director
- *Casualty* (1986), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/casualty.md)
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/piotr-szkopiak