Magda Osinska
Directors
Magdalena Osińska is an award-winning director, working with Lucasfilm on their eagerly anticipated second instalment of Star Wars: Visions series for Disney+, an Aardman/Star Wars collaboration produced and shot at the studios in Bristol. This 10 mins short film, I Am Your Mother, won a Venice TV Award and received an Annie Award nomination.
She has spent over a decade at Aardman directing stop-motion, CGI and live-action commercials and shorts, including DFS Wallace & Gromit: The Great Sofa Caper with Nick Park and Share the Orange films for Alzheimer’s Research UK starring Samuel L Jackson and Bryan Cranston. Outside of Aardman Osińska led the development on the children’s series Joyets, and directed short films including Spirits of the Piano and Zbigniev’s Cupboard.
Magda’s latest work is directing the LEGO short film Boop for Aardman, as well as working on her debut feature Ro, an independent international co-production supported by Canal+.
A graduate of the National Film and Television School (UK), the Polish National Film School in Łódź, and the Warsaw Art Collage, Osińska continues to create imaginative, character-driven stories for some of the world’s most beloved entertainment brands.
fun facts about MAgda
MUSIC TASTE
Eclectic from Stormzy to Penderecki
FAVORITE MOVIE
Pan’s Labyrinth
FAVORITE CHARACTER
Chihiro from Spirited Away
FAVORITE FOOD
Potatoes
Hobby
Reading