OLA SZMIDA

Director, illustrator, and cartoonist. Born in 1987 in Myszków. She studied animated film at the University of the Arts in Poznań, and subsequently held a scholarship at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne.

For her work, she has received, among others, the City of Warsaw Literary Award in the comics category, and a documentary film for which she directed the animation was included on the prestigious Op-Docs list by The New York Times.

To date, she has collaborated with brands and institutions including: BBC, Ermenegildo Zegna, Boiler Room, Southbank Centre, Rookie Mag, Vice Magazine, and Disney Poland.