Jakub Żulczyk

Jakub Żulczyk (born 12 August 1983) is a Polish writer and journalist who writes for Elle, Machina, Przekrój and Onet.pl. He lives in Warsaw. Żulczyk and Monika Powalisz wrote the script to the popular crime TV series Belfer. His first book Zrób mi jakąś krzywdę... was published in 2006. He was nominated to the Paszport Polityki Award in 2014 for Ślepnąc od świateł ("Blinded by the Lights") and to the Literary Award of Warmia and Masuria in 2017. He is the winner of the 2018 Literary Award of the Capital City of Warsaw. His 2022 novel Informacja zwrotna was adapted into a Netflix television series called Feedback.

Works

Still Here

Polish drama series which follows the tragicomic adventures of a 40-year-old urban legend in Warsaw. He is a deeply complex character, an irresponsible party animal, a serial lothario and everyone’s friend at the same time. Behind the veneer he is tormented and self-loathing, trapped by his parents and shackled by the culture and the times that shaped him.

Release Date2023-06-19

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Charactersd Therapy Participant

Episode Count11

Vote Count11

Wrooklyn Zoo

Eighteen-year-old Kosa is the best skater in Wrocław. He has a beautiful girlfriend, great friends, an adored grandfather and a clear plan for the future - he wants to win a prestigious skateboarding competition with a lot of money at stake and a trip to Los Angeles. Everything changes dramatically when, during a carefree vacation, Kosa meets Zora - a magnetic Romani girl, with whom magic and a passionate feeling that he has never experienced before enters the boy's life.

Release Date2024-10-18

Charactersd Ewa's Husband

Vote Count6

Faux Paux

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

The Teacher

A Polish teacher moves to a provincial town and gets involved in investigating the brutal murder of a high school girl. He learns more and more about the mysteries of this murder, revealing corruption and fraud among local elites.

Release Date2016-10-02

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Episode Count10

Vote Count43

Hound's Hill

A successful and renowned novelist — haunted by trauma and a mysterious blackmailer — returns to his hometown to reckon with his unresolved past.

Release Date2025-01-08

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count5

Vote Count61

The Writers. A Short Series

Release Date2019-06-08

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count2

#BringBackAlice

After missing social media influencer Alicja Stec returns with no memory of the past year, the drug-dealing brother of another missing teen sets out to prove the cases are connected… and unravel the truth behind his sister’s disappearance.

Release Date2023-04-14

DepartmentCrew

JobCreative Consultant

Episode Count1

Vote Count22

Feedback

A rock star with memory issues due to his alcoholism goes on a wild search to find his missing son.

Release Date2023-11-15

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count5

Vote Count29

Blinded by the Lights

An eight-episode story charting seven days from the life of a cocaine dealer whose perfectly organized life begins to sink into chaos while he is forced to make the most important choices in his life.

Release Date2018-10-27

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count8

Vote Count51