Damian Kocur

 ( 21st-century Polish Male Writers ) 

Damian Kocur (born 23 September 1983) is a Poland film director, whose debut feature film Bread and Salt (Chleb i sól) premiered in 2022.Marta Balaga, "‘Violence Often Starts With a Joke’: Damian Kocur Talks ‘Bread and Salt,’ Teases ‘A Night Without an End’". Variety, 17 November 2022.

A graduate of the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School, he directed a number of short films prior to Bread and Salt. "Polish movie to vie for awards at Venice festival". Polskie Radio, 27 July 2022. The film premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Prize in the Orizzonti program.Alison Foreman, "‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’ Wins Venice Film Festival Golden Lion: See All the Winners". IndieWire, 10 September 2022. Kocur subsequently won the Polish Film Award for Discovery of the Year, and was nominated for Best Director, at the 25th Polish Film Awards in 2023.

His second feature film, Under the Volcano (Pod wulkanem), premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.Jeremy Kay, "Toronto film festival unveils 43 titles in Centrepiece programme". Screen Daily, 6 August 2024.