Ewa Puszczyńska (; born 1955) is a Polish film and television producer. Her credits include Paweł Pawlikowski's Ida (2013) and Cold War (2018), Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest (2023), and Jesse Eisenberg's A Real Pain (2024).
Career Puszczyńska studied English at the University of Łódź and began her career teaching English and translating dialogue for film and television. In 1995, she was offered an office job working for at Opus Film, where she first began working as a producer.
In 2015, she founded Extreme Emotions, a production company co-managed with her daughter, Emilia. In 2018, she co-founded NEM Corp with Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska and Jan Naszewski. She served as a jury member for the 2018 Odesa International Film Festival and the 2024 Zurich Film Festival.
In January 2026, she was announced as a jury member for the main competition of the 76th Berlin International Film Festival. At the festival, journalist Tilo Jung asked jury president Wim Wenders about the absence of any criticism at the Biennale about the Gaza genocide, in light of the German government's support of the Israeli military and its role as the principal funder of the Biennale through the German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Puszczyńska answered first, saying that the question was "unfair" and that films should not be considered "political" in the traditional sense, and arguing that cinema is a "counterweight to politics."
Personal life Puszczyńska has two children.
Filmography Film Year Title Director Notes 2005 Your Name Is Justine Franco de Peña Line producer 2007 Spring 1941 Uri Barbash Co-producer 2008 Dariusz Gajewski 2009 Zero Paweł Borowski Associate producer2010 King of Devil's Island Marius Holst Co-producer 2012 Aglaja 2013 The Congress Ari Folman Ida Paweł Pawlikowski 2014 The Cut Fatih Akin Co-producer 2016 Dark Crimes Alexandros Avranas Co-producer Ewa Haim Tabakman 2017 Hostages Rezo Gigineishvili Co-producer The Captain Robert Schwentke Co-producer 2018 Cold War Paweł Pawlikowski 2020 Kill It and Leave This Town Mariusz Wilczyński Quo Vadis, Aida? Jasmila Žbanić 2022 The Silent Twins Agnieszka Smoczyńska June Zero Jake Paltrow Executive producer Fools Tomasz Wasilewski 2023 Mammalia Sebastian Mihăilescu Co-producer The Zone of Interest Jonathan Glazer 2024 A Real Pain Jesse Eisenberg 2025 Köln 75 Ido Fluk Co-producer 2026 Fatherland Paweł Pawlikowski Safe and Silent Justyna Tafel Wild, Wild East Jan Holoubek
Television Year Title Network Notes 2014–2015 AXN 2019 Ultraviolet AXN Empty Mansions HBO Co-producer Piekło Kobiet HBO Max
Awards and nominations Award Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards 2015 Best Film Not in the English Language Ida 2019 Cold War 2024The Zone of Interest Outstanding British Film British Independent Film Awards 2018 Best International Independent Film Cold War European Film Awards 2014 Best Film Ida 2018 Cold War 2023 The Zone of Interest Gotham Awards 2023 Best International Feature The Zone of Interest Polish Film Awards 2023 Best Film The Silent Twins 2025 The Zone of Interest Polish Film Festival 2022 Best Film Fools The Silent Twins
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