Patrick Yoka
Television and film director
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Patrick Yoka (born 1975) is a Polish television and film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his work on television series The Lousy World (2000–2017), Niania (2006–2007), Family.pl (2011–2020, 2025), and True Law (2012).[1]
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Patrick Yoka in 2016. | |
| Born | 1975 (age 50–51) |
| Occupations | Television and film director and screenwriter |
| Years active | 2000–present |
Biography
Patrick Yoka graduated from the Karol Szymanowski Music School in Wrocław, Poland.[1][2]
In 2000, he began working as a screenwriter on the television series The Lousy World, and in 2008, he also became director of the series. He worked on the series until 2017. He also worked as a screenwriter on the television series Crime Wave (2003–2004), Hela w opałach (2006), and Niania (2006–2007), as well as a director on television series Hela w opałach (2006), and Naznaczony (2009), and True Law (2012). In 2011, he began working as a director on the television series Family.pl, and in 2016, he also begun working there as a screenwriter. He worked on the show until 2020, and again in 2025, following its revival.[1] He directed feature films Letters to Santa 4 (2020), and Święta inaczej (2022).[3][4]
Private life
He is in a relationship with actress Agnieszka Dygant, with whom he has a son born in 2010.[2]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Position | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000–2017 | The Lousy World | Screenwriter | TV series; 341 episodes | [1] |
| 2008–2017 | Director | TV series; 246 episodes | ||
| 2002 | Awantura o kasę | Screenwriter | Game show | |
| 2003–2004 | Crime Wave | TV series; 14 episodes | ||
| 2006 | Hela w opałach | TV series; 3 episodes | ||
| Director | TV series; 15 episodes | |||
| Kim Ki Dok | Director and screenwriter | Documentary film | ||
| 2006–2007 | Niania | Screenwriter | TV series; 10 episodes | |
| 2007 | Droga krzyżowa | Director and screenwriter | Documentary TV series; 2 episodes | |
| 2009 | Naznaczony | Director | TV series; 3 episodes | |
| 2010 | Zmartwychwstania miało nie być | Screenwriter | Documentary film | |
| 2011–2020, 2025 | Family.pl | Director | TV series | |
| 2016–2020, 2025 | Screenwriter | |||
| 2012 | True Law | Director | TV series; 5 episodes | |
| 2015–2016 | Powiedz tak! | TV series; 12 episodes | ||
| 2020 | Letters to Santa 4 | Feature film | ||
| 2022 | Święta inaczej | |||