Dorota Kobiela

DK Welchman (née Dorota Kobiela) (born 1978) is a Polish filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer. She is best known for co-directing her first fully painted animated feature film Loving Vincent with her husband Hugh Welchman.

Career DK Welchman conceived Loving Vincent as a 7-minute short movie in 2008, Loving Vincent was idealized by Kobiela, a painter herself, after studying the techniques and the artist's story through his letters.

Filmography 2023: The Peasants (directed, writer) 2017: Loving Vincent (directed, writer, editor, visual effects) 2011: Little Postman (short, director, writer) 2011: Chopin's Drawings (short, director, writer) 2011: The Flying Machine (short, director, writer)

Awards and nominations Year Ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result 2017 Shanghai International Film Festival Best Animation Film DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman 2018 75th Golden Globe Awards Best Animated Feature Film DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman St. Louis Film Critics Association Best Animated Feature Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards Best Animated Feature 23rd Critics' Choice Awards Best Animated Feature DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman 90th Academy Awards Best Animated Feature DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman and Ivan Mactaggart 30th European Film Awards Best Animated Feature Film DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman 45th Annie Awards Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman and Jacek Dehnel 71st British Academy Film Awards Best Animated Film DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman and Ivan Mactaggart North Texas Film Critics Association Best Animated Film DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman St. Louis Film Critics Association Best Animated Feature