Stefan Pleszczynski

Stefan Pleszczynski (born in Eastern Townships, Quebec) is a Canadian film and television director, producer and screenwriter.

Career Pleszczynski is an alumnus of Concordia University and Simon Fraser University. While at Simon Fraser, he won two awards at the Canadian Student Film Festival in 1984 for his experimental student short film The Dragon.

He was a location manager on the films Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994) and Johnny Mnemonic (1995) prior to directing his first mid-length film, The Old Man Who Wanted to Climb to Heaven (L'Homme perché), in 1997.

Pleszczynski's television credits include Da Vinci's Inquest, Intelligence, The Worst Witch, Weirdsister College, Sophie, 18 to Life, Flashpoint, Motive, Supernatural, Transplant, Sight Unseen and the American-Canadian adaption of Being Human.

Beginning with the second season of Transplant, he was also a producer of the series.

He has also directed the television films Live Once, Die Twice (2006), Circle of Friends (2006) and A Life Interrupted (2007), and the 2004 feature film On the River of Lost and Found (L'Espérance).

Personal life He currently lives in Montreal and is married to Bernadette Gogula, who was a collaborator on both of Pleszczynski's theatrical films.

Awards Award Date of ceremony Category Work Result Canadian Screen Awards 2015 Best Direction in a Dramatic Series Motive 2022 Best Dramatic Series Transplantwith Jocelyn Deschênes, Bruno Dubé, Joseph Kay, Tara Woodbury, Virginia Rankin, Josée Vallée, Adam Barken 2023 Transplantwith Joseph Kay, Bruno Dubé, Jocelyn Deschênes, Josée Vallée, Rachel Langer, Sarah Timmins 2024 Canadian Student Film Festival 1984 Best Experimental Film The Dragon 2022 Best Direction in a Dramatic Series Transplant: "Guardrail"