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Cezary Skubiszewski's first film score was for the film Lilians Story, directed by fellow Pole Jerzy Domaradzki. He has since worked with many Australian and international directors on films including Two Hands, Black & White, La Spagnola, The Sound of One Hand Clapping, The Brush Off, Bootmen, The Book of Revelation, Death Defying Acts, Love Lust and Lies, Bran Nue Dae, Beneath Hill 60, Red Dog, The Sapphires, The Broken Shore and Monsieur Mayonnaise.

Skubiszewski has received many awards, including three from AFI/AACTA, and the awards from Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC), Film Critics of Australia. Skubiszewski's score for Lilian's Story won the award for the Best Film Music at the Asia-Pacific Film Festival, and his score for Night received a nomination from the International Film Music Critics Association.

Skubiszewski has composed music for many television films and programs, as well as the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, AFL Finals and the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. His music can be heard in the advertising campaign for Carlton Draught Big Ad, and, in 2010, he recorded and conducted the VB Stubby Symphony. Those two ads became a sensation the world over.

Skubiszewski has contributed to the recordings of Jebediah, Killing Heidi, The Cat Empire, Things of Stone and Wood , Rocky Horror Show, and many more.

In 2003 he received the Centenary Medal for service to Australian Society and Australian Film Production and in 2010 Film Corle Critics of Australia (FCCA) Award "in recognition of contrubution to Autralian Cinema

Cezary Skubiszewski — current to July 2017