John Thadeus Szablewski

John Szablewski is a graduate of SUNY Buffalo State where he’s earned two Bachelors Degrees -Television and Film Arts (2013); Art Education (2017) as well as his Masters Degree in Creativity and Change Leadersip (2021). Prior to being an art educator, Szablewski worked on numerous television and film projects as a line producer or unit production manager. Such projects were completed for AMC, Netflix, and Starlight Media. Szablewski is also a screenwriter, who’s screenplay “The Horrors of Public Transportation” was nominated for the Michael Collyer Award from the Writers Guild of America, East in 2011, and his screenplay “The Quota” was named an honorable mention in the Sceencraft Short Screenplay Competition in 2015. In 2017 Szablewski became an art educator, winning the Polish Arts Club of Buffalo Award for education, as well the Barb Schillawski Mautz and Bruce Elliott Art Education awards from SUNY Buffalo State. Szablewski enjoys graphic design and painting – his two mediums of choice! His painting, “A Quiet Queen City” won the audience choice award at Queen City Fine Arts Studio in April 2020. When Szablewski is not teaching, he is an active member of the Buffalo theater community as a theater reviewer as well as a musician, actor, and director. Szablewski lives with his wife outside of Buffalo, NY.