Birth Name: Kenneth William Kwapis
Place of Birth: East St. Louis, Illinois, U.S.
Date of Birth: August 17, 1957
Ethnicity:
*Polish (father)
*English, possibly other (mother)
Ken Kwapis is an American screenwriter, and film and television director.
Ken is the son of Marjorie “Marge” (Wells) and Bruno Walter Kwapis/Kwapisz. Ken was raised Catholic in Belleville, Illinois. Ken is married to screenwriter Marisa Silver.
Ken’s father was of Polish descent. Ken’s mother has English, and possibly other, ancestry.
Ken’s paternal grandparents were Leon Kwapis/Kwapisz and Mary Pietroski. Leon and Mary were from Poland.
Sources: Ken’s father, Bruno Walter Kwapis/Kwapisz, on the 1940 U.S. Census – http://www.familysearch.org
Obituary of Ken’s father, Bruno Walter Kwapis/Kwapisz – http://obits.dignitymemorial.com
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