Jerzy Boczkowski (born April 24, 1882, in Włocławek; died April 5, 1953, in Warsaw) was a notable Polish composer, theater director, journalist, and the president of the Union of Stage Authors and Composers from 1936 to 1947.

Education The son of Józef and Maria (née Chałupczyńska), Boczkowski completed his education at the real gymnasium in Warsaw in 1900. He later pursued studies at polytechnics in Warsaw, Prague, and Berlin, although he did not obtain an engineering degree. In 1925, he married Helena Ziółkowska.

Career Boczkowski's professional journey began with his role as the editor of Nowa Gazeta from 1908 to 1917. In 1915, he took on the position of music director at the Żywa Mucha theater in Warsaw. Following this, he served as the literary and artistic director at the Miraż cabaret, and later at the Argus cabaret. In 1919, he co-founded the Qui Pro Quo cabaret, where he acted as its literary and artistic director and co-director until 1930. Boczkowski became a co-owner of the cabaret in 1921, alongside Seweryn Majde. In the same year, he managed the Wodewil theater.

In 1931, he co-directed Melodram, a theater he established with Leon Schiller, although it operated for only one season. In 1932, he briefly returned to Qui Pro Quo before becoming the director of the Morskie Oko theater for one season after the cabaret's closure. His last pre-war project was the Małe Qui Pro Quo cabaret, which he founded in 1937 and was situated on the first floor of the Ziemiańska cafe.

During World War II, from 1941, he directed the official Złoty Ul Theater on Nowy Świat Street. These types of theaters were criticized and participation was prohibited by the Secret Theater Council. Nevertheless, productions such as W ululanym hive - the bees got drunk with honey and Let's wet our feet were staged. In March 1944, the theater was renamed Vaudeville, with its inaugural performance featuring the French farce Mr. Naczelnik i am ja, starring Antoni Fertner. Boczkowski later adapted this play into a musical comedy.

After the war, in 1945, he established the Różowy Balonik theater in Warsaw's Praga district, which paid homage to traditional pre-war cabarets. Following its dissolution, he became the first post-war president of the Union of Stage Authors and Composers, a position he held until 1947.

Boczkowski composed numerous songs, including The Echoes of the Café with his own lyrics, I have a little boy for Copernicus with words by Julian Tuwim, performed by Hanka Ordonówna at Qui Pro Quo, Na Czerniakowska with lyrics by Konrad Tom, and Ty will you forget about the summer adventure. He also wrote the operettas Another One (1916) and Toy Box (1917), and contributed one-act operettas On the Bright Shore and Pomponette for Qui Pro Quo. Additionally, he composed music for various cabaret sketches.

Jerzy Boczkowski is interred at Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw, in section 39, row 3, grave 1/2.