Piotr Pytlakowski (25 November 1951 – 31 December 2024) was a Polish journalist and screenwriter, from 1997 associated with the weekly "Polityka".

He completed an extramural professional study of political science for journalist at the Institute of Journalism at the University of Warsaw.

He worked, among others in Gazeta Wyborcza, Życie Warszawy, Życie, and since 1997 he has been associated with the weekly Polityka, where he handled investigative journalism and criminal issues.

Pytlakowski won the Grand Press laureate in the "investigative journalism" category in 1999.

Pytlakowski died on 31 December 2024, at the age of 73.