DIRECTORS

Wiesław Saniewski

Director, writer. He was born on October 29, 1948, in Wrocław. Graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry of the University of Wrocław, where he received a diploma in 1971 with a degree in mathematics. He studied at the Łódź Film School (graduated in...

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Barbara Sass

Director, screenwriter. She was born on October 14, 1936, in Łódź. She studied in her hometown at the Directing Department of the State Film School (1958, diploma in 1975). For several years, she worked as an assistant to renowned directors, including Wojciech Has (Pamiętnik...

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Jerzy Skolimowski

Film director, screenwriter, actor, producer, painter, poet. He was born on May 5, 1938, in Łódź. Graduate of ethnography at Warsaw University (1959) and the Directing Department of the State School of Theatre and Film in Łódź (1963). As a poet, he made his debut in 1957 in...

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Jerzy Stuhr

Actor, director and screenwriter. He was born on April 18, 1947, in Krakow. Graduate of Polish Studies at Jagiellonian University (1970) and the Acting Department of the Krakow Drama School (graduated 1972). For many years, he was associated with the Stary Theatre in Krakow...

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Henryk Szaro

Real name – Henryk Szapiro. director, writer, artist of the pre-war cinema. Born in 1900 in Warsaw. He studied at the Institute of Engineers of Communication (communication engineering degree) in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg), and the local school at the National Theatre. He...

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Piotr Szulkin

Film, theatre and television director, writer, designer, actor, teacher, writer. He was born on April 26, 1950, in Gdansk. A graduate of the Directing Department of the State School of Film, Television and Theatre in Łódź (1975). After graduation, he made several extremely...

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