DIRECTORS

Krzysztof Zanussi

Director, writer, producer. He was born on June 17, 1939, in Warsaw. He studied physics at the University of Warsaw (1955-1959) and philosophy at Jagiellonian University (1959-1962).

In 1966, he graduated from the Directing Department of the State Film School in Łódź. At the...

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Janusz Zaorski

Film, theatre and television director, screenwriter, actor, producer. He was born on September 19,, 1947, in Warsaw. The son of Tadeusz Zaorski, deputy minister of culture and art in 1957-1970, the brother of actor Andrzej Zaorski. graduate of the Directing Department of the...

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Jerzy Zarzycki

Director, writer. He was born on January 11, 1911, in Łódź. He studied art history at the University of Warsaw and the violin at the Warsaw Conservatory. Graduate of the Directing Department at the Theatre Institute in Warsaw (1938).

In his twenties, he started making...

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Tomasz Zygadło

Director, writer. He was born on December 23, 1947, in Warsaw. He studied sociology at the University of Warsaw. Graduate of the Film School in Łódź (1970, diploma in 1976). One of his first films was Szkoła podstawowa/Elementary School (1971), awarded the Grand Prix at the...

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