30 Polish directors
by ArtiShreder | created - 25 Jun 2012 | updated - 25 Jun 2012 | Public
1. Krzysztof Krauze
Director | Dlug
Krzysztof Krauze was born on April 2, 1953 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was a director and writer, known for The Debt (1999), Plac Zbawiciela (2006) and Papusza (2013). He was married to Joanna Kos-Krauze, Ewa Salacka and Malgorzata Szurmiej. He died on December 24, 2014 in Warsaw, ...
2. Roman Polanski
Director | Chinatown
Roman Polanski is a Polish film director, producer, writer and actor. Having made films in Poland, Britain, France and the USA, he is considered one of the few truly international filmmakers. Roman Polanski was born in Paris in 1933.
His parents returned to Poland from France in 1936, three years ...
3. Agnieszka Holland
Director | Pokot
Having graduated from FAMU in Prague film (1971), Agnieszka Holland returned to Poland and began her film career working with Krzysztof Zanussi as assistant director, and Andrzej Wajda as her mentor. Her first feature film was PROVINCIAL ACTORS (1978), one of the flagship pictures of the "cinema of...
4. Andrzej Wajda
Director | Katyn
Andrzej Wajda is an Academy Award-winning director. He is the most prominent filmmaker in Poland known for The Promised Land (1975), Man of Iron (1981), and Katyn (2007).
He was Born on March 6, 1926, in Suwalki, Poland. His mother, Aniela Wajda, was a teacher at a Ukrainian school. His father, ...
5. Krzysztof Kieslowski
Writer | Trois couleurs: Bleu
Krzysztof Kieslowski graduated from Lódz Film School in 1969, and became a documentary, TV and feature film director and scriptwriter. Before making his first film for TV, Przejscie podziemne (1974) (The Underground Passage), he made a number of short documentaries. His next TV title, Personnel (...
6. Stanislaw Bareja
Director | Mis
Stanislaw Bareja was born on December 5, 1929 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He was a director and actor, known for Teddy Bear (1981), Przygoda z piosenka (1969) and Maz swojej zony (1961). He was married to Hanna Kotkowska-Bareja. He died on June 14, 1987 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
7. Krzysztof Zanussi
Director | Struktura krysztalu
Born in 1939 in Warsaw, Poland. Documentary and feature film director. Studied physics at Warsaw University and philosophy at Jagiellonian University in Cracow. Graduated from Lodz Film Academy in 1966. Amateur film maker. His school diploma film 'Death of a Provincial' (Smierc prowincjala (1968)) ...
8. Marek Koterski
Director | Dzien swira
Marek Koterski was born on June 3, 1942 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland. He is a director and writer, known for Day of the Wacko (2002), 7 uczuc (2018) and Wszyscy jestesmy Chrystusami (2006). He is married to Malgorzata Bogdanska. He was previously married to Iwona Ciesielska.
9. Jerzy Skolimowski
Actor | The Avengers
Born in Lódz, Poland, in 1938. Director, playwright, scriptwriter, and actor. Graduated in ethnology, literature and history from Warsaw University in 1959. Graduated from Lódz Film Academy in directing in 1962. Feature debut: _Identification Marks - None_ (Rysopis, 1964, scr., dir, act.), awarded ...
10. Andrzej Munk
Director | Pasazerka
Andrzej Munk was born on October 16, 1920 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland. He was a director and writer, known for Passenger (1963), Eroica (1958) and Man on the Tracks (1957). He died on September 20, 1961 in Lowicz, Lódzkie, Poland.
11. Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Director | Pociag
Jerzy Kawalerowicz was born on January 19, 1922 in Gwozdziec, Stanislawowskie, Poland [now Hvizdets, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Night Train (1959), Mother Joan of the Angels (1961) and Death of a President (1977). He was married to Lucyna Winnicka, Maria Güntner and ...
12. Tadeusz Konwicki
Writer | Lawa. Opowiesc o 'Dziadach' Adama Mickiewicza
Tadeusz Konwicki was born on June 22, 1926 in Nowa Wilejka, Wilenskie, Poland [now Naujoji Vilnia, Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was a writer and director, known for Lawa. Opowiesc o 'Dziadach' Adama Mickiewicza (1989), Dolina Issy (1982) and The Last Day of Summer (1958). He was married to Danuta ...
13. Stanislaw Rózewicz
Director | Kobieta w kapeluszu
Stanislaw Rózewicz was born on August 16, 1924 in Radomsko, Lódzkie, Poland. He was a director and writer, known for Kobieta w kapeluszu (1985), Drzwi w murze (1974) and Opadly liscie z drzew (1975). He was married to Irena Rózewiczowa. He died on November 9, 2008 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
14. Kazimierz Kutz
Director | Paciorki jednego rózanca
Born in 1929 in Szopienice, Upper Silesia, to a railway worker's family. After graduating from secondary school he enrolled in the Directing Faculty at Theatre and Film School, graduating in 1954.
In 1959, he debuted with a film entitled Krzyz Walecznych (1959). He has gone on to direct over 20 ...
15. Jan Jakub Kolski
Director | Wenecja
Jan Jakub Kolski was born on January 29, 1956 in Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland. He is a director and writer, known for Venice (2010), Jancio Wodnik (1993) and To Kill a Beaver (2012).
16. Dorota Kedzierzawska
Director | Nic
Dorota Kedzierzawska was born on June 1, 1957 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland. She is a director and writer, known for Nothing (1998), Time to Die (2007) and Crows (1994).
17. Aleksander Ford
Director | Piatka z ulicy Barskiej
Aleksander Ford was born on November 24, 1908 in Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Five from Barska Street (1954), Knights of the Teutonic Order (1960) and The Eighth Day of the Week (1958). He was married to Eleanor Griswold, Olga Minska and Janina ...
18. Andrzej Baranski
Director | Kobieta z prowincji
Andrzej Baranski was born on April 2, 1941 in Pinczów, Swietokrzyskie, Poland. He is a director and writer, known for Kobieta z prowincji (1985), A Few People, a Little Time (2005) and Nad rzeka, której nie ma (1991).
19. Feliks Falk
Director | Joanna
Feliks Falk was born on February 25, 1941 in Stanislawów, Stanislawowskie, Poland [now Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine]. He is a director and writer, known for Joanna (2010), Komornik (2005) and Bohater roku (1987).
20. Wojciech Has
Director | Pozegnania
Born in Kraków, Poland, in 1925. Feature film director. Graduated in 1946 from Cracow Film Institute, also studied painting. From 1947 to 1957 made a number of documentary shorts and educational films. Feature film debut: _The Noose_ (Petla, 1958, co-scr.). Other films: _Farewells_ (Pozegnania, ...
21. Wojciech Marczewski
Director | Dreszcze
Wojciech Marczewski was born on February 28, 1944 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland. He is a director and producer, known for Shivers (1981), Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema (1990) and Nightmares (1979). He is married to Teresa Marczewska. They have two children.
22. Andrzej Jakimowski
Director | Imagine
Andrzej Jakimowski was born on August 17, 1963 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. He is a director and writer, known for Imagine (2012), Zmruz oczy (2002) and Sztuczki (2007).
23. Wojciech Smarzowski
Writer | Dom zly
Wojciech Smarzowski is a famous Polish screenwriter and director. He studied filmmaking at the Jagiellonian University and the National Film School in Lódz. He started his film career as a video camera operator. He received Polish Academy Award for Best Director for 4 times (2004, 2009, 2011, 2017)....
24. Janusz Morgenstern
Director | Jowita
Janusz Morgenstern was born on November 16, 1922 in Mikulince, Tarnopolskie, Poland [now Mikulintsy, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a director and producer, known for Jovita (1967), Mniejsze niebo (1981) and Komornik (2005). He died on September 6, 2011 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
25. Filip Bajon
Director | Aria dla atlety
Filip Bajon was born on August 25, 1947 in Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland. He is a director and writer, known for Aria dla atlety (1979), Wizja lokalna 1901 (1980) and Poznan 56 (1996).
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