100 Notable alumni of
Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School

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Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School is 105th in the world, 38th in Europe, and 3rd in Poland by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.

  1. Roman Polanski

    Roman Polanski
    Born in
    France Flag France
    Years
    1933-.. (age 92)
    Occupations
    theatrical directorfilm directorwriterproducerfilm producer
    Biography

    Raymond Roman Thierry Polański is a French and Polish film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, three British Academy Film Awards, ten César Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, as well as the Golden Bear and a Palme d'Or.

  2. Krzysztof Kieślowski

    Krzysztof Kieślowski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1941-1996 (aged 55)
    Occupations
    screenwriterauthorfilm directordirector
    Biography

    Krzysztof Kieślowski was a Polish film director and screenwriter. He is known internationally for Dekalog (1989), The Double Life of Veronique (1991), and the Three Colours trilogy (1993 –1994). Kieślowski received numerous awards during his career, including the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize (1988), FIPRESCI Prize (1988, 1991), and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (1991); the Venice Film Festival FIPRESCI Prize (1989), Golden Lion (1993), and OCIC Award (1993); and the Berlin International Film Festival Silver Bear (1994). In 1995, he received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.

  3. Andrzej Wajda

    Andrzej Wajda
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1926-2016 (aged 90)
    Enrolled in Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School
    1950-1953 studied film direction
    Occupations
    politicianfilm directorpaintertheatrical directortelevision director
    Biography

    Andrzej Witold Wajda was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was a prominent member of the "Polish Film School". He was known especially for his trilogy of war films consisting of A Generation (1955), Kanał (1957) and Ashes and Diamonds (1958).

  4. Agnieszka Osiecka

    Agnieszka Osiecka
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1936-1997 (aged 61)
    Occupations
    poetsongwriterwriterjournalistlyricist
    Biography

    Agnieszka Osiecka was a Polish poet, writer, author of theatre and television screenplays, film director and journalist. She was a prominent Polish songwriter, having authored the lyrics to more than 2000 songs, and is considered an icon of Polish culture.

  5. Barbara Brylska

    Barbara Brylska
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1941-.. (age 84)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Barbara Brylska is a Polish actress who gained critical acclaim in the 1960s and was featured in numerous films throughout the countries of the Warsaw Pact including the Soviet Union. She is noted especially for her role as Nadya in the 1976 Soviet comedy film Irony of Fate.

  6. Cezary Pazura

    Cezary Pazura
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1962-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    actorsingerdirectorfilm directorcomedian
    Biography

    Cezary Andrzej Pazura is a Polish actor known for his comedy roles in movies such as Kiler, Chłopaki nie płaczą, Kariera Nikosia Dyzmy and the sitcom 13 posterunek. In addition to his work as a movie actor, Pazura is also a stand-up comedian and a voice actor. He provided voice for movies dubbed in Polish including Lady and the Tramp (as the Tramp), Ice Age (as Sid), Astérix & Obélix: Mission Cléopâtre (as Numérobis), Inside Out 1 and 2 (as Fear) Shark Tale (as Oscar) and for Pink Panther in various computer games. His brother Radosław Pazura is also an actor.

  7. Krzysztof Ibisz

    Krzysztof Ibisz
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1965-.. (age 60)
    Occupations
    politicianjournalistactor
    Biography

    Krzysztof Ibisz is a Polish game show host and television personality. He was a member of Polish Beer-Lovers' Party and a Deputy in the Polish Sejm from 1991–93.

  8. Janusz Gajos

    Janusz Gajos
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1939-.. (age 86)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actorstage actorfilm directortelevision actor
    Biography

    Janusz Gajos is a Polish film, television and theatre actor as well as pedagogue and photographer. Professor of Theatre Arts and an Honorary Doctor of the National Film School in Łódź, he is considered one of the greatest Polish actors.

  9. Pola Raksa

    Pola Raksa
    Born in
    Belarus Flag Belarus
    Years
    1941-.. (age 84)
    Enrolled in Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School
    Studied in 1960-1964
    Occupations
    performing artistactorcostume designer
    Biography

    Apolonia "Pola" Raksa is a Polish movie star, singer, and model who was especially popular in Poland and abroad in the 1960s and 1970s.

  10. Jerzy Skolimowski

    Jerzy Skolimowski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1938-.. (age 87)
    Occupations
    film directorpainteractorplaywrightscreenwriter
    Biography

    Jerzy Skolimowski is a Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist, actor and painter. Beginning as a screenwriter for Andrzej Wajda's Innocent Sorcerers (1960), Skolimowski has made more than twenty films since his directorial debut The Menacing Eye (1960). In 1967 he was awarded the Golden Bear prize for his Belgian film The Departure (1967). Among his other notable films is Deep End (1970), starring Jane Asher and John Moulder Brown.

  11. Juliusz Machulski

    Juliusz Machulski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1955-.. (age 70)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm directorfilm produceractor
    Biography

    Juliusz Machulski is a Polish film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Son of noted actor Jan Machulski, he became notable for his comedies ridiculing the life in communist-ruled Poland of the 1970s and 1980s. He is a member of the European Film Academy and the founder of the Zebra Film Studio. In 2014, he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

  12. Zbigniew Zamachowski

    Zbigniew Zamachowski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1961-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    film actorcomposerstage actoractor
    Biography

    Zbigniew Zamachowski is a Polish actor. He is a two-time recipient of the Polish Academy Award for Best Actor.

  13. Małgorzata Foremniak

    Małgorzata Foremniak
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1967-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Małgorzata Irena Foremniak is a Polish actress. She has appeared in the Polish TV series Na dobre i na złe as Zofia Stankiewicz-Burska up to 2011 and she has played the role of Ash in Avalon. She took part in Taniec z gwiazdami on TVN. She is now a judge in the Polish edition of Got Talent, called Mam talent!.

  14. Krzysztof Zanussi

    Krzysztof Zanussi
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1939-.. (age 86)
    Enrolled in Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School
    1962-1966 graduated with magister degree in direction
    Occupations
    screenwriterwriterfilm directorfilm producer
    Biography

    Krzysztof Pius Zanussi is a Polish film and theatre director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of European film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop. He is also a professor at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School of the University of Silesia in Katowice.

  15. Stanisław Bareja

    Stanisław Bareja
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1929-1987 (aged 58)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm directoractor
    Biography

    Stanisław Sylwester Bareja was a Polish filmmaker. Some of his films (mostly comedies) have reached cult status in Poland.

  16. Andrzej Kopiczyński

    Andrzej Kopiczyński
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1934-2016 (aged 82)
    Occupations
    actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Andrzej Kopiczyński was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 50 films and television between 1958 and 2016.

  17. Maria Dębska

    Maria Dębska
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1991-.. (age 34)
    Enrolled in Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School
    Studied in 2017
    Occupations
    stage actor
    Biography

    Maria Debska is a Polish actress. She received Gdynia Film Festival Award for Best Actress and Polish Academy Award for Best Actress nomination for performance as Kalina Jędrusik in the biographical musical drama film, Autumn Girl (2021).

  18. Jan Machulski

    Jan Machulski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1928-2008 (aged 80)
    Occupations
    drama teacherfilm actoruniversity teacherstage actortheatrical director
    Biography

    Jan Henryk Machulski was a Polish theater director, as well as a film and theatrical actor. He appeared in more than 45 film roles and 70 theater roles throughout his career.

  19. Małgorzata Szumowska

    Małgorzata Szumowska
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1973-.. (age 52)
    Occupations
    film screenwriterfilm directorfilm producer
    Biography

    Małgorzata Szumowska is a Polish film director, screenwriter and producer, born in Kraków.

  20. Grazyna Blecka-Kolska

    Grazyna Blecka-Kolska
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1962-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska is a Polish actress. She has appeared in 22 films and television shows since 1988. She starred in Johnnie Waterman, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.

  21. Artur Barciś

    Artur Barciś
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1956-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    directoractor
    Biography

    Artur Barciś is a Polish actor and film director. His television appearances include Krzysztof Kieślowski's anthology series Dekalog (1989), the soap opera Aby do świtu... (1992), and Kurierzy ("Couriers"). From 2006 to 2016 he played the lovably neurotic Arkadiusz Czerepach in the comedy series Ranczo ("The Ranch").

  22. Teresa Lipowska

    Teresa Lipowska
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1937-.. (age 88)
    Occupations
    stage actorfilm actoractor
    Biography

    Teresa Lipowska is a Polish actress. She is best known as Barbara Mostowiak in the very popular Polish soap opera M jak miłość. Lipowska was married to actor Tomasz Zaliwski.

  23. Wojciech Smarzowski

    Wojciech Smarzowski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1963-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    directorfilm directorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Wojciech Smarzowski is a Polish screenwriter and director. He studied filmmaking at the Jagiellonian University and the National Film School in Łódź (1990). His 2004 film, The Wedding (not to be confused with the Andrzej Wajda film of the same title) earned special jury mention at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2005. He began his film career as a video camera operator.

  24. Krzysztof Kiersznowski

    Krzysztof Kiersznowski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1950-2021 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Krzysztof Kiersznowski was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 60 films and television shows from 1977 to 2021.

  25. Jacek Koman

    Jacek Koman
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1956-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    stage actormusiciansingeractortelevision actor
    Biography

    Jacek Koman is a Polish actor and singer.

  26. Piotr Polk

    Piotr Polk
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1962-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Piotr Polk is a Polish actor and singer. He portrayed Leo Rosner in the 1993 American film Schindler's List. He appeared in the comedy television series Bao-Bab, czyli zielono mi in 2003. He portrayed Paul Sheldon in a 2017 stage version of Misery.

  27. Leonard Pietraszak

    Leonard Pietraszak
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1936-2023 (aged 87)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Leonard Pietraszak was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 70 films and television shows since 1957.

  28. Andrzej Bartkowiak

    Andrzej Bartkowiak
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1950-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    camera operatorfilm directorcinematographer
    Biography

    Andrzej Bartkowiak, ASC is a Polish cinematographer and film director based in the United States.

  29. Bartłomiej Topa

    Bartłomiej Topa
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1967-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    actorfilm producer
    Biography

    Bartłomiej Filip Topa is a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 100 films and television series since 1990.

  30. Dariusz Wolski

    Dariusz Wolski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1956-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    cinematographer
    Biography

    Dariusz Adam Wolski is a Polish film and music video cinematographer.

  31. Marek Koterski

    Marek Koterski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1942-.. (age 83)
    Occupations
    theatrical directorfilm directorpolonistplaywrightart historian
    Biography

    Marek Koterski is a Polish film and theatre director, screenwriter, actor, and playwright.

  32. Maciej Kozłowski

    Maciej Kozłowski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1957-2010 (aged 53)
    Enrolled in Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School
    Studied in 1984
    Occupations
    actorassociation football player
    Biography

    Maciej Kozlowski was a Polish actor, mostly known for his roles in Kingsajz, Psy, Kiler, With Fire and Sword and Schindler's List and the TV series M jak miłość.

  33. Jadwiga Barańska

    Jadwiga Barańska
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1935-2024 (aged 89)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actorscreenwriterstage actorfilm director
    Biography

    Jadwiga Barańska was a Polish actress and screenwriter. She was married to Polish director Jerzy Antczak. Together they had one child, Mikołaj Antczak, born in 1964. She began her career on the stages of the Classic Theatre in 1959–1966. She then played at the Polish Theatre in Warsaw until 1972. She achieved success as a film actress, appearing mainly in the films of her husband, Jerzy Antczak. She gained her greatest fame starring as Barbara Niechcic in the adaptation of the novel Nights and Days by Maria Dąbrowska and the title role in Countess Cosel. She was also an actress in the Teatr Telewizji, a Polish TV theatre. She lived in the US since 1979. Barańska died on 24 October 2024 in Los Angeles, at the age of 89.

  34. Weronika Książkiewicz

    Weronika Książkiewicz
    Born in
    Russia Flag Russia
    Years
    1981-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Weronika Książkiewicz is a Polish actress. She is best known for playing Ola in the 2016 romantic comedy film Planet Single and Dzika in the 2021 crime drama film Furioza.

  35. Katarzyna Glinka

    Katarzyna Glinka
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1977-.. (age 48)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Katarzyna Glinka is a Polish film and theatre actress and television presenter.

  36. Jan Holoubek

    Jan Holoubek
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1978-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm directorcinematographer
    Biography

    Jan Holoubek is a Polish director and cinematographer. He is best known for directing the Netflix series The Mire, High Water, and Heweliusz. He also directed the 2020 drama film 25 Years of Innocence.

  37. Wojciech Malajkat

    Wojciech Malajkat
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1963-.. (age 62)
    Occupations
    film actoractortheatrical director
    Biography

    Wojciech Karol Malajkat – Polish theater and film actor, television presenter, director, teacher, rector of the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art in the terms of office 2016–2020 and 2020–2024.

  38. Xawery Żuławski

    Xawery Żuławski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1971-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    film directorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Xawery Żuławski is a Polish film director.

  39. Aneta Zając

    Aneta Zając
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1982-.. (age 43)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Aneta Zając is a Polish actress.

  40. Jacek Chmielnik

    Jacek Chmielnik
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1953-2007 (aged 54)
    Occupations
    stage actoractorplaywrightwriterfilm actor
    Biography

    Jacek Chmielnik was a Polish stage and film actor.

  41. Anita Sokołowska

    Anita Sokołowska
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1976-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Anita Sokołowska is a Polish theatrical, movie and television actress.

  42. Kazimierz Kutz

    Kazimierz Kutz
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1929-2018 (aged 89)
    Occupations
    directorpoliticianscreenwritertheatrical directoropinion journalist
    Biography

    Kazimierz Julian Kutz was a Polish film director, author, journalist and politician, one of the representatives of the Polish Film School and a deputy speaker of the Senate of Poland.

  43. Jacek Kopczyński

    Jacek Kopczyński
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1971-.. (age 54)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Jacek Kopczyński is a Polish actor. He also provides voice-overs on television programs, like those broadcast on Hyper+. He is most known as the original voice of Dandelion (Jaskier) in The Witcher video games.

  44. Ewa Gawryluk

    Ewa Gawryluk
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1967-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Ewa Gawryluk is a Polish actress.

  45. Jan Komasa

    Jan Komasa
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1981-.. (age 44)
    Enrolled in Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School
    Studied in 2001-2005
    Occupations
    authorscreenwriterfilm directordirectorcinematographer
    Biography

    Jan Tadeusz Komasa is a Polish film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for directing Suicide Room (2011), Warsaw 44 (2014), and Corpus Christi (2019), which was nominated for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards. His previous works premiered and won awards at Tribeca Film Festival, Berlin Film Festival, Cannes, and Venice.

  46. Anja Antonowicz

    Anja Antonowicz
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1981-.. (age 44)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Anja Antonowicz is a Polish-German actress from Włocławek.

  47. Barbara Borys-Damięcka

    Barbara Borys-Damięcka
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1937-2023 (aged 86)
    Enrolled in Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School
    Studied in 1959
    Occupations
    directorpoliticiantheatrical director
    Biography

    Barbara Borys-Damięcka was a Polish politician, theatre and television director.

  48. Władysław Pasikowski

    Władysław Pasikowski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1959-.. (age 66)
    Occupations
    screenwriterdirectorfilm directorwriterscience fiction writer
    Biography

    Władysław Pasikowski is a Polish film director and screenwriter.

  49. Marta Nieradkiewicz

    Marta Nieradkiewicz
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1983-.. (age 42)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Marta Nieradkiewicz is a Polish actress. She received two Polish Film Awards nominations for performances in films Floating Skyscrapers (2013) and Anxiety (2024).

  50. Tadeusz Janczar

    Tadeusz Janczar
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1926-1997 (aged 71)
    Occupations
    stage actorfilm actoractor
    Biography

    Tadeusz Janczar was a Polish film actor. He appeared in 26 films between 1952 and 1983.

  51. Izabela Kuna

    Izabela Kuna
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1970-.. (age 55)
    Occupations
    stage actorfilm actoractor
    Biography

    Izabela Kuna is a Polish film, television and theatre actress as well as a blogger.

  52. Anna Próchniak

    Anna Próchniak
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1988-.. (age 37)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Anna Próchniak is a Polish actress. Initially trained as a dancer, she decided to switch to acting, graduating from the National Film School in Łódź. Próchniak's first major international film role was in The Innocents (Sundance Film Festival 2016) directed by Anne Fontaine. Her credits include Polish Warsaw 44 (2014), Northern Irish Bad Day for the Cut (Sundance Film Festival 2017), Latvian Oleg (Directors’ Fortnight section of the Festival de Cannes 2019) and Baptiste for BBC One (2019). She is a member of the European Film Academy (EFA).

  53. Adrianna Biedrzyńska

    Adrianna Biedrzyńska
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1962-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Adrianna Biedrzyńska is a Polish actress. She performed in more than thirty films since 1983. She is best known for her performance as Anka in Decalogue IV.

  54. Jan Kidawa-Blonski

    Jan Kidawa-Blonski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1953-.. (age 72)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm directorfilm producer
    Biography

    Jan Kidawa-Błoński is a Polish film director, producer and screenwriter.

  55. Jan Jakub Kolski

    Jan Jakub Kolski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1956-.. (age 69)
    Occupations
    film producerscreenwriterfilm directorcinematographertheatrical director
    Biography

    Jan Jakub Kolski is a Polish film director, cinematographer, and writer.

  56. Jerzy Janeczek

    Jerzy Janeczek
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1944-2021 (aged 77)
    Enrolled in Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School
    Studied in 1968
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Jerzy Janeczek was a Polish theater and film actor.

  57. Joanna Jędryka

    Joanna Jędryka
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1940-.. (age 85)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Joanna Jędryka,, is a Polish film and theatre actress. She is a graduate of the Acting Department at the National Film School in Łódź in 1965 and stars in 38 different works.

  58. Krzysztof Krauze

    Krzysztof Krauze
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1953-2014 (aged 61)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm directorcinematographeractor
    Biography

    Krzysztof Krauze was a Polish film director, cinematographer and actor, best known for his thriller The Debt (1999).

  59. Gabriela Muskała

    Gabriela Muskała
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1969-.. (age 56)
    Occupations
    film actorplaywrightfilm directoractor
    Biography

    Gabriela Muskała is a Polish actress, screenwriter and director.

  60. Zbigniew Suszyński

    Zbigniew Suszyński
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1961-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    film actordub actorstage actoractor
    Biography

    Zbigniew Suszyński is a Polish film, television and theater actor. He has also provided voice-overs for commercials and television programs. He has been in dubbing roles in many animated films and TV shows, such as in The Brave Little Toaster as Radio, in SpongeBob SquarePants as Squidward Tentacles and in T.U.F.F. Puppy as Verminous Snaptrap. He has played in many films like Shades of Fern (1984), The Young Magician (1986), Korczak (1990) and Szamanka (1996).

  61. Janusz Kondratiuk

    Janusz Kondratiuk
    Born in
    Kazakhstan Flag Kazakhstan
    Years
    1943-2019 (aged 76)
    Occupations
    film directorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Janusz Kondratiuk was a Polish director and writer. He was born in Kazakhstan. He died in Łoś, aged 76.

  62. Zofia Nasierowska

    Zofia Nasierowska
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1938-2011 (aged 73)
    Occupations
    photographerwriter
    Biography

    Zofia Nasierowska was a Polish portrait photographer who created images of Polish celebrities.

  63. Jerzy Rogalski

    Jerzy Rogalski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1948-.. (age 77)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Jerzy Rogalski is a Polish film and theatre actor.

  64. Jacek Kawalec

    Jacek Kawalec
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1961-.. (age 64)
    Occupations
    actoraudiobook narrator
    Biography

    Jacek Kawalec is a Polish actor, game show and television personality.

  65. Marek Frąckowiak

    Marek Frąckowiak
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1950-2017 (aged 67)
    Occupations
    film actoractortelevision actor
    Biography

    Marek Antoni Frąckowiak was a Polish actor of stage and screen. He had roles in Niespotykanie spokojny człowiek, Ekipa, Ballada o Januszku and The Last Wish. He also extensively dubbed film, television and video games.

  66. Sławomir Idziak

    Sławomir Idziak
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1945-.. (age 80)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm directorcinematographer
    Biography

    Sławomir Idziak is a Polish cinematographer and director who has worked on over forty Polish and foreign films. He is especially known for his collaboration with director Krzysztof Kieślowski.

  67. Wiesława Mazurkiewicz

    Wiesława Mazurkiewicz
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1926-2021 (aged 95)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Wiesława Mazurkiewicz-Lutkiewicz was a Polish film and theater actress. She graduated from the National Film School in Łódź in 1952.

  68. Robert Gliński

    Robert Gliński
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1952-.. (age 73)
    Occupations
    directorfilm directorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Robert Ignacy Gliński is a Polish film director and screenwriter. A graduate of the National Film School in Łódź. He won the Golden Lions at the Gdynia Film Festival in 1992 with his film Wszystko, co najważniejsze and in 2001 with Cześć, Tereska. In 2002 he received an Eagle, the Polish Film Award for his film Cześć, Tereska.

  69. Paweł Stasiak

    Paweł Stasiak
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1967-.. (age 58)
    Occupations
    singer
    Biography

    Paweł Stasiak, also known as Pablosson, is a Polish singer. He is currently the lead singer of musical group Papa D, a revival of the band Papa Dance from the 1980s, of which he was also the lead singer.

  70. Jerzy Antczak

    Jerzy Antczak
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1929-.. (age 96)
    Occupations
    theatrical directorscreenwriterfilm directoractor
    Biography

    Jerzy Antczak is a Polish film director. His film Nights and Days was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and was entered into the 26th Berlin International Film Festival. Jerzy Antczak was the co-founder, Artistic Director and Chief Producer of “Masterpiece Theatre” which was produced on Polish Television. He is currently a Professor Emeritus at UCLA.

  71. Zygmunt Malanowicz

    Zygmunt Malanowicz
    Born in
    Lithuania Flag Lithuania
    Years
    1938-2021 (aged 83)
    Occupations
    film directoractorscreenwriterdirectorfilm actor
    Biography

    Zygmunt Malanowicz was a Polish film actor. He appeared in more than 30 films from 1962 to 2020.

  72. Jacek Bromski

    Jacek Bromski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1946-.. (age 79)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm directorfilm producer
    Biography

    Jacek Bromski is a Polish film director. He has directed 15 films since 1982. He was a member of the jury at the 18th Moscow International Film Festival.

  73. Olga Borys

    Olga Borys
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1974-.. (age 51)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Olga Borys is a Polish film, television, theater and dubbing actress.

  74. Andrzej Munk

    Andrzej Munk
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1921-1961 (aged 40)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm directorcinematographerdirector
    Biography

    Andrzej Munk was a Polish film director, screen writer and documentalist. He was one of the most influential artists of the post-Stalinist period in the People's Republic of Poland. His feature films Man on the Tracks (Człowiek na torze, 1956), Eroica (Heroism, 1958), Bad Luck (Zezowate szczęście, 1960), and Passenger (Pasażerka 1963), are considered classics of the Polish Film School developed in mid-1950s. He died as a result of a car crash in Kompina in a head-on collision with a truck.

  75. Krzysztof Stroiński

    Krzysztof Stroiński
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1950-.. (age 75)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Krzysztof Stroiński is a Polish actor. He performed in more than forty films since 1971. He won the 2009 Polish Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Scratch.

  76. Sylwester Chęciński

    Sylwester Chęciński
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1930-2021 (aged 91)
    Occupations
    film directorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Sylwester Chęciński was a Polish film and television director. He was born in Susiec, Poland, on 21 May 1930. Chęciński died in Wrocław on 8 December 2021, at the age of 91.

  77. Ludwik Benoit

    Ludwik Benoit
    Born in
    Belarus Flag Belarus
    Years
    1920-1992 (aged 72)
    Occupations
    film directoractortheatrical director
    Biography

    Ludwik Benoit was a Polish film and theatre actor.

  78. Joanna Koroniewska

    Joanna Koroniewska
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1978-.. (age 47)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Joanna Koroniewska is a Polish film, television and theater actress, best known for playing in the Polish TV series M jak miłość (L as in, Love).

  79. Maria Sadowska

    Maria Sadowska
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1976-.. (age 49)
    Occupations
    composerscreenwritersingerfilm directorsongwriter
    Biography

    Maria Sadowska, also credited as Marysia Sadowska or simply as Marysia, is a Polish pop singer, music producer, screenwriter and film director.

  80. Antoni Krauze

    Antoni Krauze
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1940-2018 (aged 78)
    Enrolled in Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School
    Studied in 1966
    Occupations
    film directorscreenwriter
    Biography

    Antoni Krauze was a Polish screenwriter and director.

  81. Zbigniew Rybczyński

    Zbigniew Rybczyński
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1949-.. (age 76)
    Occupations
    camera operatorfilm directoruniversity teachercinematographerfilm editor
    Biography

    Zbigniew Rybczyński is a Polish filmmaker, director, cinematographer, screenwriter, creator of experimental animated films, and multimedia artist who has won numerous prestigious industry awards both in the United States and internationally including the 1983 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for Tango.

  82. Przemysław Sadowski

    Przemysław Sadowski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1975-.. (age 50)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Przemysław Sadowski is a Polish actor.

  83. Anna Nowak

    Anna Nowak
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1966-.. (age 59)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Anna Nowak-Ibisz is a Polish actress and TV presenter.

  84. Beata Pozniak

    Beata Pozniak
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1960-.. (age 65)
    Occupations
    film actorpainteractorstage actorfilm producer
    Biography

    Beata Poźniak is a Polish-American actress, film director, poet, painter and an Earphones Award-winning narrator. She is also a human rights activist who introduced the first bill in the history of US Congress to officially recognize International Women's Day in the United States.

  85. Janusz Morgenstern

    Janusz Morgenstern
    Born in
    Ukraine Flag Ukraine
    Years
    1922-2011 (aged 89)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm directordirectorfilm producer
    Biography

    Janusz "Kuba" Morgenstern was a Polish film director and producer.

  86. Ernest Bryll

    Ernest Bryll
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1935-2024 (aged 89)
    Occupations
    playwrightjournalistwritertranslatorfilm critic
    Biography

    Ernest Włodzimierz Bryll was a Polish poet, writer, songwriter, journalist, translator, film critic and diplomat.

  87. Andrzej Precigs

    Andrzej Precigs
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1949-2023 (aged 74)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Andrzej Cezary Precigs was a Polish theatre, film and voice actor; dubbing director and local politician.

  88. Szymon Bobrowski

    Szymon Bobrowski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1972-.. (age 53)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Szymon Bobrowski is a Polish actor.

  89. Marcin Rogacewicz

    Marcin Rogacewicz
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1980-.. (age 45)
    Occupations
    actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Marcin Rogacewicz is a Polish television actor.

  90. Tomasz Mędrzak

    Tomasz Mędrzak
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1954-.. (age 71)
    Occupations
    actortheatrical director
    Biography

    Tomasz Mędrzak, was a teenage star of the 1973 In Desert and Wilderness movie and miniseries (1973), where he played Staś Tarkowski, having Monika Rosca as young partner. He is the son of Stefania Mędrzak.

  91. Jerzy Matuszkiewicz

    Jerzy Matuszkiewicz
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1928-2021 (aged 93)
    Occupations
    musicianfilm score composersaxophonistcomposerjazz musician
    Biography

    Jerzy "Duduś" Matuszkiewicz was a Polish jazz musician and composer, playing saxophone, clarinet and piano. Between 1950 and 1958, he was leader of the jazz group Melomani. From 1965, he focused on composing music for films. He was a pioneer of the post-World War II jazz movement in Poland, regarded as a "Founding Father" of Polish jazz.

  92. Ireneusz Czop

    Ireneusz Czop
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1968-.. (age 57)
    Occupations
    actor
    Biography

    Ireneusz Czop is a Polish actor best known for his roles in the films Somers Town (2008), Aftermath (2012), Jack Strong (2014), and Broad Peak (2022).

  93. Patrycja Volny

    Patrycja Volny
    Born in
    Germany Flag Germany
    Years
    1988-.. (age 37)
    Occupations
    film actorsingeractor
    Biography

    Patrycja Volny is a Polish actress known for her role as Dobra Nowina in the 2017 crime film Spoor, the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards. She first appeared in 2012 legal drama television series True Law. She is the only daughter of the late Polish singer and songwriter Jacek Kaczmarski.

  94. Mieczysław Kalenik

    Mieczysław Kalenik
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1933-2017 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    stage actorfilm actortelevision actor
    Biography

    Mieczysław Kalenik was a Polish actor.

  95. Janusz Zaorski

    Janusz Zaorski
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1947-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    screenwriterfilm directordirectoractor
    Biography

    Janusz Zaorski is a Polish film director, scenarist and actor, representative of the cinema of moral anxiety (Polish: kino moralnego niepokoju), trend in Polish cinema. Zaorski has directed mainly psychological dramas, comedies and TV series.

  96. Paweł Edelman

    Paweł Edelman
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1958-.. (age 67)
    Occupations
    cinematographercamera operator
    Biography

    Paweł Edelman is a Polish cinematographer.

  97. Teresa Szmigielówna

    Teresa Szmigielówna
    Years
    1929-2013 (aged 84)
    Occupations
    actorfilm actor
    Biography

    Teresa Szmigielówna was a Polish actress. She appeared in more than sixty films from 1951 to 2012.

  98. Filip Bajon

    Filip Bajon
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1947-.. (age 78)
    Occupations
    film directorscreenwriterdirectorwriterprose writer
    Biography

    Filip Michał Bajon is a Polish film director and screenwriter.

  99. Krystian Lupa

    Krystian Lupa
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1943-.. (age 82)
    Occupations
    translatorwritertheatrical directorplaywrightgraphic artist
    Biography

    Krystian Lupa is a Polish theatre director, set designer, playwright, translator and pedagogue. He has been called "the greatest living European theatre director".

  100. Mariusz Treliński

    Mariusz Treliński
    Born in
    Poland Flag Poland
    Years
    1962-.. (age 63)
    Occupations
    screenwritertheatrical directorfilm directordirector
    Biography

    Mariusz Treliński is a Polish opera, theatre and film director as well as the artistic director of the Grand Theatre in Warsaw.