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

Roman Polanski

Born in: France
Years: 1933-.. (age 93)
Occupations: film directorfilm screenwriterdirectorproducertheatrical director
Biography: Raymond Roman Thierry Polański is a Polish and French filmmaker 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.

Krzysztof Kieślowski

Born in: 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).

Andrzej Wajda

Born in: Poland
Years: 1926-2016 (aged 90)
Enrolled in Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School: 1950-1953 studied film direction
Occupations: television directordirectortheatre managerfilm producerscreenwriter
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).

Agnieszka Osiecka

Born in: Poland
Years: 1936-1997 (aged 61)
Occupations: songwriterwriterjournalistlyricistpoet
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.

Barbara Brylska

Born in: Poland
Years: 1941-.. (age 85)
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.

Cezary Pazura

Born in: Poland
Years: 1962-.. (age 64)
Occupations: singerdirectorfilm directorcomedianactor
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.

Krzysztof Ibisz

Born in: Poland
Years: 1965-.. (age 61)
Occupations: actorpoliticianjournalist
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.

Janusz Gajos

Born in: Poland
Years: 1939-.. (age 87)
Occupations: stage actorfilm directortelevision actoractorfilm 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.

Pola Raksa

Born in: Belarus
Years: 1941-.. (age 85)
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.

Jerzy Skolimowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1938-.. (age 88)
Occupations: actorplaywrightscreenwriterdirectorfilm director
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; The Shout (1978), starring Alan Bates, Susannah York and John Hurt; Moonlighting (1982), starring Jeremy Irons; and Essential Killing (2010), starring Vincent Gallo.

Juliusz Machulski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1955-.. (age 71)
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.

Zbigniew Zamachowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1961-.. (age 65)
Occupations: composerstage actoractorfilm actor
Biography: Zbigniew Zamachowski is a Polish actor. He is a two-time recipient of the Polish Academy Award for Best Actor.

Krzysztof Zanussi

Born in: Poland
Years: 1939-.. (age 87)
Enrolled in Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School: 1962-1966 graduated with magister degree in direction
Occupations: writerfilm directorfilm producerscreenwriter
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.

Małgorzata Foremniak

Born in: Poland
Years: 1967-.. (age 59)
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 was a judge in the Polish edition of Got Talent, called Mam talent!.

Stanisław Bareja

Born in: Poland
Years: 1929-1987 (aged 58)
Occupations: film screenwriterfilm actorfilm directorart criticactor
Biography: Stanisław Sylwester Bareja was a Polish filmmaker. Some of his films (mostly comedies) have reached cult status in Poland.

Maria Dębska

Born in: Poland
Years: 1991-.. (age 35)
Enrolled in Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School: Studied in 2017
Occupations: stage actor
Biography: Maria Dębska is a Polish actress. She received the Gdynia Film Festival Award for Best Actress and a nomination for the Polish Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Kalina Jędrusik in the biographical musical drama film Autumn Girl (2021).

Andrzej Kopiczyński

Born in: 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.

Jacek Koman

Born in: Poland
Years: 1956-.. (age 70)
Occupations: actortelevision actorfilm actorstage actormusician
Biography: Jacek Koman is a Polish actor and singer.

Jan Machulski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1928-2008 (aged 80)
Occupations: university teacherstage actortheatrical directordrama teacherfilm actor
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.

Wojciech Smarzowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1963-.. (age 63)
Occupations: screenwriterdirectorfilm director
Biography: Wojciech Smarzowski is a Polish screenwriter and director.

Grazyna Blecka-Kolska

Born in: Poland
Years: 1962-.. (age 64)
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.

Małgorzata Szumowska

Born in: Poland
Years: 1973-.. (age 53)
Occupations: film producerfilm screenwriterfilm director
Biography: Małgorzata Szumowska is a Polish film director, screenwriter and producer, born in Kraków.

Teresa Lipowska

Born in: Poland
Years: 1937-.. (age 89)
Occupations: film actoractorstage actor
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.

Artur Barciś

Born in: Poland
Years: 1956-.. (age 70)
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").

Krzysztof Kiersznowski

Born in: 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.

Bartłomiej Topa

Born in: Poland
Years: 1967-.. (age 59)
Occupations: actorfilm producer
Biography: Bartłomiej Filip Topa is a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 100 films and television series since 1990.

Piotr Polk

Born in: Poland
Years: 1962-.. (age 64)
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.

Marcin Rogacewicz

Born in: Poland
Years: 1980-.. (age 46)
Occupations: actortelevision actor
Biography: Marcin Rogacewicz is a Polish television actor.

Andrzej Bartkowiak

Born in: Poland
Years: 1950-.. (age 76)
Occupations: cinematographercamera operatorfilm director
Biography: Andrzej Bartkowiak, ASC is a Polish cinematographer and film director based in the United States.

Leonard Pietraszak

Born in: 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.

Jan Holoubek

Born in: Poland
Years: 1978-.. (age 48)
Occupations: cinematographerscreenwriterfilm director
Biography: Jan Holoubek is a Polish director and cinematographer. He is best known for directing the Netflix series The Mire (2018–2024), High Water (2024), and Heweliusz (2025). He also directed the drama film 25 Years of Innocence (2020), which earned him the Polish Academy Award for Best Director.

Marek Koterski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1942-.. (age 84)
Occupations: film directorpolonistplaywrightart historianactor
Biography: Marek Koterski is a Polish film and theatre director, screenwriter, actor, and playwright.

Dariusz Wolski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1956-.. (age 70)
Occupations: cinematographercamera operator
Biography: Dariusz Adam Wolski is a Polish cinematographer, best known for his work on the Pirates of the Caribbean film series and for his collaboration on many recent projects directed by Ridley Scott.

Maciej Kozłowski

Born in: 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.

Weronika Książkiewicz

Born in: Russia
Years: 1981-.. (age 45)
Occupations: actorfilm actor
Biography: Weronika Książkiewicz is a Polish actress. She is best known for playing Ola in the romantic comedy film Planet Single (2016) and Dzika in the crime drama film Furioza (2021).

Jadwiga Barańska

Born in: Poland
Years: 1935-2024 (aged 89)
Occupations: screenwriterstage actorfilm directoractorfilm actor
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.

Aneta Zając

Born in: Poland
Years: 1982-.. (age 44)
Occupations: actorfilm actor
Biography: Aneta Zając is a Polish actress.

Jacek Kopczyński

Born in: Poland
Years: 1971-.. (age 55)
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 official Polish voice actor of Fred Jones in Scooby-Doo and the original voice of Dandelion (Jaskier) in The Witcher video games.

Ewa Gawryluk

Born in: Poland
Years: 1967-.. (age 59)
Occupations: actorfilm actor
Biography: Ewa Gawryluk is a Polish actress.

Xawery Żuławski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1971-.. (age 55)
Occupations: film directorscreenwriter
Biography: Xawery Żuławski is a Polish film director.

Wojciech Malajkat

Born in: Poland
Years: 1963-.. (age 63)
Occupations: film actoractortheatrical director
Biography: Wojciech Karol Malajkat, born January 16, 1963 in Mrągowo, Poland, is a Polish theater and film actor, television presenter, director, teacher, and former rector of the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art, serving two terms of office between 2016–2020 and 2020–2024.

Katarzyna Glinka

Born in: Poland
Years: 1977-.. (age 49)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Katarzyna Glinka is a Polish film and theatre actress and television presenter.

Jacek Chmielnik

Born in: Poland
Years: 1953-2007 (aged 54)
Occupations: actorplaywrightwriterfilm actortheatrical director
Biography: Jacek Chmielnik was a Polish stage and film actor.

Anita Sokołowska

Born in: Poland
Years: 1976-.. (age 50)
Occupations: actorfilm actor
Biography: Anita Sokołowska is a Polish theatrical, movie and television actress.

Kazimierz Kutz

Born in: Poland
Years: 1929-2018 (aged 89)
Occupations: theatrical directoropinion journalistfilm directoractordirector
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.

Jan Komasa

Born in: Poland
Years: 1981-.. (age 45)
Enrolled in Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School: Studied in 2001-2005
Occupations: film directordirectorcinematographerauthorscreenwriter
Biography: Jan Tadeusz Komasa is a Polish filmmaker. He is 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.

Anja Antonowicz

Born in: Poland
Years: 1981-.. (age 45)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Anja Antonowicz is a Polish-German actress from Włocławek.

Izabela Kuna

Born in: Poland
Years: 1970-.. (age 56)
Occupations: film actoractorstage actor
Biography: Izabela Kuna is a Polish film, television and theatre actress as well as a blogger.

Anna Próchniak

Born in: Poland
Years: 1988-.. (age 38)
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).

Marta Nieradkiewicz

Born in: Poland
Years: 1983-.. (age 43)
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).

Władysław Pasikowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1959-.. (age 67)
Occupations: screenwriterdirectorfilm directorwriterscience fiction writer
Biography: Władysław Pasikowski is a Polish film director and screenwriter.

Tadeusz Janczar

Born in: Poland
Years: 1926-1997 (aged 71)
Occupations: film actoractorstage actor
Biography: Tadeusz Janczar was a Polish film actor. He appeared in 26 films between 1952 and 1983.

Barbara Borys-Damięcka

Born in: Poland
Years: 1937-2023 (aged 86)
Enrolled in Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School: Studied in 1959
Occupations: theatrical directordirectorpolitician
Biography: Barbara Borys-Damięcka was a Polish politician, theatre and television director.

Adrianna Biedrzyńska

Born in: Poland
Years: 1962-.. (age 64)
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.

Jan Kidawa-Błoński

Born in: Poland
Years: 1953-.. (age 73)
Occupations: film producerscreenwriterfilm director
Biography: Jan Kidawa-Błoński is a Polish film director, producer and screenwriter.

Gabriela Muskała

Born in: Poland
Years: 1969-.. (age 57)
Occupations: playwrightfilm directoractorfilm actor
Biography: Gabriela Muskała is a Polish actress, screenwriter and director.

Jan Jakub Kolski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1956-.. (age 70)
Occupations: screenwriterfilm directorcinematographertheatrical directorfilm producer
Biography: Jan Jakub Kolski is a Polish film director, cinematographer, and writer.

Jerzy Janeczek

Born in: 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.

Zbigniew Suszyński

Born in: Poland
Years: 1961-.. (age 65)
Occupations: stage actoractorfilm actordub actor
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).

Joanna Jędryka

Born in: Ukraine
Years: 1940-.. (age 86)
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.

Jacek Kawalec

Born in: Poland
Years: 1961-.. (age 65)
Occupations: actoraudiobook narrator
Biography: Jacek Kawalec is a Polish actor, game show and television personality.

Janusz Kondratiuk

Born in: 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.

Jerzy Rogalski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1948-.. (age 78)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Jerzy Rogalski is a Polish film and theatre actor.

Krzysztof Krauze

Born in: 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).

Marek Frąckowiak

Born in: 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.

Sławomir Idziak

Born in: Poland
Years: 1945-.. (age 81)
Occupations: cinematographerscreenwriterfilm director
Biography: Sławomir Andrzej Idziak is a Polish cinematographer and director, known for his works in Polish and foreign films. He is especially known for his collaborations with director Krzysztof Kieślowski and Krzysztof Zanussi.

Zofia Nasierowska

Born in: Poland
Years: 1938-2011 (aged 73)
Occupations: photographerwriter
Biography: Zofia Nasierowska was a Polish portrait photographer who created images of Polish celebrities.

Paweł Stasiak

Born in: Poland
Years: 1967-.. (age 59)
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.

Krzysztof Stroiński

Born in: Poland
Years: 1950-.. (age 76)
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.

Joanna Koroniewska

Born in: Poland
Years: 1978-.. (age 48)
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).

Wiesława Mazurkiewicz

Born in: 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.

Jacek Bromski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1946-.. (age 80)
Occupations: film producerscreenwriterfilm director
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.

Zygmunt Malanowicz

Born in: Lithuania
Years: 1938-2021 (aged 83)
Occupations: actorscreenwriterdirectorfilm actorperforming artist
Biography: Zygmunt Malanowicz was a Polish film actor. He appeared in more than 30 films from 1962 to 2020.

Jerzy Antczak

Born in: Ukraine
Years: 1929-.. (age 97)
Occupations: screenwriterfilm directoractortheatrical director
Biography: Jerzy Antczak is a Polish film director.

Andrzej Munk

Born in: 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.

Olga Borys

Born in: Poland
Years: 1974-.. (age 52)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Olga Borys is a Polish film, television, theater and dubbing actress.

Ludwik Benoit

Born in: Poland
Years: 1920-1992 (aged 72)
Occupations: actortheatrical directorfilm director
Biography: Ludwik Benoit was a Polish film and theatre actor.

Sylwester Chęciński

Born in: 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.

Robert Gliński

Born in: Poland
Years: 1952-.. (age 74)
Occupations: screenwriterdirectorfilm director
Biography: Robert Ignacy Gliński is a Polish film director and screenwriter.

Maria Sadowska

Born in: Poland
Years: 1976-.. (age 50)
Occupations: singerfilm directorsongwritercomposerscreenwriter
Biography: Maria Sadowska, also credited as Marysia Sadowska or simply as Marysia, is a Polish pop singer, music producer, screenwriter and film director.

Przemysław Sadowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1975-.. (age 51)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Przemysław Sadowski is a Polish actor.

Anna Nowak

Born in: Poland
Years: 1966-.. (age 60)
Occupations: actorfilm actor
Biography: Anna Nowak-Ibisz is a Polish actress and TV presenter.

Zbigniew Rybczyński

Born in: Poland
Years: 1949-.. (age 77)
Occupations: cinematographerfilm editoranimatorfilm producerscreenwriter
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.

Antoni Krauze

Born in: 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.

Szymon Bobrowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1972-.. (age 54)
Occupations: actorfilm actor
Biography: Szymon Bobrowski is a Polish actor.

Beata Pozniak

Born in: Poland
Years: 1960-.. (age 66)
Occupations: film directormodeltelevision actorvoice actortheatrical director
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.

Ernest Bryll

Born in: 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.

Jerzy Matuszkiewicz

Born in: Poland
Years: 1928-2021 (aged 93)
Occupations: film score composersaxophonistcomposerjazz musicianclarinetist
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. He is best known for composing the music for the Polish TV series Janosik.

Andrzej Precigs

Born in: 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.

Tomasz Mędrzak

Born in: Poland
Years: 1954-.. (age 72)
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.

Ireneusz Czop

Born in: Poland
Years: 1968-.. (age 58)
Occupations: actor
Biography: Ireneusz Czop is a Polish actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Somers Town (2008), Aftermath (2012), Jack Strong (2014), and Broad Peak (2022).

Piotr Witkowski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1988-.. (age 38)
Occupations: film actoractorstage actor
Biography: Piotr Witkowski is a Polish actor.

Patrycja Volny

Born in: Germany
Years: 1988-.. (age 38)
Occupations: singeractorfilm actor
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.

Janusz Zaorski

Born in: Poland
Years: 1947-.. (age 79)
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.

Paweł Edelman

Born in: Poland
Years: 1958-.. (age 68)
Occupations: cinematographercamera operator
Biography: Paweł Edelman is a Polish cinematographer, known for his collaborations with directors Roman Polanski and Andrzej Wajda.

Mieczysław Kalenik

Born in: Poland
Years: 1933-2017 (aged 84)
Occupations: film actortelevision actorstage actor
Biography: Mieczysław Kalenik was a Polish actor.

Piotr Trojan

Born in: Poland
Years: 1986-.. (age 40)
Occupations: stage actor
Biography: Piotr Trojan is a Polish actor and playwright. He received the Polish Academy Award for Best Actor and Gdynia Film Festival Award for Best Actor for playing the leading role in the 2020 drama film, 25 Years of Innocence. He later starred in the biographical drama film Johnny (2022), receiving his second Gdynia Film Festival Award for Best Actor, and was nominated for Polish Academy Award for Best Actor.

Teresa Szmigielówna

Born in: Ukraine
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.

Filip Bajon

Born in: Poland
Years: 1947-.. (age 79)
Occupations: screenwriterdirectorwriterprose writertheatrical director
Biography: Filip Michał Bajon is a Polish film director and screenwriter. He is a lecturer at the Łódź Film School.

Krystian Lupa

Born in: Poland
Years: 1943-.. (age 83)
Occupations: playwrightgraphic artistuniversity teacherscenographertranslator
Biography: Krystian Lupa is a Polish theatre director, set designer, playwright, translator and pedagogue. He has been called "the greatest living European theatre director".