Lecturers
Maciej Drygas
Film and radio director, screenwriter. Completed the Advanced Studies Course for Screenwriters and Directors in Moscow. Teaches documentary radio studies at the Laboratory of Reporting, University of Warsaw. Worked together with Krzysztof Kieslowski on the film "An Accident" (1981). Awarded numerous times at many international festivals, including the Felix'91 for best documentary film in Europe - "Hear My Cry", and the Grand Prix'95 at the Monte Carlo Television Festival for the document "State of Weightlessness". Maciej Drygas's films and radio plays have been broadcast by television and radio stations in Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia and Japan.
Andrzej Fidyk
Director and screenwriter of documentary films and TV reports for Polish television. Artistic patron of many debuts, producer. A graduate of The Higher School of Planning and Statistics (now The Warsaw School of Economics) - Faculty of International Trade. He came to television in 1980 during a selection contest for production managers. From 1982 in the News Reports and Documentaries Department. He has been nominated for numerous awards including the Stanislaw Wyspianski Award for Young Artists. Head of the Documentary Department at Channel 1 of TVP (1996 - 2003).
Tue Steen Müller
Director of The European Documentary Network. Has worked for over 20 years with short and documentary films at the Danish Film Board involved with distribution, information and as a commissioning editor. Author of numerous articles for newspapers and magazines. Works as a consultant at home and abroad. Has participated in all European short and documentary film festivals.
Jacek Petrycki
Camera operator, a graduate of the Film Operator's Faculty at the National Higher School of Cinema, Television and Theatre in Lodz. He has shot over 100 documentaries as well as around 20 feature films. In 1999 he was nominated to the European Film Award in the cinematography category for the Turkish film "A Journey to the Sun". Most of his films have been awarded either at home, or at international film festivals (Cannes, Chicago, Moscow, Berlin, Macedonia).
Stanisław Pieniak
tv, film, theatre director. He is an author of over 60 films, tv programs and TV Theatre’s plays. Nowadays he is working on the application of the latest technologies (also: interactive) and development of the activity of the Television Academy (Akademia Telewizyjna S.A.), which organizes courses of modern technology and techniques.
Dorota Wardęszkiewicz
Editor, lecturer at Polish Filmschool in Lodz. She has edited many films – especially: documentary – working with the best directors.
Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz
graduate of the Fine Arts Academy of Wrocław (1978) - Faculty of Painting, and a graduate of The Silesian University in Katowice (1982) in stage direction - Faculty of Radio and Television. Kościuszko Foundation grant-holder. In 1999 lectured at the SUNNY State University in Buffalo NY - Faculty of Media Studies. A Batory Foundation Art's Link grant-holder.
Ewa Romanowska-Rozewicz
Editor, worked on the realization of many films, documentaries, animations, clips and spectacles of the Theatre of Television. Member of the Polish Film Academy. Editor of many films that are popular in Poland: “Happy New York” (1997), “Spona” (1998), “Chopin: Desire for Love” (2002). She got the award for edit for “Street Games” (“Gry uliczne” at the Festival of Polish Feature Films in Gdansk-Gdynia in 1996. She is the montager for the documentary film “The Children of Leningradsky” – the Oscar nominee.
