Polish film director and screenwriter
Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 499-503. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.
Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1962
Head of jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1976
He had a daughter, Kinga with his first wife, Maria. He also had two children with his second wife, Lucyna: daughter, Agata and son, Piotr.
