Polish film director and screenwriter. He made a debut with the film drama The Structure of Crystals (1968). His films Illumination (1973), The Camouflage (1976), The Constant Factor (1980) and A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984) were awarded at Cannes, Venice, Berlin and Tokyo, among other festivals. He is also a world-known theatre director and book author, apart from teaching at film schools. He has been president of the “TOR” film studio since the 1980s and a producer of films by e.g. Krzysztof Kieślowski or Agnieszka Holland.