Janusz Zaorski

Born in 1947 in Warsaw. Film director, screenwriter and producer. Graduate of the Directing Faculty at the Film School in Łódź (1971). In 1987 elected the President of Polish Federation of Film Discussion Clubs. From 1988 an artistic director of Zespół Filmowy DOM. In the years 1987-89 a member of the Cinematography Committee. Chairman of the Radio and Television Committee (1991-93) and the President of the National Broadcasting Council (1994-95).
Football fan and a keen tennis player.

Filmography:
1970: Good Night; 1971: Run Counter Run; 1972: Lazarus’ Whims; 1974: Promotion (Jury Grand Prix at the Gdańsk Film Festival); 1974: Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread; 1975: A Partite for a Woodwind Instrument; 1976: Squint-View; 1977: A Room with a View on the Sea; 1978: A Due Holiday; 1980: A Point of View; 1981: Childish Questions; 1982: Mother of the Kings (Grand Prix at the Gdynia Film Festival 1987, Silver Bear Award at the IFF Berlin 1988, Golden Duck Award of the “Film Magazine”); 1984: A Baritone (Jury Award at the Gdańsk Film Festival 1985); 1985: Lake of Constance (Silver Leopard Award at the IFF in Locarno), Hide and Seek (TV film); 1987: Going Home; 1988: The Soccer Poker; 1989: A Gorilla, or the Last Assignment… (TV film); 1991:Maiden and Widows; 1992: Le Violeur Impuni; 1997: Merry Christmas and Happy New York (Award for best directing at the Gdynia Film Festival); 2002: Hacker; 2004: Saved by a Miracle (TV series “Polskie miłości”)