Marek Piestrak

Marek Piestrak

Director. Born in 1938 in Krakow. Graduated from the Faculty of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology of the Gdansk University of Technology and Film and Television Direction Department of Lodz Film School. Recipient of the 2019 Lighthouse Keeper Award for ‘the director who uses the rules of genre to create films artistically important and admired by the audience’. Member of the Polish Film Academy.

SELECTED FILMS
1970 Silent Night, Holy Night
1982 The Wolf
1987 Curse of Snakes Valley
1990 Return of the Wolf
1992 Tear of the Prince of Darkness
1999 Odlotowe wakacje