Piotr Janiszewski

Piotr Janiszewski
Piotr Janiszewski – Gdynia Film School student

He comes from a small town of Lidzbark in Mazuria. He graduated from acting school run by Halina and Jan Machulski in Warsaw. He loves good Polish cinema: Munk, Chmielewski, Chęciński, Bareja, Koterski, Machulski, Pasikowski – and that is the way he wants to follow.

His first films treated on the issues and problems affecting his hometown. He made some attempts to create local media. Won the scholarship of Aero Hojskole in Denmark. There he made a short film, which won, among others, award in the competition on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Polish Cinema and qualified for the contest OKFA in Konin in 2010.

Filmography:
2006: Parówka Wyborcza
2007: Samobójca na moście, Siedem wg ks. Jana Lidzbarskiego, W pozytywie
2008: Ich Światy, To nie jest kraj dla młodych ludzi, Aerosphere, Wielki Powrót Antosia, Post Parówka Wyborcza
2009: A Dead Heat, Władza
2010: Elemelemenele