About
Maria Elżbieta Zmarz-Koczanowicz (born November 8, 1954) is a screenwriter, visual artist and film director. She graduated from the Wrocław Fine Arts Academy (1978) and the Radio and Television Faculty of the University of Silesia in Katowice (1982). In 2008 she got her PhD title in film art. Author of many documentaries awarded in Poland and abroad; in 1988 she received the Stanisław Wyspiański Award for career achievement in that area. She also makes feature films and TV Theatre plays. Lecturer of the Łódź Film School. In 2013 decorated with the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for “outstanding merit in researching, documenting and commemorating the history of March ‘68”.
Filmography
Sister of Mine2023 · Thanks
Guczo. Notes on Life2020 · Director, Writer
The Mine2017 · Director
Notes on Life. Edward Zebrowski2017 · Director
Michnik. Be Realist, Wish for the Impossible2015 · Director
Wiera Gran2012 · Director
Zwyczajny marzec2008 · Director, Screenplay
Gdanski Railway Station2007 · Director
Kocham Polskę2007 · Director, Screenplay
Still Alive: A Film About Krzysztof Kieslowski2006 · Director
Profesor. O Leszku Kołakowskim2005 · Director
Dziennik.pl2004 · Director, Screenplay
Moja Warszawa2003 · Director, Screenplay
Generation '892002 · Director
Miłość do płyty winylowej2002 · Director, Screenplay
Children of the Revolution2002 · Director, Screenplay
Ja, robotnik budowlany2001 · Director
Noc z generałem2001 · Director
Jasnowidz2000 · Director, Screenplay
Bara Bara1996 · Director, Screenplay