Michał Marczak is a Polish director and cinematographer.

Education

Marczak studied philosophy at Warsaw University and photography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań.

Career

Marczak's feature directorial debut was the 2010 documentary ''At the Edge of Russia''. He followed that film up with the 2012 film ''

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'' which documents the

movement, a not for profit Norwegian group that creates pornography with the profits going towards environmental causes. After finishing ''

'' Marczak began looking for his next project. As he entered his 30s he began to feel a difference between his generation and the next one and began to conceive of a documentary that focused on youth born after 1989. Marczak spent several months scouting for locations and meeting people searching for potential subjects. He eventually met friends Krzysztof Baginski and Michal Huszcza who were both art students and decided to focus his film around them spending three months prepping them to appear in his film. The film developed into '' All These Sleepless Nights'' which was a partial documentary with some scenes staged by Marczak. The film premiered at the

2016 Sundance Film Festival The 2016 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 21 to January 31, 2016. The first lineup of competition films was announced on December 2, 2015. The opening night film was ''Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You'', directed by Heidi Ew ...

where Marczak won the directing prize in the World Cinema - Documentary category.

Filmography

*''At the Edge of Russia'' (2010) *''

'' (2012) *'' All These Sleepless Nights'' (2016)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marczak, Michał Living people Polish film directors Year of birth missing (living people)