Film and documentary director. He was born on January 4, 1940, in Warsaw.

He studied painting at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts and was also associated with the Student Satirical Theatre STS (1958-1961), where he performed as an actor. A graduate of the Directing Department of the Film School in Łódź (1966). At the beginning of his career, he cooperated with the Łódź Educational Film Studio, working on the set of numerous short films during the two years he spent there.