Maciej Wojtyszko

After having studied Philosophy at the University of Warsaw, he went to the National Film School in Łódź, where he graduated as a director in 1973.Internationally, he got noticed with his four-parts mini-series Mistrz i Malgorzata (based on Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita) in 1990.After this, Wojtyszko would direct many successful TV-series and films in Poland, like Miodowe lata (1998, based on the American sitcom The Honeymooners) for which he got an award at the Polish Humor Festival in Gdańsk and Ogród Luizy (Louise's Garden, 2007) for which he got the Special Prize of the Jury at the XXXII Polish Film Festival in Gdynia.As a novelist, Wojtyszko made his debut in 1969 with Szpilki (Pins), a collection of satirical stories.A typical element of his children's books are the bizarre main characters facing with existential problems.
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