Andrzej Zulawski

Born in Lvov, Ukraine; then he moved with his father Miroslaw Zulawski to Czechoslovakia and later to Poland. In the late 1950s, he studied cinema in France.

In the 1960s, he was an assistant of the famous Polish film director Andrzej Wajda.

His feature debut Trzecia czesc nocy (1971) was an adaptation of his father's novel.

His second feature The Devil (1972) was prohibited in Poland, and Zulawski went to France.

In 1981 Andrzej Zulawski was the President of the Jury at the Locarno International Film Festival.

When the shooting of On the Silver Globe (1988) was almost completed, the communist Polish Ministry of Culture ordered to stop the filming and destroy all related materials. The negative was saved, however, and during the liberalization of the political regime in Poland in 1986-1987, Zulawski returned to the country and managed to complete the film from the spared material. Missing scenes were replaced by alternative footage and his new narration. This fragmented version was finally presented in 1988 at the Cannes Film Festival in the 'Un Certain Regard' Section.

Together with actress Sophie Marceau he has a son, Vincent, who was born on July 24, 1995.

In 1996 Andrzej Zulawski chaired the Jury of the Camerimage Feature Films Competition in Torun, Poland.

Retrospective at the 11th Oldenburg International Film Festival in 2004.

In 2006 Andrzej Zulawski was the Head of the Jury at the 28th Moscow International Film Festival.

In 2007 Andrzej Zulawski was the President of the Jury for the main competition at the 21st International Cabourg Romantic Film Festival in Cabourg, France.

Retrospective at the 8th New Horizons Film Festival in 2008.

In 2012 Andrzej Zulawski was the Jury Chairman for the main competition at the 5th International Festival of Independent Cinema Off Plus Camera in Krakow, Poland.