Janusz Majewski – Rector of the Warsaw Film School. Graduate of the Directing Department of the Łódź Film School (1960). In the years 1983-1990, the President of the Main Board of Polish Filmmakers Association, since 2006, the Honorary President of the Association. In 1987-1991 a member of the Cinematography Committee. In 1969-1991 he was a lecturer at the Łódź Film School and a guest lecturer in, among others, the United States. In 2013 he was awarded the Commander ‘s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. He has directed 17 feature films, series and Television Theatre productions. He has received numerous awards at film festivals.

Selected filmography: 1964 – Awatar, czyli zamiana dusz (FIPRESCI Prize at the Monte Carlo IFF, 1965; Golden Asteroid at the Trieste IFF, 1967); 1966 – Sublokator (FIPRESCI Prize at Mannheim IFF, 1967; Silver Medal at Cork IFF, 1967; Grand Prize for Screenplay and Direction at Panama IFF, 1968); 1967 – Czarna suknia; 1970 – Lokis. Rękopis Profesora Wittembacha (Gold Medal at the Venice IFF, 1970; Grand Prix at the Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival, 1971); 1973 – Zazdrość i medycyna; 1975 – Zaklęte rewiry (Award at London IFF, 1975; Warsaw Mermaid in feature film category, 1976; Award for directing at Panama IFF, 1977; Grand Prix at Melbourne IFF; 1977); 1977 – Sprawa Gorgonowej; 1979 – Lekcja martwego języka; 1980 – Królowa Bona (TV series); 1982 – Epitafium dla Barbary Radziwiłłówny; 1985 – C.K. Dezerterzy (Golden Thaler Award at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, 1986; Złota Kaczka Award of the “Film” weekly, 1987); 1998 – Siedlisko (TV series); 2010 – Mała matura 1947; 2015 – Excentrycy czyli po słonecznej stronie ulicy; 2018 – Czarny Mercedes; 2022 – Jazz outsider (documentary film)

The Masterclass will be preceded by the artist’s latest documentary film – JAZZ OUTSIDER (LOT Cinema, 16:45)