Director and producer Marcin Wierzchowski was born in Warsaw in 1984. His parents fled Poland and emigrated to Germany due to the civil war-like conditions in their home country. At the time, Marcin was so small that he fit in his mother’s handbag.
Wierzchowski quit school at 17 and began working in a video store, where he watched countless films and decided to become a director. In 2012, he returned to school to earn his Abitur and subsequently began studying philosophy in Frankfurt am Main. In 2013, he moved to the Kunsthochschule Mainz to study fine arts with a focus on film under Professor Harald Schleicher.
He now lives and works in Frankfurt am Main and Warsaw. As a director, author, video artist, set designer, and producer, he is currently working on his first works of fiction while
Wierzchowski quit school at 17 and began working in a video store, where he watched countless films and decided to become a director. In 2012, he returned to school to earn his Abitur and subsequently began studying philosophy in Frankfurt am Main. In 2013, he moved to the Kunsthochschule Mainz to study fine arts with a focus on film under Professor Harald Schleicher.
He now lives and works in Frankfurt am Main and Warsaw. As a director, author, video artist, set designer, and producer, he is currently working on his first works of fiction while