Wojciech Szumowski – director and screenwriter of the documentary
Graduate of the Directing Department at the Polish Film School in Łódź. An author of several dozen documentaries and documentary series broadcast on Polish TV stations.
He was head of Polish Television Channel 2 documentary team, and subsequently TVN documentary team. In 1989, Mr Szumowski received the Association of Polish Journalists’ award for Independent Mistrzejowice Television film materials. His documentaries were awarded with many international prizes.
In 2005, his Whiteout. A Journey Beyond the Shadow documentary (from a North Pole expedition with Jasiek Mela) received First Prize at The Cervino International Film Festival in Torino, Italy and Jury Special Award in the Man & Society category of the International Gold Panda Awards for Documentary. In 2006, the documentary received the Grand Prize at the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival.
At present Mr Szumowski is a director of documentary films for TVN Discovery History.
Graduate of the Directing Department at the Polish Film School in Łódź. An author of several dozen documentaries and documentary series broadcast on Polish TV stations.
He was head of Polish Television Channel 2 documentary team, and subsequently TVN documentary team. In 1989, Mr Szumowski received the Association of Polish Journalists’ award for Independent Mistrzejowice Television film materials. His documentaries were awarded with many international prizes.
In 2005, his Whiteout. A Journey Beyond the Shadow documentary (from a North Pole expedition with Jasiek Mela) received First Prize at The Cervino International Film Festival in Torino, Italy and Jury Special Award in the Man & Society category of the International Gold Panda Awards for Documentary. In 2006, the documentary received the Grand Prize at the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival.
At present Mr Szumowski is a director of documentary films for TVN Discovery History.