Maciej J. Drygas is a Polish film and radio director, screenwriter and producer. He is also a professor and lecturer at the Polish National Film School in Lodz. After graduating as a film director in Moscow in 1981, he worked as an assistant director. He has won awards at many international festivals. His directorial debut “Hear My Cry” (1991) – a documentary about a man who set himself on fire in Warsaw in 1968 as a sign of protest against the communist totalitarian regime – won the prize for best documentary at the European Film Awards. His work has been broadcast by television and radio stations in Europe, Canada, Brazil and Australia.

Stan niewazkosci (Weightless, 1994, doc), Glos nadziei (The Lullaby, Voice of Hope, 2002, doc), Cudze listy (Violated Letters, 2011, doc), Abu Haraz (2013, doc), Trains (2024, doc)