Michał Nekanda-Trepka

Screenwriter, director and journalist who has made over twenty documentaries. He graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Warsaw and the Directing and TV Production Department of the Film School in Łódź. For many years he has been associated with the documentary department of the Polish Television. His debut was Ancient Łódź (1985). In his documentaries he often refers to the memories of the Holocaust witnesses (The Carousel, 1993, The Last Witness, 2001). His documentary Five of My Mothers (1998) has won the Award of the President of the Board of the Polish Television (TVP).