Michał Marczak
Writer & DirectorClosure
2026
Bio
Michal is a commercial and feature film director. His latest film, Closure has just recently premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival.
Previously, his film All These Sleepless Nights earned him the Best Director Award at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and appeared on numerous year-end lists, including Rolling Stone and IndieWire, which also ranked it among the 100 best films of the decade.
His feature Fuck for Forest premiered in competition at SXSW and received theatrical distribution in multiple countries. Dazed & Confused praised it as one of the “top ten most innovative and genre-pushing docs of recent years.”
Apart from feature projects Michal also directs music videos. He’s worked with such artists as Mark Pritchard, Thom Yorke, Radiohead, Artur Rojek, and Brodka.
Michal is also a commercial director who’s done work for Coca-Cola, Ikea, Johnny Walker, and Sprite, only to name a few. He has received numerous awards and nominations, including Cannes YDA, Saatchi & Saatchi New Directors Showcase, Creative Circle, UKMVA.
Michal’s video for Ben & Jerry’s LGBT+ campaign called EQUALITY PROM DANCE, was one of the most viral and talked about Polish campaigns of recent years.
Michal was also listed as one of the “top ten cinematographers of 2017” according to IndieWire, along with names such as Roger Deakins and Hoyt van Hoytema.