Hanna Polak

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Female

Birthday

1967-07-21 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Katowice, Śląskie, Poland

Hanna Polak

Biography

Hanna Polak (born 1967) is a Polish documentary director, cinematographer and producer. For her short documentary film, "The Children of Leningradsky", about a community of homeless children living in the Leningradsky railway station in Moscow, she was nominated for an Academy Award and an Emmy Award. In 2003, she was awarded Best Producer of Documentary Movies at the Kraków Film Festival for Railway Station Ballad. In 2004, Polak completed her documentary film, "The Children of Leningradsky", which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). In 2014, Polak has completed her documentary film "Something Better To ...

Production

2003

A Railway Station Song

as Director of Photography

2003

2004

Al. Tribute to Albert Maysles

as Director of Photography

2007

Stone Silence

as Director of Photography

2010

2010

Faces of Homelessness

as Director of Photography

2012

Love and Rubbish

as Screenplay

2010

The Officer's Wife

as Director of Photography

2010

Warsaw Battle 1920 in 3D

as Director of Photography

2012

Love and Rubbish

as Producer

2012

Love and Rubbish

as Director of Photography

2012

Love and Rubbish

as Director

2022

Angels of Sinjar

as Director

2006

The Orange Sun

as Director

2022

Angels of Sinjar

as Producer

2014

Something Better to Come

as Director of Photography

2022

Angels of Sinjar

as Director of Photography

2005

The Children of Leningradsky

as Director of Photography

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