Known for

Directing

Born

Mar 15, 1932 (94 years old)

Place of birth

Cracow, Poland

Jerzy Hoffman

Jerzy Julian Hoffman is a Polish film director and screenwriter. Hoffman was born to Jewish parents Zygmunt Hoffman and Maria Schmelkes. His 1965 film Three Steps on Earth was entered into the 4th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Silver Prize. His 1969 film Colonel Wolodyjowski was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1973 he was a member of the jury at the 8th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1981 he was a member of the jury at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1985 he was a member of the jury at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. Hoffman directed Battle of Warsaw 1920 in 2011, the first Polish 3D feature film, stating “The fact that Poles made a film in 3D is not a miracle”. He is the father of early Macintosh development team member Joanna Hoffman.

Titles

The Quack

Movie • 1982

With Fire and Sword

Movie • 1999

With Fire and Sword

Series • 2001

Battle of Warsaw 1920

Movie • 2011

Hard to Be a God

Movie • 1990

The Deluge

Movie • 1974

Colonel Wolodyjowski

Movie • 1969

Pan Olbrychski

Movie • 2025

The Old Fairy Tale: When the Sun Was God

Movie • 2003

Rat

Movie • 1994

The Law and the Fist

Movie • 1964

Beautiful Stranger

Movie • 1993

Dismissed From Life

Movie • 1992

The Leper

Movie • 1976

Gangsters and Philanthropists

Movie • 1963