ABOUT

PIOTR PAWLUS
director of photography / documentary director / painter / photographer

Piotr Pawlus is a director of photography and documentary director who works on features, documentaries, commercials and music videos.
His latest project as Director, DoP and Editor DEATH IN THE MAKING was selected by Visions du Réel in 2026 in Switzerland

THE INVASION (dir. Sergei Loznitsa), was selected for the Special Screenings section at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival.

He was also co-director of the project IN UKRAINE, documenting the war in Ukraine, with the film premiering at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival.

Piotr’s feature film, CLARINET ( dir. Tola Jasionowska), was selected in the main competition of the 50th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, where it won a Special Mention. In 2026, CLARINET was selected at the 19th Off-Camera Film Festival and won the main awards in the Polish Feature Film Competition. SHREDS (dir. Beata Dzianowicz), participated in the main competition of the 48th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. Additionally, for the short film IT'S A REALLY AWESOME (dir. Katarzyna Warzecha), he received the Best Cinematography Award at the 11th Küstendorf International Film and Music Festival in Serbia.

Aside from his filmmaking work, Piotr is also a painter, photographer and a climber. He has led numerous expeditions in the Karakoram, the Himalayas, the Pamir, the Tien-Shan, and the Caucasus. One of his notable mountain projects focused on Andrzej Bargiel, who completed the first descent of K2 (8611 meters) on skis. Piotr collaborated with Andrzej during the last three expeditions (Snow Leopards and twice on K2), and video content from these expeditions was prepared for Red Bull.

Filmography:

Death In The Making / feature documentary / dir. Piotr Pawlus / 2026
Champ de Mars / short documentary /  / dir. Sergei Loznitsa / 2026
Klarnet/ feature fiction / dir. Tola Jasionowska / 2025
The Invasion / feature documentary / dir. Sergei Loznitsa / 2024
In Ukraine / feature documentary / dir. P.Pawlus & T.Wolski / 2023
KSW Titans / documentary series / dir. W. Klimala / 2022
Locals / documentary series / dir. W. Klimala / 2022
Shreds / feature fiction / dir. B. Dzianowicz / 2022
K2: The Impossible Descent / documentary / S. Batyra & S. Robillard
You haven't seen what I've seen / short fiction / dir. E. Lang / 2019
Totem / feature fiction / dir. J. Charon / 2017
It's a Really Awesome / short film / dir. K. Warzecha / 2017
New World / feature film / dir. E. Benkowska, M. Wawrzecki, L. Ostalski, dop. S. Witek, C.Stolecki, P.Pawlus / 2016
It Happens / short film / dir. A. Biedrzycki / 2016
You keep an eye on us / short film / dir. A. Biedrzycki /2014