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Born in 1957 in Warsaw, Pawlikowski left Poland when he was 14 and lived in London, Germany and Italy. He finally settled in Britain. After studying literature and philosophy, he began his career making award-winning, offbeat documentaries which poetically mixed fact and fiction. He was a Creative Arts Fellow at Oxford Brookes University, and is fluent in six languages: Polish, French, English, German, Italian and Russian.

One of the great European documentarians, Nicolas Philibert began his education by studying philosophy and later worked as an assistant director. In his work, Philibert approaches man with tenderness, directness and sensitivity. His films have received awards in festivals and various events, and have achieved box office success in France.