Jerzy Hoffman

Biography

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.

Directed

1. The Quack (1982) — Director
2. With Fire and Sword (1999) — Director
3. The Deluge (1974) — Director
4. Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969) — Director
5. Battle of Warsaw 1920 (2011) — Director
6. The Old Fairy Tale: When the Sun Was God (2003) — Director
7. Gangsters and Philanthropists (1963) — Director
8. The Law and the Fist (1964) — Director
9. The Leper (1976) — Director
10. With Fire and Sword (2001) — Director
11. To the Last Drop of Blood (1978) — Director
12. On the Roads of Armenia (1957) — Director
13. The Miracle Fair (1966) — Director
14. The Children Accuse (1956) — Director
15. Father (1967) — Director
16. A Souvenir from Kalwaria (1958) — Director
17. Havana '61 (1962) — Director
18. Wedle wyroków twoich... (1984) — Director
19. News Out From The Frying Pan (1960) — Director
20. Look Out, Hooligans! (1955) — Director
21. Trzy kroki po ziemi (1965) — Director
22. Picks For Today (1959) — Director
23. Gaudeamus (1959) — Director
24. Postcards from Zakopane (1960) — Director
25. Visitez Zakopane (1963) — Director
26. Merry-Go-Round in Łowicz (1958) — Director
27. Beautiful Stranger (1993) — Director
28. Are You Amongst Them? (1954) — Director
29. Two Faces of God (1961) — Director
30. Ukraine. The Birth of a Nation (2008) — Director
31. Hansel and Gretels (1956) — Director
32. Sopot 1957 (1957) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Gangsters and Philanthropists (1963) — Dancing Man ("Alcoholmeter") (uncredited)
2. Rat (1994) — juror konkursu "Najpiękniejsza"
3. The Deluge: Postscriptum (2024) — Self
4. Pan Olbrychski (2025) — Self
5. Ukraine. The Birth of a Nation (2008) — Narrator (voice)
6. Notes in Lifestyle Margins (2002)
7. A więc wojna! (2019) — Self