Born in 1940. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and co-operated with the Student Theatre of Satirists. He is a graduate of the Lodz Film School and is a director and screenwriter of a number of features and documentaries. He received the Special Jury Award at the 2011 Gdynia Polish Film Festival for Black Thursday.
Born in 1957. She graduated Krakow Theater School in 1983. She is a theater, TV and film actress. After graduating from Krakow Theater School she worked at Teatr Wybrzeze. Since 2000 she has been involved with Teatr Kwadrat in Warsaw. She debuted in the 1985 film Dziewczętach z Nowolipek directed by Barbara Sass. In 1998 Kasprzyk joined the crew of a popular TV show Złotopolscy.
Jakub Michalski manages a family business called Old Garden. He recently started producing films and music videos. He teamed up with Maciej Michalski, a film director and artist, to create films of high artistic value. The Snow Queen is their feature debut.
Kazimierz Beer is the owner of Nordfilm a company located in Gdynia, Poland. Nordfilm makes feature, documentary, and educational films as well as advertisements and TV programs. He is the producer of Black Thursday.