Paweł Chorzępa is a director and cinematographer working in both documentary and narrative cinema. His directorial debut, SONNY, premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) and received multiple awards for both direction and cinematography at international film festivals. His films have been awarded and presented at leading festivals including IDFA, Berlinale, Visions du Réel, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, DOK Leipzig, Camerimage, DocsMX, and the Kraków Film Festival.

As a cinematographer, he has worked on numerous feature films, including MAGNESIA and ILLUSION. He is currently developing several new documentary projects: GOBI, FENCE, and THE THEORY OF SURVIVAL.

He holds a degree in philosophy from the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and a degree in cinematography from the Faculty of Radio and Television at the University of Silesia in Katowice. He currently serves as a professor at the same institution, teaching in the Department of Cinematography.