Piotr Malecki
Photographer and Filmmaker @ Panos Pictures / Based in Warsaw (Poland)
Photojournalist and documentary filmmaker. Piotr finished documentary film-making at the Wajda Film School in Warsaw, studied cinematography at the Silesian University in Katowice and photography at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art in the United Kingdom.
Piotr has been shooting still images - reportage and portraits - on assignments for major press titles including Stern and Der Spiegel magazines (Germany), De Volkskrant (Netherlands), The New York Times, LA Times, Wall Street Journal (USA), The Economist, The Guardian (UK), Politiken (Denmark). For his photo work he was honoured with numerous awards including the prestigious Pictures of the Year International (POYi).
Documentary “Out of the Blue” shot and directed by Piotr premiered at 2015 DOK Leipzig festival in Germany, was nominated to Silver Screen award and won a best documentary at the Grand Off festival in Warsaw. His next film, "George and George on the Lake" was a Special selection at the Tribeca IF/Then Shorts pitch competition and got him a nomination to a Jan Machulski Independent Cinema Award in Poland. He is now working on two new documentaries co-produced with Canal+ and PISF. Also, as a cameraman he regularly works for the American TV channel ABC News.
Piotr is a member of Panos Pictures agency, Canon Ambassador and owner of film production company Short Docs Media.
Wajda Film School, Poland