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Lukasz Grzegorzek is a director and a former tennis player. He graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration at the University of Warsaw.

Lukasz's debut feature, Kamper, premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2016, and won the Discovery Award at London's Raindance festival. His next work, A Coach's Daughter, opened the New Horizons festival in Wroclaw in 2018. That same year it also won the audience award at the Cinergia European Cinema Forum and was recognized as the best youth film at the Cottbus Film Festival.

In 2021 Lukasz once again opened New Horizons, this time with the film My Wonderful Life For this movie Lukasz won the Best Director award at Polish Film Festival in Gdynia.

In addition to narrative films, Lukasz also directs music videos and advertisements. He's worked with the Polish network TVN on many image spots, and in the world of music with Ralph Kaminski, Pezet, Czarny HIFI and Piotr Emade Waglewski.

Bartlomiej Zmuda was born in Nysa, Poland in 1981. He has graduated from National Film School in Lodz. He has won multiple awards for his films, including Grand Prix in Teheran, Grand Prix in Bucharest and Best European Talent Award at "Interfilm" Festival, Berlin. For his feature documentary 'God & Lunaparks Warriors' he has won Maciej Szumowski Award during 62nd Krakow Film Festival and the Journalists' Award during the 41st Festival of Film Debuts in Koszalin. His short film 'Five Days of Fear' has been officially selected by The New York Times for the award-winning series Op-Docs 2022.

Magdalena Niec was born on 21 February 1982 in Nysa, Opolskie, Poland. She is an actress and director, known for O psie, który jezdzil koleja (2023), O psie, który jezdzil koleja 2 (2025) and Anatomia zla (2015).

Carl Hoffmann was born on 9 June 1885 in Neisse, Silesia, Germany [now Nysa, Opolskie, Poland]. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Die Leute mit dem Sonnenstich (1936), Looping the Loop (1928) and Der geheimnisvolle Spiegel (1928). He died on 5 August 1947 in Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

He was known as 'the man who spoke for the animals'. A public relations genius, Professor Bernhard Grzimek not only managed to create nationwide interest in the plight of endangered species and threatened habitats, but actively raised in excess of five million Marks in donations via his television show "Ein Platz für Tiere" ("A Place for Animals",1956-87). The series ran for 175 episodes, ending with Grzimek's death in1987. Entertainers performed for him without pay and he even motivated school kids to help collect funds to equip rangers for Africa's national wildlife parks. Veterinarian and behavioral scientist, Grzimek assumed the directorship of Frankfurt's Zoological Garden in 1945, a position he held until his retirement in 1974. For those 29 years, he was instrumental in modernizing zoological displays and animal enclosures, introducing educational slide shows, films and audio tapes, providing windows for the public to view food preparation and animal husbandry. In addition to breeding endangered species, Frankfurt's was the first European zoo to feature a special section which provided care for orphaned baby animals, including gorillas, orang-utans, panthers, lions and bears. Frankfurt's Zoological Society (for which Grzimek served as president) stood in the forefront of international conservation. Not shying away from controversy or confrontation, Grzimek was one of the first to vociferously oppose the factory farming of chickens on a political level.

His status as a major public figure was confirmed with the release of his documentary Bambuti (1956). An even more successful sequel followed, the Academy Award-winning Serengeti (1959). Sadly, it cost the life of Grzimek's son Michael (until then his closest collaborator), aged 24, killed in a plane crash during filming. Between 1967 and 1974, Grzimek published a 13-volume encyclopedia, entitled "Grzimeks Tierleben". He received numerous awards, including the Federal Cross of Merit (Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz). His legacy survives in zoos around the world today.

Aleks West was born on 8 June 1980 in Nysa, Opolskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Communication Breakdown (2004), The Unlikely's (2016) and The Rejection Letters of Dan Lashley (2006).

Marzena Manteska was born on 27 July 1962 in Nysa, Opolskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for A Short Film About Killing (1988), Trzy kroki od milosci (1988) and Lawa. Opowiesc o 'Dziadach' Adama Mickiewicza (1989).

Arthur Teuber was born on 5 August 1878 in Neisse, Silesia, Germany [now Nysa, Opolskie, Poland]. He is known for Memoiren eines Kammerdieners. 2. Basquines Vergeltung (1922), Johann Baptiste Lingg (1920) and Memoiren eines Kammerdieners, 1. Teil - Martin, der Findling (1921).

Miroslaw Neinert was born on 8 May 1962 in Nysa, Opolskie, Poland. He is an actor and director, known for Television Theater (1953), Timewatch (1982) and Life Feels Good (2013).

Marek Domagala was born on 24 April 1951 in Nysa, Opolskie, Poland. Marek is known for Slawna jak Sarajewo (1988). Marek was married to Anna Domagala. Marek died on 15 June 1999 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.

Henning Wiesner was born on 22 November 1944 in Nysa, Opolskie, Poland.