Jerzy Hoffman is a renowned Polish director, screenwriter, and producer. He graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography in Moscow. His directorial career began as a documentations, collaborating with Edward Skórzewski. Hoffman gained fame primarily as the creator of the adaptations of Henryk Sienkiewicz's Trilogy. His notable works include Trzy kroki po ziemi (1965), Potop (1974) which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Movie, and Ateş ve Kılıç (1999).