[citation needed] Other founding professors were Jerzy Bossak, Wanda Jakubowska, Stanislaw Wohl, and Antoni Bohdziewicz.

The schools and the Polish cinema industry were moved from Warsaw to the nearby city of Łódź after World War II.

For instance, two of the students of the university (Jerzy Matuszkiewicz and Witold Sobociński) became the first jazz musicians in Poland after World War II to be allowed by the authorities to organize a concert.

[citation needed] The Polish Internet Movie Database (Internetowa Baza Filmu Polskiego) has been maintained by the school since 1998.

four Oscar-winning alumni: Roman Polanski, Andrzej Wajda, Zbigniew Rybczyński, and Hoyte van Hoytema.