He lives in Warsaw, married to Weronika Karwowska and has six children: Franciszek, Roch, Mia, Leon, Tymon and Iwo.
His early films were influenced by his teacher Wojciech Jerzy Has, being more abstract with an inner world of reason and aesthetics, and later shifted to gritty realism and dramatic plots with powerful acting roles.
His South by North (2006), a drama with Borys Szyc (Cold War), Agnieszka Grochowska and Robert Więckiewicz, won the huge achievement of opening the 22nd Warsaw Film Festival, and went on to win several awards.
It featured a mixed Polish-American cast (including Agnieszka Grochowska, Joshua Leonard (star of Blair Witch Project), Agata Kulesza (Oscar-winning Ida), Mikolaj Grabowski, Marcin Bosak, Robert Forster (Oscar nominated for Jackie Brown).
Currently, Karwowski is working (producer, director and screenwriter) on two feature films: One Soul (Jedna Dusza) starring Dawid Ogrodnik and Malgorzata Gorol.
International Film Festival Tofifest - The Flisak Award (South by North) Cieszyn Film Festival - The Golden Horseshoe for Best Feature Film (South by North) Gdynia Film Festival - The Polish Culture Foundation Award (November) Tokyo International Film Festival - The Jury Prize (Playing from the plate) Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival – Main Award (Mobius Ribbon) Edinburgh International Film Festival – Best short film and young filmmaker of the year award (Mobius Ribbon) Student Academy Award (so-called student's Oscar) - nomination (Mobius Ribbon) Film School Festival in Nîmes - screenplay award (Mobius Ribbon) Director L'amour (L'amour – czyli życie jest trudne, 1986) The Passage (Przejście, 1987) Nieroby (1987) The woman who waits (Kobieta, która czeka, 1987) Carousel, carousel... (Karuzela, karuzela..., 1987) It's good (Jest dobrze, 1987) Mobius Ribbon (Wstęga Möbiusa,1988) The Registration (Rejestracja, 1988) The Fears (Strachy, 1989) Maria (1990) Sal (1991) November (1992) South by North (2006) The Baby (Dziecko, 2007) Expecting Love (Mala wielka milosc, 2008) Doctor (Doktor, 2009) Kac Wawa (2012) Son of the city (Syn miasta, 2013) Torun - The European Capital of Culture (2016) TZMO Global (2018) TZMO Global (2022) The Truth (Prawda, 2022) One Soul (Jedna Dusza, 2023) Two Sisters (Dwie Siostry, 2023) Screenwriter Carousel, carousel... (Karuzela, karuzela..., 1987) Mobius Ribbon (Wstęga Möbiusa,1988) Registration (Rejestracja, 1988) Maria (1990) November (1992) South by North (2006) Expecting Love (Mala wielka milosc, 2008) Doctor (Doktor, 2009) Torun - The European Capital of Culture (2016) TZMO Global (2018) TZMO Global (2022) The Truth (Prawda, 2022) One Soul (Jedna Dusza, 2023) Two Sisters (Dwie Siostry, 2023) Producer Playing from the plate (Grający z talerza, 1995) South by North (2006) Torun - The European Capital of Culture (2016) TZMO Global (2018) TZMO Global (2022) The Truth (Prawda, 2022) One Soul (Jedna Dusza, 2023) Two Sisters (Dwie Siostry, 2023)