[11] After producing the feature film Redland, Magdalena attended Columbia University's graduate program in creative writing and received an MFA.

[15] She went on to produce a second feature film directed by Asiel Norton, Orion, a post-apocalyptic fable, shot in the ruins of Detroit, starring David Arquette, Lily Cole and Goran Kostic.

In 2016, she shifted from producing to directing and teamed up with Zachary Cotler to found The Winter Film Company.

[11] Zyzak's first film as a director, Maya Dardel, starring Lena Olin, Jordan Gavaris, Alexander Koch, Nathan Keyes, and Rosanna Arquette, was released in 2017.

[19] Zyzak has been honored by the national foundation Teraz Polska as an outstanding cultural figure of the Polish community abroad.