He began in his native country of Poland as a journalist and television show host, developing such programs as Tournament of Towns.
In 1969 he moved to Denmark,[3] and subsequently to the United States after being offered a teaching job in the newly formed film department of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).
[citation needed] Marzyński worked alongside fellow Jewish Polish director Roman Polanski, as well as taught young American filmmakers such as Gus Van Sant and Jean de Segonzac at RISD.
His documentaries for the television program FRONTLINE include Never Forget to Lie (2013), A Jew Among the Germans (2005), Shtetl (1996), After Gorbachev's USSR (1992), Betting on the Lottery (1990), My Retirement Dreams (1988), and Welcome to America (1984).
[citation needed] Marzyński was selected as a Guggenheim fellow in 1982, and won an Emmy Award for his documentary work in both 1986 and 1990.