Piotr Szkopiak

On the UK release of his first feature film "Small Time Obsession", both Variety and The Guardian described Piotr as "a director to watch". With no formal training in film and television, Piotr's first break came in 1989 working as an intern at MTV Europe in the News Department. He later joined Sky TV as an intern in Sky Movies and secured a job as an interstitial producer/director. He then co-created the film magazine show "Xposure" which began transmitting in September 1992 and was re-named "The Movie Show" in January 1994. It was first presented by Nadia De Lemeny and Rob Brydon then Richard Jobson. Piotr directed the shows between August 1993 and January 1995, including special reports from New York, Los Angeles and the Cannes, Berlin and Edinburgh Film Festivals. In 1994, Piotr made the short film "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie", which won the Best British Film Award at the Institute of Amateur Cinematographers in 1995. It was also selected to play at the Barcelona Film Festival and was