Piotr Andrejew was born on October 27, 1947, in Szczecin, Poland and died on June 12, 2017.

He was a Polish film director and screenwriter sometimes credited as Piotr Andreyev or Piotr Andreev.

Andrejew’s films include features Theft (1976, TV), Clinch (1978), Tender Spots (Czułe Miejsca) (1981), Shadow Man (1988) with Tom Hulce, and short films Puppets (1971), Mroz is Coming (1973), The Talk (1974), Fields Master (1975), Follow the Blow (1975), Gropingly (Po Omacku) (1975), Mein Fenster (Okno) (1979), Capriccio di Amsterdam (1983), The End (1984), Sanctus (1991), Laugh Attack (1993). He worked with cinematographer Zbigniew Rybczyński in the 1970s.

Piotr also directed television theater productions De Beproeving Die Ik Haar Oplegde by Simon Vestdijk (1986, TV) and Protest by Václav Havel (1987,TV) and the concert film Orlando Quartet Plays Grieg (1993, TV).

Piotr Andrejew passed away at 69 years old.