marcin:siadaczkotraining:set:manager
An experienced unit production manager, he began his film career in 2002 as a set runner. Since 2014, working as a unit production manager, he has collaborated on over 30 film and television productions.
He specializes in managing both large-scale feature films, such as Legiony, Listy do M 4, and Fuks 2, as well as complex TV series, including Belfer 2, Skazana, Gang Zielonej Rękawiczki, and Lady Love. Over the past decade, he has demonstrated exceptional versatility, efficiently coordinating projects across diverse genres—from intimate documentaries to high-budget historical films.
On-set photo from the series “Lady Love.”
:workshopset:manager
The set manager works directly with the film production manager, organises filming, coordinates the activities of the production team and support staff on set, and ensures that the planned shots are completed efficiently each day of filming.
Workshop schedule
Day 1 9:00-15:30
Introduction: experience on set, beginnings in the industry and general tasks on set.
Next: discussion of the functions, responsibilities and work system of the production manager.
Description of cooperation with each department in turn and how each of them should perform their work.
Health and safety rules for working on set.
Rules of communication on set, ‘savoir-vivre’ at work.
Team management on a film set.
Overview of essential tools and technologies used on set.
Working on a small and large film set. Expectations vs. reality.
Group work (45 min) – analysis of cases from film sets.
Discussion of situations from the professional lives of participants.
Day 2 9:00-15:30
Practical part – organisation of a film set with participants of the camera crew workshop and the assistant director.
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