Jan Marcin Szancer was born on November 12, 1902 in Krakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary. He was a costume designer and writer, known for Panienka z okienka (1964), Pani Twardowska (1955) and Dwie godziny (1957). He died on March 24, 1973 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.