 In the 1970s, he then studied at the National Film School in Łódź, notably as a student of Wojciech Has, who taught Majewski directing.In the early 80s, after completing "The Knight" and as martial law was declared in Poland, Majewski emigrated to England and then to the United States, where he lived for most of the late Communist era.Majewski is a dual U.S.-Polish citizen, and travels often between those and other countries.