Szymon Szurmiej was born on June 18, 1923 in Luck, Wolynskie, Poland. He is known for his work on Austeria (1982), Sanatorium pod klepsydra (1973) and Pugowitza (1981). He was married to Golda Tencer. He died on July 16, 2014 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.