Cinematographer, director and photographer. Palenta is a graduate of universities in Poznań, Katowice, Opawa and Warsaw who won numerous honorary diplomas and awards, among others for his photography to the short feature film Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark Room (dir. K. Czekaj). Apart from documentary and feature films he also makes video clips and TV commercials. The documentary film Freestyle Life is his directing debut, produced by the Andrzej Munk Studio as part of the project The First Documentary.