Xawery Zulawski, the son of Polish film director Andrzej Zulawski and actress Malgorzata Braunek, studied at the National Film School in Lódz. He gave his debut in 2006 with the feature film Chaos, which earned him the title Best Debut Director at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. He was also involved in the film project Europe 99euro-films.