Irena Kamieńska (1928–2001) was a Polish documentary filmmaker and one of the most important voices of socially engaged non-fiction cinema in postwar Poland. She studied at the Lodz Film School and began her career in the 1950s, initially working within the structures of state-sponsored documentary production. Kamieńska became known for her deeply humanist films focused on working-class life, women, and marginalized individuals, often exploring the emotional and moral consequences of social systems. Her work combines observational realism with a reflective, sometimes critical perspective on everyday existence under socialism.