Bryll was part of a peasant family from Kuyavia lake Gopło[3] and grew up in Komorowo Stare and Gdynia. He graduated from the 2nd Liceum Ogólnokształcące in Gdynia,[4] the Polish Philology faculty of Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego (1956)[5] and studied film at Łódź Film School. Due to his father's background in the Home Army, he was blacklisted from his dream of becoming a journalist, and he began working in power plant no. 11 in the Port of Gdynia and Stocznia Gdynia.[3]
His first book of poetry, Wigilie wariata, was published in 1958. He was a member of writers' rooms in social-cultural themed newspapers (e.g. 1959–1960 at Współczesność [pl]). He was a member of the Polish Writers Association and became a member of Polish United Workers' Party in the mid 60s.[6] In the early 1980s, when martial law was introduced in Poland, he quit the party.[5]
From 1963 to 1967 he was the literary director of the Teatr Telewizji [pl]. The following year he managed the film team Kamera, and from 1970 to 1974 he was a director of Polish Theatre, Warsaw. From 1974 to 1978 Bryll was a director of the Polish Cultural Institute in London, and in 1991-1995 he served as Poland's ambassador to Ireland in Dublin.[5]
Beginning in 1965 he wrote popular song lyrics sung by bands like: 2 plus 1, Enigmatic, Pakt, Partita, Myslovitz, Skaldowie, Waganci and solo artists such as: Michał Bajor, Stan Borys, Zofia i Zbigniew Framerowie [pl], Halina Frąckowiak, Marek Grechuta, Jerzy Grunwald [pl], Teresa Haremza [pl], Edward Hulewicz, Leonard Jakubowski, Halina Kunicka [pl], Bernard Ładysz, Urszula Narbut, Czesław Niemen, Daniel Olbrychski, Jerzy Połomski, Rudolf Poledniok, Krystyna Prońko [pl], Łucja Prus, Danuta Rinn, Maryla Rodowicz, Andrzej Rybiński, Warren Schatz, Urszula Sipińska, Józef Sojka, Teresa Tutinas [pl], Juliusz Wickiewicz, Adam Wojdak [pl].
Many of his lyrics were set to music by Katarzyna Gärtner [pl]. In 1968, he established the band Drumlersi [pl] with Marek Sart. Sart wrote music; Bryll wrote the lyrics.
He also collaborated with composers such as Jerzy Derfel [pl], Antoni Kopff [pl], Włodzimierz Korcz, Janusz Kruk, Czesław Niemen, Andrzej Zieliński.
He worked at Polish Film Institute from 2012 to 2018, as a director of the literary department.[7]
He died 16 March 2024 in Warsaw, aged 89.[8][9]
