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Jarosław "Jarek" Kupść (born December 26, 1966) is a Polish-American film director, screen writer, and actor.

Early life and education

He started shooting films at the age of sixteen in his native Poland. In 1985, he left Poland for Greece, where he studied Byzantine icon painting and worked as a freelance cartoonist.^[1] He emigrated to the United States in 1987 and became a naturalized citizen in 1992. He graduated from San Francisco State University in 1995 with a degree in writing/directing, while also pursuing a career as a graphic artist. In 1998, Kupść wrote and illustrated a film history book, The History of Cinema for Beginners.

Film career

Kupść made his directorial debut with Recoil which was awarded Best Feature Film at Woodstock Film Festival in 2001.^[2] He followed with a road movie in 2006 titled Slumberland which won the Special Jury Prize at the Gdynia Film Festival^[3]

His 2008 feature, The Reflecting Pool, was one of the first narrative films dealing with the investigation of the September 11th attacks,^[4]^[5]^[6]

After returning to Poland in 2010, he wrote and directed Kliny (Wedges) and began his association with the Warsaw Film School in Warsaw, Poland, ^[7] where he teaches at the international department. His last film to date is the award-winning Quintuplets,^[8] shot on a mobile phone.

Jarek Kupść' film and art essays have been published by Little White Lies,^[9] Cineaste^[10] and other magazines.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Awards
2019	Quintuplets	Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Cinematographer (as Yaro Ghillis)	Best Feature Film – SmartFone3 Film Festival,^[8] Best Mobile Film, Best Actor – L'Âge d'or International Arthouse FF, Best Mobile Film, Best Director – Tagore International FF
2015	Kliny	Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Cinematographer
2008	The Reflecting Pool	Director, Screenwriter	Columbine Award, Moondance Film Festival; Special Jury Prize, Polish Film Festival in America (Chicago)
2006	Slumberland	Director, Screenwriter, Producer	Special Jury Prize, Gdynia Film Festival; Young Screenwriter, YFF^[11]
2001	Recoil	Director, Screenwriter, Producer	Best Feature Film, Woodstock Film Festival;^[12] Best First Feature, Wine Country Film Festival; Best First Feature, Dahlonega Film Festival
1995	Dog	Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer	Rosebud Award for Best Student Film, CSA Film Festival^[13]

References

^ The Boulder Weekly, Aug. 28-Sept. 3, 2008
^ "Woodstock Honors Recoil & Wendigo". filmfestivals.com. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
^ AXE. "Winners". festiwalgdynia.pl. Retrieved 21 August 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Trade Secrets". The New York Times. 11 July 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
^ "The Reflecting Pool". hollywoodreporter.com. 15 July 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
^ Hollywood's Chosen People: The Jewish Experience in American Cinema Daniel Bernardi, pg 152
^ "Faculty". 10 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Quintuplets | [FEATURE] Quintuplets | SF3 - SmartFone Flick Fest 2020".
^ "How the French Connection reinvented the Hollywood cop movie".
^ "Enter the Dragon, Exit the Stereotypes: Bruce Lee and the Most Influential Martial Arts Movie Ever".
^ "YFF – nagrody rozdane". dlastudenta.pl. 10 December 2006. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
^ "2001 Award Winners". woodstockfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
^ "Winners Archive". calstate.edu. Retrieved 21 August 2017.

External links

Jarek Kupsc at IMDb

[1] The Boulder Weekly, Aug. 28-Sept. 3, 2008

[2] "Woodstock Honors Recoil & Wendigo". filmfestivals.com. Retrieved 21 August 2017.

[3] AXE. "Winners". festiwalgdynia.pl. Retrieved 21 August 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[4] "Trade Secrets". The New York Times. 11 July 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2017.

[5] "The Reflecting Pool". hollywoodreporter.com. 15 July 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2017.

[6] Hollywood's Chosen People: The Jewish Experience in American Cinema Daniel Bernardi, pg 152

[7] "Faculty". 10 July 2024.

[:0-8] "Quintuplets | [FEATURE] Quintuplets | SF3 - SmartFone Flick Fest 2020".

[9] "How the French Connection reinvented the Hollywood cop movie".

[10] "Enter the Dragon, Exit the Stereotypes: Bruce Lee and the Most Influential Martial Arts Movie Ever".

[11] "YFF – nagrody rozdane". dlastudenta.pl. 10 December 2006. Retrieved 21 August 2017.

[12] "2001 Award Winners". woodstockfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 21 August 2017.

[13] "Winners Archive". calstate.edu. Retrieved 21 August 2017.

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+'''Jarosław "Jarek" Kupść''' (born December 26, 1966) is a Polish-American [[film director]], [[screen writer]], and [[actor]].
-'''Jarosław "Jarek" Kupść''' (born December 26, 1966) is a Polish-American [[film director]] and [[screen writer]].
 ==Early life and education==
-He started shooting films at the age of sixteen in his native [[Poland]]. In 1985, he left Poland for [[Greece]], where he studied Byzantine icon painting and worked as a freelance cartoonist.<ref>The Boulder Weekly, Aug. 28-Sept. 3, 2008</ref> He emigrated to the [[United States]] in 1987 and became a naturalized citizen in 1992. He graduated from [[San Francisco State University]] in 1995 with a degree in writing/directing, while carrying on a career as a graphic artist. In 1998, Kupść wrote and illustrated a film history book, ''The History of Cinema for Beginners''.
+He started shooting films at the age of sixteen in his native [[Poland]]. In 1985, he left Poland for [[Greece]], where he studied Byzantine icon painting and worked as a freelance cartoonist.<ref>The Boulder Weekly, Aug. 28-Sept. 3, 2008</ref> He emigrated to the [[United States]] in 1987 and became a naturalized citizen in 1992. He graduated from [[San Francisco State University]] in 1995 with a degree in writing/directing, while also pursuing a career as a graphic artist. In 1998, Kupść wrote and illustrated a film history book, ''The History of Cinema for Beginners''.
 == Film career ==
-Kupść made his directorial debut with ''Recoil'' which was awarded Best Feature Film at Woodstock Film Festival in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/editor/woodstock_honors_irecoil_wendigoi|title=Woodstock Honors ''Recoil & Wendigo''|author=|date=|website=www.filmfestivals.com|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref> He followed with a road movie in 2006 titled ''Slumberland'' which won the Special Jury Prize at the Gdynia Film Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.festiwalgdynia.pl/en/wirtualny_festiwal/33----_2006.html|title=Winners|last=AXE|date=|website=festiwalgdynia.pl|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref>
+Kupść made his directorial debut with ''Recoil'' which was awarded Best Feature Film at Woodstock Film Festival in 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/editor/woodstock_honors_irecoil_wendigoi|title=Woodstock Honors ''Recoil & Wendigo''|author=|date=|website=filmfestivals.com|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref> He followed with a road movie in 2006 titled ''Slumberland'' which won the Special Jury Prize at the Gdynia Film Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.festiwalgdynia.pl/en/wirtualny_festiwal/33----_2006.html|title=Winners|last=AXE|date=|website=festiwalgdynia.pl|accessdate=21 August 2017}}{{Dead link|date=October 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
-His 2008 feature, ''The Reflecting Pool'', was one of the first narrative films dealing with the investigation of the September 11th attacks,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/11/movies/11refl.html|title=Trade Secrets|author=|date=11 July 2008|website=The New York Times|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/reflecting-pool-125511|title=The Reflecting Pool|author=|date=15 July 2008|website=hollywoodreporter.com|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsblaze.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/the-reflecting-pool-dvd-review-by-kam-williams_5572|title=The Reflecting Pool DVD Review By Kam Williams|first=Kam|last=Williams|date=10 July 2008|website=newsblaze.com|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref> and has been noted as one of few feature narrative films ever to have been made about this event.<ref>''Hollywood's Chosen People: The Jewish Experience in American Cinema'' Daniel Bernardi, pg 152</ref>
+His 2008 feature, ''The Reflecting Pool'', was one of the first narrative films dealing with the investigation of the September 11th attacks,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/11/movies/11refl.html|title=Trade Secrets|author=|date=11 July 2008|website=The New York Times|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/reflecting-pool-125511|title=The Reflecting Pool|author=|date=15 July 2008|website=hollywoodreporter.com|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref><ref>''Hollywood's Chosen People: The Jewish Experience in American Cinema'' Daniel Bernardi, pg 152</ref>
-After returning to Poland in 2010, he wrote and directed ''Kliny (Wedges)'' and began his association with the Warsaw Film School in Warsaw, Poland.<ref>http://www.szkolafilmowa.pl/pl/kadra/jaroslaw-kupsc/</ref>
+After returning to Poland in 2010, he wrote and directed ''Kliny (Wedges)'' and began his association with the [https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warszawska_Szko%C5%82a_Filmowa Warsaw Film School] in Warsaw, Poland, <ref>{{cite web | url=https://warsawfilmschool.com/en/wsf/C_WSFO.WSF.4/FACULTY | title=Faculty | date=10 July 2024 }}</ref> where he teaches at the international department. His last film to date is the award-winning ''Quintuplets'',<ref name=":0">{{cite web | url=https://watch.eventive.org/sf32020/play/5f5f63efa79450008a64c6be | title=Quintuplets &#124; &#91;FEATURE&#93; Quintuplets &#124; SF3 - SmartFone Flick Fest 2020 }}</ref> shot on a mobile phone.
+Jarek Kupść' film and art essays have been published by Little White Lies,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://lwlies.com/articles/the-french-connection-gene-hackman-cop-movie/ | title=How the French Connection reinvented the Hollywood cop movie }}</ref> Cineaste<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cineaste.com/fall2023/enter-the-dragon-exit-the-stereotypes-bruce-lee-and-the-most-influential-martial-arts-movie-ever | title=Enter the Dragon, Exit the Stereotypes: Bruce Lee and the Most Influential Martial Arts Movie Ever }}</ref> and other magazines.
 ==Selected filmography==
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+| 2019 || Quintuplets || Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Cinematographer (as Yaro Ghillis) || Best Feature Film – SmartFone3 Film Festival,<ref name=":0" /> Best Mobile Film, Best Actor – L'Âge d'or International Arthouse FF, Best Mobile Film, Best Director – Tagore International FF
-| 2015 || Kliny || Director, Screenwriter ||
+|-
+| 2015 || Kliny || Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Cinematographer ||
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-| 2008 || The Reflecting Pool || Director, Screenwriter || Columbine Award, Moondance Film Festival;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0001086/2008|title=Moondance International Film Festival (2008)|author=|date=|website=imdb.com|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref> Special Jury Prize, Polish Film Festival in America (Chicago)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000271/2008|title=Polish Film Festival (2008)|author=|date=|website=imdb.com|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref>
+| 2008 || The Reflecting Pool || Director, Screenwriter || Columbine Award, Moondance Film Festival; Special Jury Prize, Polish Film Festival in America (Chicago)
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-| 2006 || Slumberland || Director, Screenwriter || Special Jury Prize, Gdynia Film Festival;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pl.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=31._Festiwal_Polskich_Film%C3%B3w_Fabularnych_w_Gdyni&oldid=42106453|title=31. Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych w Gdyni|author=|date=18 March 2015|publisher=|accessdate=21 August 2017|via=Wikipedia}}</ref> Young Screenwriter, YFF<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kino.dlastudenta.pl/artykul/YFF_nagrody_rozdane,10508.html|title=YFF – nagrody rozdane|author=|date=|website=dlastudenta.pl|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref>
+| 2006 || Slumberland || Director, Screenwriter, Producer || Special Jury Prize, Gdynia Film Festival; Young Screenwriter, YFF<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kino.dlastudenta.pl/artykul/YFF_nagrody_rozdane,10508.html|title=YFF – nagrody rozdane|author=|date=10 December 2006|website=dlastudenta.pl|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref>
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-| 2001 || Recoil || Director, Screenwriter || Best Feature Film, Woodstock Film Festival;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.woodstockfilmfestival.com/archives/2001schedule/awards2001.htm|title=2001 Award Winners|author=|date=|website=www.woodstockfilmfestival.com|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref> Best First Feature, Wine Country Film Festival;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000700/2001|title=Wine Country Film Festival (2001)|author=|date=|website=imdb.com|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref> Best First Feature, Dahlonega Film Festival
+| 2001 || Recoil || Director, Screenwriter, Producer || Best Feature Film, Woodstock Film Festival;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.woodstockfilmfestival.com/archives/2001schedule/awards2001.htm|title=2001 Award Winners|author=|date=|website=woodstockfilmfestival.com|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref> Best First Feature, Wine Country Film Festival; Best First Feature, Dahlonega Film Festival
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-| 1995 || Dog || Director, Screenwriter || Rosebud Award for Best Student Film, CSA Film Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.calstate.edu/summerarts/media-arts-festival/winners-archive/|title=Winners Archive|author=|date=|website=calstate.edu|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref>
+| 1995 || Dog || Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer || Rosebud Award for Best Student Film, CSA Film Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.calstate.edu/summerarts/media-arts-festival/winners-archive/|title=Winners Archive|author=|date=|website=calstate.edu|accessdate=21 August 2017}}</ref>
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+[[Category:Film directors from California]]
 [[Category:Polish film directors]]
-[[Category:American screenwriters]]
+[[Category:American male screenwriters]]
 [[Category:San Francisco State University alumni]]