Jarek Kupsc
Jarek Kupść ([ˈjáːrək][1] born Jarosław Kupść, 26 December 1966) is a Polish-American film director and screenwriter[2]. 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. [3]He emigrated to the United States in 1987 and became a naturalized citizen in 1992. Kupść 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"
Film Career
Jarek Kupść made his directorial debut with Recoil, which was screened shortly after 9/11 and was awarded Best Feature Film at Woodstock film festival that year (2001). [4]. He followed with a road movie, Slumberland, in 2006, which won the Special Jury Prize at the Gdynia Film Festival. [5]
His 2008 feature, The Reflecting Pool, one of the first narrative films dealing with the investigation of the September 11th attacks, was met with mixed reviews, [6] [7][8][9], but is noted as one of the few feature films to be made about this event. [10].
After returning to Poland in 2010, he wrote and directed Kliny (Wedges) and began his association with the Warsaw Film School in Warsaw, Poland.[11]
Selected Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Kliny | Director, Screenwriter | |
| 2008 | The Reflecting Pool | Director, Screenwriter | Columbine Award, Moondance Film Festival[12]; Special Jury Prize, Polish Film Festival in America (Chicago)[13] |
| 2006 | Slumberland | Director, Screenwriter | Special Jury Prize, Gdynia Film Festival[14]; Young Screenwriter, YFF[15] |
| 2001 | Recoil | Director, Screenwriter | Best Feature Film, Woodstock Film Festival [16]; Best First Feature, Wine Country Film Festival[17]; Best First Feature, Dahlonega Film Festival |
| 1995 | Dog | Director, Screenwriter | Rosebud Award for Best Student Film, CSA Film Festival[18] |
References
- ^ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jarek
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1141859/
- ^ See The Boulder Weekly, Aug. 28-Sept. 3, 2008
- ^ http://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/editor/woodstock_honors_irecoil_wendigoi
- ^ http://www.festiwalgdynia.pl/en/wirtualny_festiwal/33----_2006.html
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/11/movies/11refl.html?partner=Rotten%20Tomatoes&ei=5083
- ^ http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/reflecting-pool-125511
- ^ http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-reflecting-pool-credibility-of-the-official-government-story-about-9-11/8470
- ^ http://newsblaze.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/the-reflecting-pool-dvd-review-by-kam-williams_5572
- ^ see: Hollywood's Chosen People: The Jewish Experience in American CinemaBy Daniel Bernardi, pg 152
- ^ http://www.szkolafilmowa.pl/pl/kadra/jaroslaw-kupsc/
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0001086/2008
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000271/2008
- ^ https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/31._Festiwal_Polskich_Film%C3%B3w_Fabularnych_w_Gdyni
- ^ http://kino.dlastudenta.pl/artykul/YFF_nagrody_rozdane,10508.html
- ^ http://www.woodstockfilmfestival.com/archives/2001schedule/awards2001.htm
- ^ http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000700/2001
- ^ http://blogs.calstate.edu/summerarts/media-arts-festival/winners-archive/