Jarek Kupsc
Jarosław "Jarek" Kupść (born December 26, 1966) is a Polish-American film director, screen writer, and actor.
Early life and education
[edit]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
[edit]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] 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- Jarek Kupsc at IMDb