Nationality Polish-American | Occupation Filmmaker
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Born January 21, 1976 (age 41) ( 1976-01-21 ) Warsaw, Poland Movies Utopians, Here Come the Girls People also search for Lauren Hind, Courtney Webster | ||
What s up on wooster street with zbigniew bzymek 09 07 16
Zbigniew Bzymek (born January 21, 1976) is a Polish-born filmmaker, experimental theatre and music video artist who lives and works in New York City. He has been called "a young filmmaker to follow" by Stéphane Delorme in the French film journal Cahiers du Cinéma.
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- What s up on wooster street with zbigniew bzymek 09 07 16
- Background
- Works
- Filmography
- Music Videos
- Video Design in Theatre and Opera
- Awards and Nominations
- References
Background
Bzymek was born in Warsaw, Poland and spent his early childhood in Poland and Sweden. When he was eight years old, his family moved to Connecticut, where he lived until he attended Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, graduating cum laude, with a major in English and a minor in Russian. He received his MFA from the Polish National Film School in Lodz, Poland in 2008.
Works
From 2004-2007 he collaborated with Krystian Lupa creating original video projections and designs for seven major theatrical productions directed by Lupa. Since 2006, Bzymek has been a member of The Wooster Group, a company of artists who make work for theater, dance, and media based in New York City. In 2008, Bzymek's diploma film Suddenly Forever (2008) won the grand prix du jury at Rencontres Internationales Henri Langlois (The Poitiers Film Festival). Since 2010, Bzymek has been the main videographer and contributor to The Wooster Group's video journal The Dailies. In 2011, Bzymek finished his debut feature film Utopians, which premiered at The 61st Berlin International Film Festival. The Dailies led him to collaborate on two documentary short films with playwright Young Jean Lee, the first of which, entitled Here Come The Girls, screened at Locarno International Film Festival and The Sundance Film Festival. In 2014, Bzymek directed the music video for debuting artist Mary Komasa's single City of My Dreams (Warner Music Poland). In 2015, He collaborated with the Polish pop singer Brodka, co-writing five songs for her album Clashes and going on to direct the video for her single Horses (2016). He is an adjunct lecturer at CUNY City Tech.