Szymon Lenkowski (born 28 February 1981) is a Polish cinematographer and director based in Hollywood. Lenkowski has directed photography for 2 feature films, 15 short films, 10 documentary films, 5 music videos, 10 HD multi-camera live concerts, and over 50 television advertisements.
Early life and education Lenkowski was born on 28 February 1981 in Rzeszów, Poland. In 2005, Lenkowski graduated from the National Film School in Łódź with a degree in cinematography where he was taught by Polish cinematographer Witold Sobocinski.
Career After winning awards for his short films, Szymon was noticed by Warsaw production companies and started shooting commercials. In his mid-twenties, Lenkowski had already worked for numerous global advertising agencies including Publicis, BBDO, Euro RSCG, Grey, and McCann Erickson.
In 2009, he shot his first feature film and received a nomination for Camerimage Festival's Golden Frog award.
Later in the same year, together with Piotr Bujnowicz he directed Trailer and More, and began creating movie trailers. In 2010, he was nominated for a Golden Trailer Award for the film General Nil. In 2011 he won the Golden Trailer Award for the Little Rose trailer.
His second feature film, Shameless, was expected to be released in the summer of 2012.
Awards +YearAward EventFilm titleAward/PrizeCategoryRecipient2004KAMERA magazine awards CyranoKAMERA magazine award for cinematographyCinematographySzymon Lenkowski2004Warsaw (films tomorrow)CyranoGrand PrixBest student film2004Kazimierz Dolny (Summer of Films)CyranoGrand PrixShort film2004Cracow (Krakffa)CyranoGrand Prix2004 OffensivaDirty World bronze OFF award Video art category2004 Milano (MFFS) Italy Winners and Losers (aka. Zwyciezcy i przegrani)Mention d’HonneurSport and society. Sport and solidarity2005Prowincjonalia 2005Winners and Losers (aka. Zwyciezcy i przegrani)Award for the Best Documentary Film2005Breslau Optimistic Film Festival “Happy End” – Winners and Losers (aka. Zwyciezcy i przegrani)Grand Prix2005 Sopot Film Festiwal Poor-land (aka. Bieda ziemia) Special mention 2005 Kielce (Nurt 2005) The Dwarfs Are Going To Ukraine (aka. Krasnoludki jadą na Ukrainę) Audience Awards 2006 Szymon Lenkowski Cieszyn (School Film) Poor-land (aka. Bieda ziemia) Award for best cinematography Cinematography2005 Szymon Lenkowski Cieszyn - (Węgiel Student Film Festival) Poor-land (aka. Bieda ziemia) Special mentionCinematography 2006XVI Media Festival „Man in Danger” (Lodz, Poland)The Seeds (aka. Nasiona)The Jury's Special Prize (inaugural)2006International Documentary Film Festival "Flahertiana" (Perm, Russia) - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona)The Great Silver Nanook Prize200646th Cracow Film Festival (May 2006)The Seeds (aka. Nasiona)The Students’ of Cracow Jury PrizeGrand Prix Złoty Lajkonik, KODAK's Prize for Wojciech Kasperski (dir.)2006L'Alternativa Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona The Seeds (aka. Nasiona)Special Mention2006“Artdokfest”, National Prize of LAVR (Moscow)The Seeds (aka. Nasiona)Main Prize for the Art-film Best writer and director; best photography; best producer2006Prix Europa, BerlinThe Seeds (aka. Nasiona)Special MentionBest television documentary film2006SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival (USA)The Seeds (aka. Nasiona)Main prizeBest short documentary film2006International Film Festival “Kratkofil” Banja Luka, Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe Seeds (aka. Nasiona)Grand Prix2007International Documentary Film Festival of México City (DOCSDF)The Seeds (aka. Nasiona) Special Mention Best International Short Documentary competition2007Parnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film FestivalThe Seeds (aka. Nasiona)Grand Prix2007II International Film Festival Competition CINEMAGIC in Plock The Seeds (aka. Nasiona)Main Prize2007Big Muddy Film Festival (Carbondale, USA) The Seeds (aka. Nasiona)First PrizeShort Documentary Film2007The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (Montana, USA)The Seeds (aka. Nasiona)The Jury's Special Prize2007The CMU International Film Festival 2006 "Faces of Democracy” (Pittsburgh, USA)The Seeds (aka. Nasiona)Main PrizeStudent's film competition2011Golden Trailer AwardsBest Foreign Romantic trailer for Little Rose (aka. Różyczka) trailer WinnerSzymon Lenkowski, Piotr Bujnowicz
Selected filmography 2002 – Siena - feature film 4’ - director, director of photography 2004 – Winners and Loosers (aka. Zwyciezcy i przegrani) – documentary film 52’, dir. Mirosław Dembinski - director of photography 2004 – Dirty World, music video 3’, music. artist: TheCalog, - director/ director of photography 2004 – Poor-land (aka. Bieda ziemia) - documentary film 35mm 5’, dir. Filip Marczewski - director of photography 2004 – Cyrano - feature film DV 17’, dir. Filip Marczewski - director of photography 2005 – The Dwarfs Are Going To Ukraine (aka. Krasnoludki jadą na Ukrainę) - documentary film 58’, dir. Miroslaw Dembinski - director of photography 2005 – If I Were a Fish - documentary film 18’, dir. Tomasz Wolski - director of photography 2006 – The Seeds (aka. Nasiona), documentary film 28’, dir. Wojciech Kasperski - director of photography 2007 – Aria Diva – medium length feature film, dir. Agnieszka Smoczyńska - director of photography 2008 – Like in heaven (aka. Jak w niebie) - documentary film 28’, dir. Filip Marczewski - director of photography 2009 – I am yours (aka. Jestem Twój) – feature film, dir. Mariusz Grzegorzek - director of photography 2010 - General Nil feature film, dir. Ryszard Bugajski - director of promotional materials 2010 - Little Rose (aka. Rosebud, aka. Różyczka) feature film, dir. Jan Kidawa Błoński - director of promotional materials 2011 - In Treatment (aka. Bez tajemnic) HBO Poland TV Series, dir. Anna Kazejak-Dawid, Jacek Borcuch – director of promotional materials, author of trailers, TV spots, promotional films, and next-ons 2012 – Shameless, (aka. Bez wstydu) feature film, dir. Filip Marczewski. - director of photography
References
External links Szymon Lenkowski at filmpolski
Official website