Szymon Lenkowski (born 28 February 1981) is a Polish cinematographer and director based in Hollywood.

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Szymon Lenkowski
Lenkowski in 2014
Born	(1981-02-28)28 February 1981 Rzeszow, Poland
Alma mater	National Film School in Łódź
Occupation	Cinematographer, director

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. Whilst 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. His second feature film, Shameless, was expected to be released in the summer of 2012. In 2009, 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.

Education

In 2005, Lenkowski graduated from the National Film School in Łódź with a degree in cinematography. He was taught by Polish cinematographer Witold Sobocinski, authoring a thesis titled "Digital Future of Cinema".^{[citation needed]}

Awards

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Selected filmography

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• 2012 – Shameless, (aka. Bez wstydu) feature film, dir. Filip Marczewski. - director of photography
• 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
• 2010 - Little Rose (aka. Rosebud, aka. Różyczka) feature film, dir. Jan Kidawa Błoński - director of promotional materials
• 2010 - General Nil feature film, dir. Ryszard Bugajski - director of promotional materials
• 2009 – I am yours (aka. Jestem Twój) – feature film, dir. Mariusz Grzegorzek - director of photography
• 2008 – Like in heaven (aka. Jak w niebie) - documentary film 28’, dir. Filip Marczewski - director of photography
• 2007 – Aria Diva – medium length feature film, dir. Agnieszka Smoczyńska - director of photography
• 2006 – The Seeds (aka. Nasiona), documentary film 28’, dir. Wojciech Kasperski - director of photography
• 2005 – If I Were a Fish - documentary film 18’, dir. Tomasz Wolski - director of photography
• 2005 – The Dwarfs Are Going To Ukraine (aka. Krasnoludki jadą na Ukrainę) - documentary film 58’, dir. Miroslaw Dembinski - director of photography
• 2004 – Cyrano - feature film DV 17’, dir. Filip Marczewski - director of photography
• 2004 – Poor-land (aka. Bieda ziemia) - documentary film 35mm 5’, dir. Filip Marczewski - director of photography
• 2004 – Dirty World, music video 3’, music. artist: TheCalog, - director/ director of photography
• 2004 – Winners and Loosers (aka. Zwyciezcy i przegrani) – documentary film 52’, dir. Mirosław Dembinski - director of photography
• 2002 – Siena - feature film 4’ - director, director of photography

References

External links

• Szymon Lenkowski at filmpolski
• Szymon Lenkowski at IMDb
• Official website