Jan Orszulak

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Born in 1995. Theater and film director, university lecturer, theater instructor, as well as playwright, screenwriter and film editor. A graduate of Theater Studies, Film and Audiovisual Culture at the University of Gdańsk and Directing from the Warsaw Film School. His short films were screened as finalists at national festivals (including the 18th One-Minute Film Festival in Gdańsk) and foreign festivals (including Cyprus, South Africa, Brazil, Canada, USA, Kenya, Japan, and Cannes in France ). The film "We are one team" directed by him made it to the finals of the competition for a spot for Legalna Kultura and was screened during the 42nd edition of the Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia. Participant of Declan Donnellan's directing course (creator of, among others, the Hollywood film "The Seducer"). His diploma film at the film school titled "Autarkia" was selected for the Colombian film festival 'Violeta Film Fest'. Winner of many individual awards, including: Awards of the Rector of the University of Gdańsk, first degree in 2018 for outstanding achievements, Grand Prix at 'Herbertiada 2013' - award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. Founder and director of the independent 'Standby Studio Theatre'.

Personal

Nationality
Polish
Languages
English: intermediate
Polish: native
Professions
Directors, Directors (broadcasting), Editors, Screenwriters
Preferred working area

Poland, especially the Tricity or Warsaw

Accommodation options
All

Experience & skills

Education

2019 – 2021 Warsaw Film School
major: Film directing
degree: postgraduate
2017 – 2019 University of Gdańsk
major: Film studies and audiovisual culture
degree: master's degree
2014 – 2017 University of Gdańsk
major: Theater studies
degree: bachelor's degree

Special skills

- editing and post-production of film materials, including feature films, documentaries, music videos, advertisements, conferences, events and others (programs: Adobe Premiere, Da Vinci Resolve, Sony Vegas, Avid)
- creating and basic graphic processing (programs: Canva and Adobe Photoshop)
- writing and compiling scripts for films, TV series and theater plays (program: Celtx)
- production, organization, direction and editing of films, performances and cultural events

Own equipment

- computer equipment for editing and screenwriting

Further references

Portfolio:
www.youtube.com (videos)
filmfreeway.com (list)
vimeo.com (student etudes)

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