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 do*entary films, 5 music videos, 10 HD multi-camera live concerts, and over 50 television adverti*ts. 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.

Contents

• 1 Education
• 2 Awards
• 3 Selected filmography
• 4 References
• 5 External links

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 *led "Digital Future of Cinema".

Awards

• 2011 – Golden Trailer Awards – Best Foreign Romantic trailer for Little Rose (aka. Różyczka) trailer Szymon Lenkowski, Piotr Bujnowicz - Winner
• 2010 – Golden Trailer Awards – Best Foreign trailer for General Nil Szymon Lenkowski, Piotr Bujnowicz – Nomination
• 2009 - Polish Film Festival, Gdynia - I am yours (Jestem Twój), Main compe*ion
• 2009 - Busan International Film Festival - I am yours (aka. Jestem Twój), World Cinema section
• 2009 - Montreal World Film Festival - I am yours (aka. Jestem Twój), World Compe*ion section
• 2009 - The International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography CAMERIMAGE – Szymon Lenkowski, The best Cinematography in Polish feature film - Nomination
• 2008 – Karlovy Vary International Film Festival – Like in heaven (aka. Jak w niebie), Main Compe*ion for Do*entary Films
• 2008 - 48th Cracow Film Festival – Like in heaven (aka. Jak w niebie), Main Compe*ion
• 2007 - DOCSDF, International Do*entary Film Festival of México City (Oct-Nov 2007) - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona) Special Mention of the Jury in the Best International Short Do*entary compe*ion
• 2007 - Parnu International Do*entary and Anthropology Film Festival (July 2007), - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona), Grand Prix
• 2007 - II International Film Festival Compe*ion CINEMAGIC in Plock (June 2007) - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona), Main Prize
• 2007 - 28. Big Muddy Film Festival (Carbondale, USA) - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona), The First Prize for the Short Do*entary Film
• 2007 - The Big Sky Do*entary Film Festival (Montana, USA) - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona), The Jury’s Special Prize
• 2007 - The CMU International Film Festival 2006 „Faces of Democracy” (Pittsburgh, USA) - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona), The Main Prize in the student’s film compe*ion
• 2006 - 3rd Festival Kinoteatr.doc (Moskva 2006)
• 2006 - XVI Media Festival „Man in Danger” (Lodz, Poland) - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona), The Jury’s Special Prize (given for the first time in the history of the festival)
• 2006 - International Do*entary Film Festival "Flahertiana" (Perm, Russia) - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona), The Great Silver Nanook Prize
• 2006 - 46th Cracow Film Festival (May 2006), Grand Prix Złoty Lajkonik, KODAK’s Prize for Wojciech Kasperski (dir.) - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona), The Students’ of Cracow Jury Prize
• 2006 - 13 L'Alternativa Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona), Special Mention
• 2006 - “Artdokfest”, National Prize of LAVR (Moscow) - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona), Main Prize for the Art-film (the best writer and director; the best photography; the best producer)
• 2006 - Prix Europa, Berlin; - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona), Special Mention for the best television do*entary film
• 2006 - SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Do*entary Festival (USA)- The Seeds (aka. Nasiona); Main prize for the best short do*entary film
• 2006 - International Film Festival “Kratkofil” Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona); Grand Prix
• 2005 - Berlinale Berlin Today Award - If I Were a Fish, Nomination
• 2005 - Kielce (Nurt 2005) - The Dwarfs Are Going To Ukraine (aka. Krasnoludki jadą na Ukrainę), Audience Awards
• 2005 – Golden Duck Award of FILM magazine – Cyrano, The Best Independent Film, Nomination
• 2005 – OFFSKARY 2005 – Cyrano,
• 2004 - CINEMA magazine awards - Cyrano- Best independent film, Best script (Marczewski, Bartosz Kurowski) – awarded, best actor (Maciej Marczewski) – nomination
• 2004 – Szymon Lenkowski – Cyrano - KAMERA magazine award for cinematography
• 2004 – Warsaw (films tomorrow) - Cyrano, Grand Prix – best student film
• 2004 – Kazimierz Dolny (Summer of Films) - Cyrano, Grand Prix – best short film
• 2004 – Cracow (Krakffa) - Cyrano, Grand Prix
• 2006 - Szymon Lenkowski Cieszyn (School Film) – Poor-land (aka. Bieda ziemia) Award for best cinematography
• 2005 - Szymon Lenkowski Offskary – Poor-land (aka. Bieda ziemia), nomination for best cinematography
• 2005 - Szymon Lenkowski Cieszyn - (Węgiel Student Film Festival) - Poor-land (aka. Bieda ziemia) best cinematography special mention
• 2005 - Tampere Film Festival Finland – Poor-land (aka. Bieda ziemia), international compe*ion
• 2005 – Israel, Docaviv for - Poor-land (aka. Bieda ziemia)
• 2005 – Grimstad IFF Nowary - Poor-land (aka. Bieda ziemia), international compe*ion
• 2005 – Sopot Film Festiwal – Poor-land (aka. Bieda ziemia), special mention
• 2004 – Cracow Film Festiwal – Poor-land (aka. Bieda ziemia), Polish compe*ion
• 2004 – IDFA Amsterdam for Poor-land (aka. Bieda ziemia)
• 2004 – Offensiva – Dirty World bronze OFF award in the video art category
• 2005 – Prowincjonalia 2005 – Winners and Loosers (aka. Zwyciezcy i przegrani), Award for the Best Do*entary Film
• 2005 – Breslau Optimistic Film Festival “Happy End” – Winners and Loosers (aka. Zwyciezcy i przegrani), Grand Prix
• 2004 – Milano (MFFS) Italy - Winners and Loosers (aka. Zwyciezcy i przegrani), “Mention d’Honneur” „Sport and society. Sport and solidarity”
• 2003 - Szymon Lenkowski Cannes – Polish representation as part of New Talent Showcase
• 2002 - Szymon Lenkowski International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography– Silver Tadpole

Selected filmography

• 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) - do*entary 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), do*entary film 28’, dir. Wojciech Kasperski - director of photography
• 2005 – If I Were a Fish - do*entary film 18’, dir. Tomasz Wolski - director of photography
• 2005 – The Dwarfs Are Going To Ukraine (aka. Krasnoludki jadą na Ukrainę) - do*entary 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) - do*entary 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) – do*entary 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