Szymon Lenkowski

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.

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

Early life and education

Lenkowski was born on 28 February 1981 in Rzeszow, 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[1][2]

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

Awards

Year	Award Event	Film Title	Award/Prize	Category	Recipient
2004	KAMERA magazine awards	Cyrano	KAMERA magazine award for cinematography	Cinematography	Szymon Lenkowski
2004	Warsaw (films tomorrow)	Cyrano	Grand Prix	Best student film
2004	Kazimierz Dolny (Summer of Films)	Cyrano	Grand Prix	Short film
2004	Cracow (Krakffa)	Cyrano	Grand Prix
2004		Offensiva	Dirty World bronze OFF award	Video art category
2004	Milano (MFFS) Italy	Winners and Losers (aka. Zwyciezcy i przegrani)	Mention d’Honneur	Sport and society. Sport and solidarity
2005	Prowincjonalia 2005	Winners and Losers (aka. Zwyciezcy i przegrani)	Award for the Best Documentary Film
2005	Breslau Optimistic Film Festival	“Happy End” – Winners and Losers (aka. Zwyciezcy i przegrani)	Grand Prix
2005	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	Cinematography
2005	Szymon Lenkowski Cieszyn - (Węgiel Student Film Festival)	Poor-land (aka. Bieda ziemia)	Special mention	Cinematography
2006	XVI Media Festival „Man in Danger” (Lodz, Poland)	The Seeds (aka. Nasiona)	The Jury's Special Prize (inaugural)
2006	International Documentary Film Festival "Flahertiana" (Perm, Russia) -	The Seeds (aka. Nasiona)	The Great Silver Nanook Prize
2006	46th Cracow Film Festival (May 2006)	The Seeds (aka. Nasiona)	The Students’ of Cracow Jury Prize		Grand Prix Złoty Lajkonik, KODAK's Prize for Wojciech Kasperski (dir.)
2006	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	Best writer and director; best photography; best producer
2006	Prix Europa, Berlin	The Seeds (aka. Nasiona)	Special Mention	Best television documentary film
2006	SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival (USA)	The Seeds (aka. Nasiona)	Main prize	Best short documentary film
2006	International Film Festival “Kratkofil” Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina	The Seeds (aka. Nasiona)	Grand Prix
2007	International Documentary Film Festival of México City (DOCSDF)	The Seeds (aka. Nasiona)	Special Mention	Best International Short Documentary competition
2007	Parnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival	The Seeds (aka. Nasiona)	Grand Prix
2007	II International Film Festival Competition CINEMAGIC in Plock	The Seeds (aka. Nasiona)	Main Prize
2007	Big Muddy Film Festival (Carbondale, USA)	The Seeds (aka. Nasiona)	First Prize	Short Documentary Film
2007	The Big Sky Documentary 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)	Main Prize	Student's film competition
2011	Golden Trailer Awards	Best Foreign Romantic trailer for Little Rose (aka. Różyczka) trailer	Winner		Szymon Lenkowski, Piotr Bujnowicz

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) - 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