Kinga Burza

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Kinga Burza
Born (1980-09-26) 26 September 1980 (age 39)
Nationality Polish, Australian
Occupation Music video director
Spouse(s)Deck d'Arcy

Kinga Burza (born 26 September 1980) is a Polish-Australian music video director.

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Early life and education

Kinga Burza was born in Poland and raised in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia before moving to London in 2005 and signing with respected film production company Partizan of Michel Gondry fame in 2006.

Burza completed a B.A. at the University of New South Wales, before she went on to postgraduate studies in Theatre and Film at the University of Technology, Sydney. While studying at university, Kinga began teaching herself by making amateur videos for her then boyfriend Sydney musician Jack Ladder and many other friends she had in bands.

Career

Since relocating to the UK, Kinga has shot videos for Katy Perry, Ellie Goulding, Calvin Harris, Ladyhawke, Peaches, James Blunt, Marina and the Diamonds, Dua Lipa and Lana Del Rey.

Promo Magazine has dubbed Kinga to be among 'the next wave of up-and-coming directors' while both I-D and Dazed and Confused Magazine have also run features on her. [1] She was nominated Best New Director at the CAD Awards in 2007 and won a Young Gun award for Music Video Direction for Kate Nash's "Foundations" in 2007.

Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts. [2] and nominated for many awards at the US VMA's.

In 2008, Kinga won Best Pop Video at the UK Video Music Awards in London for Kate Nash's "Foundations".

Selected Videography

2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
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2015
2016
2018

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References

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  2. Cohen, Jonathan (10 July 2008). "Katy Perry Still Top 'Girl' On Hot 100". Billboard . Retrieved 18 November 2019.
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