Konrad Aksinowicz

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Konrad Aksinowicz
Born (1978-11-08) November 8, 1978 (age 45)
Wrocław, Poland
Alma materSchool of Visual Art, Sydney, Australia [1]
Occupation(s)film, TV commercial and music video director and writer
Notable workAlabama
Powrót do tamtych dni
W spirali
Zamiana

Konrad Aksinowicz is Polish film, TV commercial and music video director and writer. [2]

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Films

Whilst in high school he started creating short films, one of which Alabama won him the Minister of Education prize in 1996. [3] [1]

He studied filmmaking at School of Visual Arts in Sydney, Australia. [1] [3] [4] Then took up a course of screenwriting in Fox Studio under the guidance of Robert McKee, which changed his attitude towards story concept. [4] He returned to Poland in 2004 [1] [4] where he gained recognition as a TV commercial and music video director. [1] [4]

His films Zamiana and W spirali were nominees to the "Golden Duck Award" (Polish : Złote Kaczki) at the Gdynia Film Festival, the latter also nominated for the "Golden Claw" category (Polish : Złoty Pazur). [1]

On 10 December 2021 his film Powrót do tamtych dni with Maciej Stuhr, Weronika Książkiewicz and Teodor Koziar was released in the cinemas. [1] The film was well received at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in 2021 and received the Youth Film Award as part of the Just Film section. [5]

Music videos

He directed and created music videos for Margaret on songs on her album Monkey Business ; What You Do , Byle jak and Blue Vibes .

He also directed Doda's Nie wolno płakać and Nie mam dokąd wracać music videos.

Personal life

He is a big fan of Star Wars , LEGO and The Muppet Show . [3]

His father was an alcoholic and he has spoken about his AAS syndrome resulting from that experience. [1] The film Powrót Tamtych Dni is based on these events and was widely commented within his own family. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Dawid Dudko (11 December 2021), Wywiad - Konrad Aksinowicz: kiedy znaleźli ciało mojego ojca, leżał pół metra od butelki (in Polish), onet.pl
  2. ↑ "Konrad Aksinowicz Biography", IMDb
  3. 1 2 3 "Konrad Aksinowic Biography", filmweb.pl (in Polish)
  4. 1 2 3 4 Film Spring Open Konrad Aksinowicz will supervise Music Videos Group!, Film Spring Open, 1 September 2021
  5. ↑ Archy W. (December 4, 2021), “Back to those days”. Konrad Aksinowicz about the fight against his father’s alcoholism, Archys Worldys
  6. ↑ Konrad Aksinowicz pokazał swój film bliskim. "Była przerażona" (in Polish), WP Film, 11 December 2021
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