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Writer/Director/Producer/Editor born in Krakow, Poland. At the age of 20 he immigrated to New York, where he worked at film studios, camera rentals, and freelancing on several independent film crews. His first short films, "Unfortunate Coincidence" and "Antidepressant" were shown in several independent screening houses throughout New York. In 2004 with a BA in film from the City College of New York, Piotr co-directed a short called "Catching Up", which was shown several times on public television in NYC. In 2005, his short, "Saturday Night in New York City" was screened at the City University of New York’s Art Gala and has subsequently been broadcasted on public television. In June 2006, a short film called "6 AM", produced by Piotr, won in Hollywood THE STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD®. Also during this year, Piotr earned an MFA degree in narrative film writing and directing from the film production program at the CCNY. His fiction thesis film named "When They Could Fly", only in 2007 was selected for over 40 major film festivals in the US where it received several awards.

For more info, you can check out Piotr's website at: www.whentheycouldfly.com

Urodzilem sie i wychowalem na krakowskim Kazimierzu. W 1992 roku w wieku dwudziestu lat, wyjechalem do Nowego Jorku i tam zdobylem swoje pierwsze doswiadczenie filmowe, pracujac w wypozyczalniach sprzetu filmowego i na planach wielu niezaleznych filmów. Moja pierwsza eksperymentalna krótkometrazówka pod tytulem UNFORTUNATE COINCIDENCE, nagradzana byla w 2003 roku Nagroda Publicznosci, podczas festiwalu Dorothy Parker w Nowym Jorku. Moj kolejny eksperymentalny film pod tytulem ANTIDEPRESSANT, wyswietlany byl w kilku niezaleznych kinach w Nowym Jorku. W 2005 roku zrealizowalem kolejne dwa filmy krótkometrazowe: CATCHING UP i SATURDAY NIGHT IN NEW YORK CITY, ten ostatni pokazywany byl podczas finalowej gali na Festiwalu Filmu Studenckiego, Miejskiego Uniwersytetu w Nowym Jorku. Obydwa filmy byly równiez wielokrotnie emitowane w publicznej telewizji kablowej w Nowym Jorku. W 2006 roku wyprodukowalem krótkometrazowy film pod nazwa 6 AM, który w czerwcu tego samego roku, zdobyl w Hollywood studenckiego Oskara (The Student Academy Award ®). Równiez w czerwcu 2006 roku ukonczylem w Nowym Jorku studia magisterskie na kierunku rezyserskim, a moj dyplomowy film WHEN THEY COULD FLY (Gdyby oni mogli latac), tylko w 2007 roku pokazywany byl na ponad czterdziestu festiwalach filmowych w USA i w Kanadzie, na których zdobyl jedenascie róznych nagród.
Po wiecej informacji zapraszamy na strone Piotra: www.whentheycouldfly.com

Two minute trailer for my short film titled: "When They Could Fly".
This is my first experimental black & white short film from 2003, called: "Unfortunate Coincidence".
This is my another school 16mm black & white experimental short, titled: "Antidepressant".
This is my video in Memory of Sandra Brand 1918-2005. She was the Holocaust Survivor and my dear friend.
This is a short film called 6AM - Winner of the Student Academy Award® in 2006 The film was directed by Carmen Vidal and I have produced it. WPDE ABC TV News Channel 15 about WHEN THEY COULD FLY
Piotr Kajstura and lead actress Folake Olowofoyeku in and exclusive AFI DALLAS interview for their short film WHEN THEY COULD FLY.
WHEN THEY COULD FLY On AFI DALLAS Screens from afidallas5 on Vimeo
Mark Walters on the Red Carpet at the 2007 AFI Dallas interviewing Piotr
My video footage from Barack's Obama Presidential Victory Celebration in Time Square on November 4th 2008.
Making History by voting for Barack Obama on November 4th 2008.