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Mohawk Valley
connection:
Grew up in Utica,
NY
Claim to
fame:
Independent filmmaker
Did you
know?
Kowalski shot
his first film, The Danger Halls,
at age 14
Quote:
". . .what
I hate about Hollywood movies, or
independent films, is that they're
so top heavy with hype, that every
time you see the movie, you're really
let down."
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BIO
Lech Kowalski was born in
1950's London to Polish immigrants. Eventually,
his family made their way to the United
States and settled down in Utica, NY.
Kowalski was given a Super 8 camera which
he used to shoot his first film, The
Danger Halls, at age 14.
By 1971, Kowalski had moved to New York
City and enrolled in the School of Visual
Arts.
Kowalski's other films include, among
others, D.O.A., Gringo,
Hey Is Dee Dee Home, Rock Soup,
Born to Lose and Boot Factory.
His films document underground personalities
and cultures.
According to the Yerba Buena Center for
the Arts (YBCA) in San Francisco, CA,
Kowalski's films are, "raw, unflinching
portraits of gritty, black-eyed and snaggle-toothed
drug and punk scenes. His work is often
overwhelmingly intense, conjuring up a
phantasmagorical yet entirely realistic
vision of a nightmarish underworld."
-Profile by Jennifer
L. Blanchard
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