Stephen Kijak
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Stephen Kijak is an American filmmaker.Kijak studied with renowned film scholar and John Cassavetes expert Ray Carney as well as the late Mel Howard at Boston University’s College of Communication. He wrote, directed and produced the feature film Never Met Picasso (1996) which starred Margot Kidder, Alexis Arquette and Don McKellar (music by Kristin Hersh). It won awards for both Best Screenplay and Best Actor (for Arquette) at the 1997 Outfest film festival.
Kijak followed that with Cinemania (2002) (co-directing and co-producing with German filmmaker Angela Christlieb), a documentary about five of the most manic-obsessive film-buffs in NYC. The film won the Golden Starfish Jury Award for Best Documentary at the 2002 Hamptons International Film Festival.
His next film was a documentary on musician Scott Walker. The film, titled Scott Walker: 30 Century Man is executive produced by David Bowie and features artists including Radiohead, Brian Eno, Sting, Damon Albarn and Jarvis Cocker and provides a look inside Scott Walker’s creative process over a 40 year career. The film had its world premiere on October 31, 2006 at the 50th London Film Festival and premiered internationally at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival in the Panorama.
In television, Kijak has directed episodes of the Bravo original series Queer Eye and the Sundance Channel's "Big Ideas for a Small Planet".
"Stones in Exile", a film he directed that was commissioned by The Rolling Stones to tell the story of the making of their classic 1972 album "Exile on Main St." had its world premiere at the 2010 Directors' Fortnight in Cannes, followed by broadcast premieres on BBC1's "Imagine" and on a special edition of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC.
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Director
This timely exploration of Hollywood and LGBTQ+ identity examines the life of legendary actor Rock Hudson, from his public "ladies' man" persona to his private life as a gay man.
Writer
Denver, verano de 1987. Cuatro confundidos adolescentes no saben que sus vidas están a punto de cambiar para siempre en el curso de una sola noche. Cleo es la más inquieta; no sabe qué hacer con su vida y sueña con escapar a París. Dean, que trabaja en la tienda de discos local, está perdidamente enamorado de ella, pero claro, no sabe cómo decírselo. Un día, su banda favorita, los icónicos The Smiths, se separan. Para lidiar con la tragedia que supone, Cleo decide salir a buscar la fiesta de la década y Dean, que se toma las cosas demasiado en serio, ha tenido la brillante idea de armarse con una pistola, ir a la emisora de radio de Denver y obligar al DJ a pinchar únicamente música de The Smiths. Durante toda la noche. Estos cuatro amigos se van a embarcar en un viaje de autodescubrimiento del que no habrá vuelta atrás.
Director
Denver, verano de 1987. Cuatro confundidos adolescentes no saben que sus vidas están a punto de cambiar para siempre en el curso de una sola noche. Cleo es la más inquieta; no sabe qué hacer con su vida y sueña con escapar a París. Dean, que trabaja en la tienda de discos local, está perdidamente enamorado de ella, pero claro, no sabe cómo decírselo. Un día, su banda favorita, los icónicos The Smiths, se separan. Para lidiar con la tragedia que supone, Cleo decide salir a buscar la fiesta de la década y Dean, que se toma las cosas demasiado en serio, ha tenido la brillante idea de armarse con una pistola, ir a la emisora de radio de Denver y obligar al DJ a pinchar únicamente música de The Smiths. Durante toda la noche. Estos cuatro amigos se van a embarcar en un viaje de autodescubrimiento del que no habrá vuelta atrás.
Writer
Explora nuevos aspectos de la vida de Judy Garland 50 años después de su trágica muerte, mezclando el material de su productor, mánager y tercer marido,Sid Luft, con archivos de vídeo, conciertos y las propias e inimitables palabras de Judy.
Director
Explora nuevos aspectos de la vida de Judy Garland 50 años después de su trágica muerte, mezclando el material de su productor, mánager y tercer marido,Sid Luft, con archivos de vídeo, conciertos y las propias e inimitables palabras de Judy.
Director
The story of Lynyrd Skynyrd; The Greatest American Rock Band Ever. We fly beyond Free Bird to celebrate the life & times of leader Ronnie Van Zant, from boogie-woogie beginnings in Jacksonville’s Shantytown to a tragic end in a Mississippi swamp.
Director
Como los supervivientes más extravagantes del glam rock, X Japan inició una revolución musical en Japón a finales de los 80 con su metal melódico. Veinte años después de su trágica disolución, el líder de X Japan, Yoshiki, lucha con demonios físicos y espirituales junto con los prejuicios de Occidente para llevar su música al mundo.
Director
Documental que rinde homenaje a la vida de uno de los más grandes bajistas de la historía de la música contemporanea. El documental ha sido producido por Robert Trujillo junto a John Battsek y la dirección ha estado a cargo de Stephen Kijak y Paul Marchand.
Director
A behind-the-scenes look at the popular boy band, Backstreet Boys.
Director
In 1971, to get breathing room from tax and management problems, the Stones go to France. Jimmy Miller parks a recording truck next to Keith Richards and Anita Pallenberg's Blue Coast villa, and by June the band is in the basement a few days at a time. Upstairs, heroin, bourbon, and visitors are everywhere. The Stones, other musicians and crew, Pallenberg, and photographer Dominique Tarle, plus old clips and photos and contemporary footage, provide commentary on the album's haphazard construction. By September, the villa is empty; Richards and Jagger complete production in LA. "Exile on Main Street" is released to mediocre reviews that soon give way to lionization.
Producer
A documentary on the influential musician Scott Walker.
Director
A documentary on the influential musician Scott Walker.
Co-Producer
This documentary about the culture of intense cinephilia in New York City reveals the impassioned world of five obsessed movie buffs. These human encyclopedias of cinema see two to five films a day, and from 600 to 2,000 films per year. This is the story of their lives, their memories, their unbending habits and the films they love.
Editor
This documentary about the culture of intense cinephilia in New York City reveals the impassioned world of five obsessed movie buffs. These human encyclopedias of cinema see two to five films a day, and from 600 to 2,000 films per year. This is the story of their lives, their memories, their unbending habits and the films they love.
Director
This documentary about the culture of intense cinephilia in New York City reveals the impassioned world of five obsessed movie buffs. These human encyclopedias of cinema see two to five films a day, and from 600 to 2,000 films per year. This is the story of their lives, their memories, their unbending habits and the films they love.
Director
El último concierto en vivo de X Japan el 31 de diciembre de 1997 en el Tokyo Dome. El espectáculo fue importante de dos maneras, ya que marcó el final de una banda, pero se convirtió en el punto de partida de algunas carreras en solitario destacadas.
Art Direction
Set and shot chronologically in natural light over one hour at dusk, I REMEMBER materialized out of this sense of intangible loss and a desire to hold on to memories that, however fleeting, give our lives meaning.
Producer
Still living at home with his avant-garde actress mother, constantly rejected by art schools, and without a lover, aspiring painter Andrew decides to enter a contest in hopes of winning a six month stay in Kenya. Though things aren't great for Andrew, neither are they wonderful for his lesbian friend Lucy who constantly bickers with her lover Ingrid. Lucy complicates Andrew's life when she introduces him to the suspicious-looking, enigmatic Jerry.
Writer
Still living at home with his avant-garde actress mother, constantly rejected by art schools, and without a lover, aspiring painter Andrew decides to enter a contest in hopes of winning a six month stay in Kenya. Though things aren't great for Andrew, neither are they wonderful for his lesbian friend Lucy who constantly bickers with her lover Ingrid. Lucy complicates Andrew's life when she introduces him to the suspicious-looking, enigmatic Jerry.
Director
Still living at home with his avant-garde actress mother, constantly rejected by art schools, and without a lover, aspiring painter Andrew decides to enter a contest in hopes of winning a six month stay in Kenya. Though things aren't great for Andrew, neither are they wonderful for his lesbian friend Lucy who constantly bickers with her lover Ingrid. Lucy complicates Andrew's life when she introduces him to the suspicious-looking, enigmatic Jerry.
