Filip Jan Rymsza

{{short description|Polish-born filmmaker and writer (born 1977)}}

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| birth_place = Olecko, Poland

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| alma_mater = University of Chicago

| occupation = Film producer, director and writer

| years_active = 2004–present

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The Other Side of the Wind
HOPPER/WELLES

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Filip Jan Rymsza (born December 29, 1977) is a Polish-born filmmaker and writer. He is best known for, along with fellow producer Frank Marshall, spearheading the successful completion of Orson Welles' last major work, The Other Side of the Wind. Filmed in the early 1970s but not fully edited, the completed movie debuted at the 75th annual Venice Film Festival in August 2018.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/how-orson-welles-the-other-side-of-the-wind-was-rescued-from-oblivion|title=How Orson Welles's "The Other Side of the Wind" Was Rescued from Oblivion|last=Ross|first=Alex|magazine=The New Yorker|date=26 September 2018 |language=en|access-date=2020-03-05}} He was also a producer on the award-winning Morgan Neville documentary They'll Love Me When I'm Dead.{{Cite web|url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/galas/2018-awards-gala/2019-gala-92/#main|title=Morgan Neville, Bob Murawski, Frank Marshall, Filip Jan Rymsza|website=National Board of Review|date=11 January 2019 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-05}}

Rymsza made his feature film directorial debut in 2020, with Mosquito State. It premiered at the 77th Venice Film Festival,{{cite web|url=https://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/2020/out-competition/mosquito-state|title=Mosquito State|website=La Biennale di Venezia|date=23 July 2020 |access-date=17 August 2020}} where it was awarded the Bisaro d'Oro for Best Cinematography.{{cite news |title='Mosquito State' director of photography awarded at Venice Film Festival|url=https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/mosquito-state-director-of-photography-awarded-at-venice-film-festival-15623|website=The First News|agency=PAP|date=September 12, 2020}}

Mosquito State was released by AMC Networks on Shudder.{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/shudder-acquires-venice-selection-mosquito-state-for-north-america-uk-australia/5160248.article|title=Shudder acquires Venice selection 'Mosquito State' for North America, UK, Australia|website=Screen Daily|access-date=3 June 2021}} It was The New York Times' Critic's Pick, described as "a disquieting merger of body horror and social commentary... pierced by moments of disturbing beauty".{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/26/movies/mosquito-state-review.html|title='Mosquito State' Review: Bugging Out|work=The New York Times |date=26 August 2021 |access-date=26 August 2021 |last1=Catsoulis |first1=Jeannette }}

Biography

Filip Jan Rymsza was born on December 29, 1977, in Olecko, Poland. After the Soviet-sponsored Polish government imposed martial law in December 1981, his father, Wladyslaw Rymsza, faced jail time for his involvement with the pro-democratic Solidarity trade union. Wladyslaw Rymsza and his wife, Alina, fled to Chicago. They were joined by their son in 1985. Filip Jan Rymsza studied philosophy and economics at the University of Chicago.{{Cite web|title=How Filip Rymsza finally finished Orson Welles's The Other Side of the Wind|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/other-side-of-the-wind-filip-rymsza/Content?oid=61598732|last=McGavin|first=Patrick Z.|website=Chicago Reader| date=2 November 2018 |language=en|access-date=2020-05-19}} He is a principal in Royal Road Entertainment, which is based in Los Angeles.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dandb.com/businessdirectory/royalroadentertainmentllc-losangeles-ca-28779541.html|title=ROYAL ROAD ENTERTAINMENT, LLC - LOS ANGELES, CA - Business Information|website=www.dandb.com|access-date=2020-03-05}}

Filmography

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2004 \| Sandcastles \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| rowspan="2" \| Student film(s) {{Cite web\|title=How Filip Rymsza finally finished Orson Welles's The Other Side of the Wind\|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/other-side-of-the-wind-filip-rymsza/Content?oid=61598732\|last=McGavin\|first=Patrick Z.\|website=Chicago Reader\| date=2 November 2018 \|language=en\|access-date=2020-05-19}}
2007 \| Dustclouds \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}}
2014 \| Blue Blood \| {{no}} \| {{yes\|Executive}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| (Berlin International Film Festival)
2015 \| Oh Gallow Lay \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| (Venice Film Festival)
rowspan="3" \| 2018 \| The Other Side of the Wind \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| (Venice Film Festival)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| (Venice Film Festival)
A Final Cut for Orson \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| (Telluride Film Festival)
rowspan="2" \| 2019 \| Lost Transmissions \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| (Tribeca Film Festival)
Valley of the Gods \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| (Gdynia Film Festival)
rowspan="2" \| 2020 \| HOPPER/WELLES \| {{no}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| (Venice Film Festival)
Mosquito State \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{yes}} \| {{no}} \| (Venice Film Festival - Bisato d'Oro)
2023 \| In the Rearview \| {{no}} \| {{yes\|Supervising}} \| {{no}} \| {{no}} \| (Cannes Film Festival)

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2004

| Sandcastles

| {{yes}}

| rowspan="2" | Student film(s) {{Cite web|title=How Filip Rymsza finally finished Orson Welles's The Other Side of the Wind|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/other-side-of-the-wind-filip-rymsza/Content?oid=61598732|last=McGavin|first=Patrick Z.|website=Chicago Reader| date=2 November 2018 |language=en|access-date=2020-05-19}}

2007

| Dustclouds

| {{yes}}

2014

| Blue Blood

| {{no}}

| {{yes|Executive}}

| {{no}}

| (Berlin International Film Festival)

2015

| Oh Gallow Lay

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| (Venice Film Festival)

rowspan="3" | 2018

| The Other Side of the Wind

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| (Venice Film Festival)

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| (Venice Film Festival)

A Final Cut for Orson

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| (Telluride Film Festival)

rowspan="2" | 2019

| Lost Transmissions

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| (Tribeca Film Festival)

Valley of the Gods

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| (Gdynia Film Festival)

rowspan="2" | 2020

| HOPPER/WELLES

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| (Venice Film Festival)

Mosquito State

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| (Venice Film Festival - Bisato d'Oro)

2023

| In the Rearview

| {{no}}

| {{yes|Supervising}}

| {{no}}

| (Cannes Film Festival)

Awards

Mosquito State ― Anatomy Crime and Horror Film Festival ― Best Picture: All Categories{{Cite web|url=https://anatomyfest.weebly.com/|title=Anatomy Crime and Horror Film Festival 2022}}
Mosquito State ― Anatomy Crime and Horror Film Festival ― Best Director: All Categories
Mosquito State ― Horrorant Film Festival ― Best Feature Film{{Cite web|url=https://screenanarchy.com/2022/05/horrorant-2022-filip-jan-ryszma-and-mosquito-state.html/|title=Horrorant 2022: Filip Jan Rymsza And MOSQUITO STATE Take Home Top Honors|website=Screen Anarchy|date=19 May 2022 |language=en|access-date=2022-05-19}}
Mosquito State ― Horrorant Film Festival ― Best Director
Mosquito State ― Geneva International Film Festival ― Reflet d'Or (Best Feature Film)
Mosquito State ― Sitges Film Festival ― Secció Oficial Fantàstic (Best Visual Effects)
Mosquito State ― Gdynia Film Festival ― Golden Claw (Best Feature Film){{Cite web|url=https://festiwalgdynia.pl/aktualnosci/wszystkie-nasze-strachy-ze-zlotymi-lwami-46-fpff/|title=46th Gdynia Film Festival|website=Gdynia Film Festival|date=25 September 2021 |language=pl|access-date=2021-09-26}}
The Other Side of the Wind and They'll Love Me When I'm Dead ― National Board of Review ― William K. Everson Award for Film History{{Cite web|url=http://www.nationalboardofreview.org/award-names/william-k-everson-award-for-film-history/|title=William K. Everson Award for Film History Archives|website=National Board of Review|language=en-US|access-date=2019-09-03}}
The Other Side of the Wind ― National Society of Film Critics ― Film Heritage Award{{Cite web|url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/2019/01/06/the-rider-is-voted-best-picture-of-2018/|title="The Rider" is voted Best Picture of 2018|date=2019-01-06|website=National Society of Film Critics|language=en|access-date=2019-09-03}}
The Other Side of the Wind ― Los Angeles Film Critics Association ― Special citation{{Cite web|url=http://www.lafca.net/years/2018.html|title=LAFCA|website=www.lafca.net|access-date=2019-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210165003/http://www.lafca.net/years/2018.html|archive-date=2018-12-10|url-status=dead}}

Writing

As I Stared into the Still, Sleepless Night (2003)
Key Point Three (Repeating) (2004)

External links

{{IMDb name|name=Filip Jan Rymsza|1475059}}
[http://www.royalroadentertainment.com/ Royal Road Entertainment] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129235820/http://royalroadentertainment.com/ |date=2020-01-29 }}

References

Category:Polish film directors

Category:Polish film producers

Category:Polish screenwriters

Category:Polish male writers

Category:Polish agnostics

Category:1977 births

Category:Living people