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Lenkowski was born on 28 February 1981 in Rzeszow, Poland. In 2005, Lenkowski graduated from the National Film School in Łódź with a degree in cinematography. He was taught by Polish cinematographer Witold Sobocinski, authoring a thesis titled "Digital Future of Cinema".
Lenkowski has directed photography for 2 feature films, 15 short films, 10 documentary films, 5 music videos, 10 HD multi-camera live concerts, and over 50 television advertisements. Whilst winning awards for his short films, Szymon was noticed by Warsaw production companies and started shooting commercials. In his mid-twenties, Lenkowski had already worked for numerous global advertising agencies including Publicis, BBDO, Euro RSCG, Grey, and McCann Erickson.
In 2009, he shot his first feature film and received a nomination for Camerimage Festival's Golden Frog award. Later in the same year, together with Piotr Bujnowicz he directed Trailer and More, and began creating movie trailers. In 2010 he was nominated for a Golden Trailer Award for the film General Nil. In 2011 he won the Golden Trailer Award for the Little Rose trailer. His second feature film, Shameless, was expected to be released in the summer of 2012
Awards
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2007 - DOCSDF, International Documentary Film Festival of México City (Oct-Nov 2007) - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona) Special Mention of the Jury in the Best International Short Documentary competition
2007 - Parnu International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival (July 2007), - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona), Grand Prix
2007 - II International Film Festival Competition CINEMAGIC in Plock (June 2007) - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona), Main Prize
2007 - 28. Big Muddy Film Festival (Carbondale, USA) - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona), The First Prize for the Short Documentary Film
2007 - The Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (Montana, USA) - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona), The Jury's Special Prize
2007 - The CMU International Film Festival 2006 „Faces of Democracy” (Pittsburgh, USA) - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona), The Main Prize in the student's film competition
2006 - 3rd Festival Kinoteatr.doc (Moskva 2006)
2006 - XVI Media Festival „Man in Danger” (Lodz, Poland) - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona), The Jury's Special Prize (given for the first time in the history of the festival)
2006 - International Documentary Film Festival "Flahertiana" (Perm, Russia) - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona), The Great Silver Nanook Prize
2006 - 46th Cracow Film Festival (May 2006), Grand Prix Złoty Lajkonik, KODAK's Prize for Wojciech Kasperski (dir.) - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona), The Students’ of Cracow Jury Prize
2006 - 13 L'Alternativa Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona), Special Mention
2006 - “Artdokfest”, National Prize of LAVR (Moscow) - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona), Main Prize for the Art-film (the best writer and director; the best photography; the best producer)
2006 - Prix Europa, Berlin; - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona), Special Mention for the best television documentary film
2006 - SILVERDOCS: AFI/Discovery Channel Documentary Festival (USA)- The Seeds (aka. Nasiona); Main prize for the best short documentary film
2006 - International Film Festival “Kratkofil” Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina - The Seeds (aka. Nasiona); Grand Prix
2003 - Szymon Lenkowski Cannes – Polish representation as part of New Talent Showcase
2002 - Szymon Lenkowski International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography– Silver Tadpole
Selected filmography
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2012 – Shameless, (aka. Bez wstydu) feature film, dir. Filip Marczewski. - director of photography
2011 - In Treatment (aka. Bez tajemnic) HBO Poland TV Series, dir. Anna Kazejak-Dawid, Jacek Borcuch – director of promotional materials, author of trailers, TV spots, promotional films, and next-ons
2010 - Little Rose (aka. Rosebud, aka. Różyczka) feature film, dir. Jan Kidawa Błoński - director of promotional materials