Kinga Burza
Kinga Burza | |
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Born |
Kraków, Poland | September 26, 1980
Nationality | Polish, Australian |
Occupation | Music video director |
Spouse(s) | Deck d'Arcy |
Kinga Burza (born September 26, 1980) is a Polish-Australian music video director.
Early life and education
Kinga Burza was born in Poland and raised in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia before moving to London in 2005 and signing with respected film production company Partizan of Michel Gondry fame in 2006.
Burza completed a B.A. at the University of New South Wales, before she went onto postgraduate studies in Theatre and Film at the University of Technology, Sydney. While studying at university, Kinga began teaching herself by making amateur videos for her then boyfriend Sydney musician Jack Ladder and many other friends she had in bands.
Career
Since relocating to the UK, Kinga has shot videos for M.Craft, The Thrills, The Rakes, The Teenagers, Tilly and the Wall, Calvin Harris, Kate Nash, Ladyhawke, Peaches, James Blunt, Marina and the Diamonds and Katy Perry in LA.
Promo Magazine has dubbed Kinga to be among 'the next wave of up-and-coming directors' while both I-D and Dazed and Confused Magazine have also run features on her. She was nominated Best New Director at the CAD Awards in 2007 and won a Young Gun award for Music Video Direction for Kate Nash's "Foundations" in 2007.
Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" reached No.1 on the Billboard charts.
In 2008, Kinga won Best Pop Video at the UK Video Music Awards in London for Kate Nash's "Foundations".
Videography
- 2005
- Jack Ladder – "Up"
- Jack Ladder – "Black Hole Blues"
- 2006
- M.Craft – "You Are The Music"
- M.Craft – "Sweets"
- Tilly and the Wall – "Sing Songs Along"
- 2007
- Kate Nash – "Caroline's a Victim"
- The Rakes – "We Danced Together"
- The Teenagers – "Homecoming"
- Kate Nash– "Foundations"
- The Thrills – "Nothing Changes Round Here"
- Calvin Harris – "Merrymaking at My Place"
- Kate Nash – "Mouthwash"
- Kate Nash – "Pumpkin Soup"
- 2008
- Ladyhawke – "Back of the Van"
- Katy Perry – "I Kissed a Girl"
- James Blunt – "Love, Love, Love"
- Will Young – "Grace"
- La Roux – "Quicksand"
- 2009
- Noisettes – "Don't Upset the Rhythm (Go Baby Go)"
- La Roux – "In For The Kill"
- Zarif – "Over"
- Girls Can't Catch – "Keep Your Head Up"
- Peaches – "I Feel Cream"
- Marina and the Diamonds – "Hollywood"
- 2010
- 2011
- The Pierces – "You Will be Mine"
- Patrick Wolf – "The City"
- Mika – "Elle me dit"
- 2013
- Gabrielle Aplin – "Panic Cord"
- Gabrielle Aplin – "Home"
- 2014
- Ellie Goulding – "Goodness Gracious"
- Sabrina Carpenter – "Can't Blame a Girl for Trying"
- 2015
External links
- Kinga Burza on partizan site
- Kinga Burza on soundgenerator
- Kinga Burza on soundgenerator
- Kinga Burza article in Sydney Morning Herald