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Notes on a Cinematographer: Brett Jutkiewicz
Notes on a Cinematographer, Brett Jutkiewicz

Brett Jutkiewicz is one of the leaders of the new school. A fresh-faced 23-year-old bearing the seasoning and credits of someone years on, the Boston University graduate has played a role as producer, editor or cinematographer in work on screens both big (Josh Safdie’s The Pleasure of Being Robbed, Azazel Jacob’s Momma’s Man) and small (Lena Dunham’s Web series Tight Shots). It was that first project which brought Jutkiewicz to the Sarasota Film Festival where he and I sat down for this conversation. An endearing film chronicling the exploits of a lovable kleptomaniac, The Pleasure of Being Robbed presents his feature film debut as a cinematographer.

AFF 2008 Making The Project: Talking with Director Ryan Piotrowicz On a certain inebriated night Ryan Piotrowicz found himself crammed into a holding cell at the 79th St., Brooklyn station, his sleeping quarters shared with three other men. The tiny room smelled of the stench of piss and leftovers of fecal matter. For the next 30 hours, Piotrowicz was shuffled ... Read More >>		SFIFF 2008Talking The Wackness: Thoughts of Jonathan Levine & Josh Peck In 1994 an entire generation of young black kids, misfits and alienated white kids all collectively and loudly fell in love one thing—hip-hop. While the grunge kids were weeping over Kurt Cobain’s happy pill, hand gun suicide, a death pre... Read More >>
SFIFF 2008The Pearce Sisters Two sisters, Lola and Edna live the coastal life. They catch fish and dead seamen floating in the ocean. Together, they are visually a ball and a bat. Although it's never clear which sister is Lola or Edna, you could guess that the ball looks like an Edna and the bat is a Lola or vice versa. Read More >>		SFIFF 2008Video: The Pearce Sisters Video Courtesy AtomFilms.com Read More >>

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