About

Known credits:
10
Birthday:
1981-09-21
Place of birth:
Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Website:
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Josef Kubota Wladyka

Overview

Josef Kubota Wladyka was born the youngest of three sons. His Japanese mother and Polish father share a deep passion for dance, photography, and cinema. They influenced him to begin experimenting with filmmaking in high school. Since then, his short films and commercials have been screened at festivals around the world and on Jet Blue Airlines; granting him a nomination for a Young Director's award and the Porsche student advertising award. Wladyka is a Faculty Fellow, and recipient of the Spike Lee Fellowship Award at NYU's Tisch Gradate Film School. "Manos Sucias" [2014] is his feature film debut. When not working, Josef can be found on the Brooklyn basketball courts, typically losing to teenagers.

Wladyka holds an MFA from NYU Tisch Graduate Film where he won a Spike Lee Fellowship. "Manos Sucias" is the recipient of 2 SFFS/KRF Filmmaking Awards and the Canon Camera Award.

Known for

Directing
2022 Catch the Fair One Directing Director 59
Average
2014 Dirty Hands Directing Director 59
Average
2006 The Rebel Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2022 Catch the Fair One Writing Story 59
Average
2022 Catch the Fair One Writing Screenplay 59
Average
2014 Dirty Hands Writing Writer 59
Average
2006 The Rebel Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2022 Tokyo Vice Production Executive Producer 77
Good
2022 Catch the Fair One Production Producer 59
Average

Camera
2012 Coney Camera Director of Photography N/A
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