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Stephen Kijak (b. 1969, New Bedford) is an American Filmmaker.
Kijak studied with renowned film scholar and John Cassavetes expert Ray Carney as well as the late Mel Howard at Boston Universityâ??s College of Communication.
He wrote, directed and produced the feature film Never Met Picasso (1996) which starred Margot Kidder, Alexis Arquette, and Don McKellar (music by Kristin Hersh.) It won awards for both Best Screenplay and Best Actor at Outfest â??97. He followed that with the highly acclaimed film-festival favorite Cinemania (2002) (Co-directing/co-producing with German filmmaker Angela Christlieb) a documentary about five of the most manic-obsessive film-buffs in NYC. The film won the Golden Starfish Jury Award for Best Documentary at the 2002 Hamptons International Film Festival.
His next film was the the long-awaited documentary on musician Scott Walker, one of the most influential and enigmatic figures in rock history. The film, titled Scott Walker: 30 Century Man is executive produced by David Bowie and features artists such as Radiohead, Brian Eno, Sting, Damon Albarn and Jarvis Cocker and provides a rare look inside Scott Walkerâ??s creative process over an extraordinary 40 year career. The film had its world premiere on October 31, 2006 at the 50th London Film Festival.
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