Kinga Burza

Kinga Burza is a Polish-Australian music video director.

Biography

Kinga was born in Krakow, Poland and raised in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia before moving to London in 2005 and signing with respected film production company Partizan [http://partizan.com/partizan/home/] of Michel Gondry fame in 2006.

She completed a BA at the University of New South Wales, before she went onto postgraduate studies in Theatre and Film at UTS in Sydney.Whilst 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. She has since dated Klaxons keyboardist James Righton.

Since being in the UK, Kinga has shot videos for M.Craft, The Thrills, The Rakes, The Teenagers, Calvin Harris, pop starlet Kate Nash, Ladyhawke and recent Billboard No. 1 newcomer 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. [http://partizan.com/partizan/musicvideos/?kinga_burza/press] 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.

Both Kate Nash's "Foundations" and Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" have reached No.1 on the BillBoard charts. [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003826344]

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 – "Teenagers"
*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"

External links

* [http://www.partizan.com/partizan/musicvideos/?kinga_burza Kinga Burza on partizan site]
* [http://www.soundgenerator.com/viewArticle.cfm?ArticleID=17833 Kinga Burza on soundgenerator]
* [http://www.soundgenerator.com/viewArticle.cfm?ArticleID=17840 Kinga Burza on soundgenerator]
* [http://www.smh.com.au/news/music/queen-kinga/2008/06/01/1212258632236.html Kinga Burza artice in Sydney Morning Herald]