Lech Kowalski
Lech KOWALSKI (1951, London), emigrated to the United States as a child. In his teens, he got hold of a second-hand Super8 camera. He studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York and became inspired by cinéma vérité. He started making porn films that immediately provided him with the subject for his documentary début: Sex Stars. Himself an outsider, he has made several documentaries and short films about subcultures such as the punk and drugs scenes.
Filmography
Sex Stars (1977, doc), Walter and Cutie (1978, short), The Smugglers (1979), D.O.A. (1981, doc), Breakdance Test (1984, doc), Gringo (1985), Rock Soup (1991, doc), Chico and the People (1991), Punk, Rap, Grunge (1995, shorts), Under Underground (1997), The Boot Factory (2000, doc), Born to Lose: The Last Rock and Roll Movie (2001, doc), On Hitler's Highway (2002, doc), Hey! Is Dee Dee Home? (2003, doc), Camera Gun (2003, short), Full House in Malalaï (2004), Diary of a Married Man (2005, short), East of Paradise (2005, doc)
Lech Kowalski at IFFR
East of Paradise
110'
France
IFFR 2006