Stephen Kijak
2021Stephen Kijak 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 University’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 (for Arquette) at the 1997 Outfest film festival.
Kijak followed that with Cinemania (2002) (co-directing and 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 a documentary on musician Scott Walker. The film, titled Scott Walker: 30 Century Man is executive produced by David Bowie and features artists including Radiohead, Brian Eno, Sting, Damon Albarn and Jarvis Cocker and provides a look inside Scott Walker’s creative process over a 40 year career. The film had its world premiere on October 31, 2006 at the 50th London Film Festival and premiered internationally at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival in the Panorama.
In television, Kijak has directed episodes of the Bravo original series Queer Eye and the Sundance Channel's "Big Ideas for a Small Planet".
"Stones in Exile", a film he directed that was commissioned by The Rolling Stones to tell the story of the making of their classic 1972 album "Exile on Main St." had its world premiere at the 2010 Directors' Fortnight in Cannes, followed by broadcast premieres on BBC1's "Imagine" and on a special edition of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC.
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If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd
Stephen Kijak
Ronnie Van Zant, Johnny Van Zant
The story of Lynyrd Skynyrd; The Greatest American Rock Band Ever. We fly beyond Free Bird to celebrate the life & times of leader Ronnie Van Zant, from boogie-woogie beginnings in Jacksonville’s Shantytown to a tragic end in a Mississippi swamp.
If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd
Jaco
Paul Marchand, Stephen Kijak
Bootsy Collins, Майкл Питер Бальзари
The story of Jaco Pastorius, a self-taught, larger-than-life musician who single-handedly changed the course of modern music by redefining the sound and the role of the electric bass guitar. Never-before-seen 8mm film, photographs, and audio recordings unveil the true story behind the legend of Jaco’s life, his music, and his heartbreaking end.
Jaco
We Are X
Stephen Kijak
YOSHIKI, Toshi
As glam rock's most flamboyant survivors, X Japan ignited a musical revolution in Japan during the late '80s with their melodic metal. Twenty years after their tragic dissolution, X Japan’s leader, Yoshiki, battles with physical and spiritual demons alongside prejudices of the West to bring their music to the world.
We Are X
The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile
Stephen Kijak
Mick Jagger, Keith Richards
In 1971, to get breathing room from tax and management problems, the Stones go to France. Jimmy Miller parks a recording truck next to Keith Richards and Anita Pallenberg's Blue Coast villa, and by June the band is in the basement a few days at a time. Upstairs, heroin, bourbon, and visitors are everywhere. The Stones, other musicians and crew, Pallenberg, and photographer Dominique Tarle, plus old clips and photos and contemporary footage, provide commentary on the album's haphazard construction. By September, the villa is empty; Richards and Jagger complete production in LA. "Exile on Main Street" is released to mediocre reviews that soon give way to lionization.
The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile
Cinemania
Angela Christlieb, Stephen Kijak
Jack Angstreich, Eric Chadbourne
This documentary about the culture of intense cinephilia in New York City reveals the impassioned world of five obsessed movie buffs. These human encyclopedias of cinema see two to five films a day, and from 600 to 2,000 films per year. This is the story of their lives, their memories, their unbending habits and the films they love.
Cinemania
Never Met Picasso
Stephen Kijak
Alexis Arquette, Georgia Ragsdale
Still living at home with his avant-garde actress mother, constantly rejected by art schools, and without a lover, aspiring painter Andrew decides to enter a contest in hopes of winning a six month stay in Kenya. Though things aren't great for Andrew, neither are they wonderful for his lesbian friend Lucy who constantly bickers with her lover Ingrid. Lucy complicates Andrew's life when she introduces him to the suspicious-looking, enigmatic Jerry.
Never Met Picasso
Shoplifters of the World
Stephen Kijak
Джо Манганьелло, Ellar Coltrane
1987. Denver, Co. One crazy night in the life of four friends reeling from the sudden demise of iconic British band The Smiths, while the local airwaves are hijacked at gunpoint by an impassioned Smiths fan.
Shoplifters of the World
X JAPAN - The Last Live
Stephen Kijak
YOSHIKI, Toshimitsu Deyama
X Japan's very last live concert on December 31, 1997 at Tokyo Dome. The show was important in two ways, since it marked the end of a band but it became the starting point for some outstanding solo careers.
X JAPAN - The Last Live
