Filip Jan Rymsza

Filip Jan Rymsza (born December 29, 1977) is a Polish-born film-maker and writer. He is best known for, along with fellow producer Frank Marshall, spearheading the successful completion of Orson Welles' last major work, The Other Side of the Wind. Filmed in the early 1970s but not fully edited, the completed movie debuted at the 75th annual Venice Film Festival in August 2018.[1] Rymsza was also a producer on the award winning Morgan Neville documentary They'll Love Me When I'm Dead.[2]

Biography

Filip Jan Rymsza was born on December 29, 1977 in Olecko, Poland. After the Soviet-sponsored Polish government imposed martial law in December 1981, his father, Wladyslaw Rymsza, faced jail time for his involvement with the pro-democratic Solidarity trade union. Wladyslaw Rymsza and his wife, Alina, fled to Chicago. They were joined by their son in 1985. Filip Jan Rymsz studied philosophy and economics at the University of Chicago.[3] He is a principal in Royal Road Entertainment, which is based in Los Angeles.[4]

Filmography

Awards

Writing
  • As I Stared into the Still, Sleepless Night (2003)
  • Key Point Three (Repeating) (2004)

References
  1. Ross, Alex. "How Orson Welles's "The Other Side of the Wind" Was Rescued from Oblivion". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  2. "Morgan Neville, Bob Murawski, Frank Marshall, Filip Jan Rymsza". National Board of Review. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  3. McGavin, Patrick Z. "How Filip Rymsza finally finished Orson Welles's The Other Side of the Wind". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  4. "ROYAL ROAD ENTERTAINMENT, LLC - LOS ANGELES, CA - Business Information". www.dandb.com. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  5. "William K. Everson Award for Film History Archives". National Board of Review. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  6. ""The Rider" is voted Best Picture of 2018". National Society of Film Critics. 2019-01-06. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
  7. "LAFCA". www.lafca.net. Archived from the original on 2018-12-10. Retrieved 2019-09-03.
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