Jake Yuzna

Jake Yuzna is an American film director, screenwriter, and curator. His debut feature Open was the first American film to win the Teddy Jury Prize[1][2] and the Berlin Film Festival and in 2005 Yuzna become the youngest recipient of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Jake Yuzna
Born
Minneapolis, Minnesota
OccupationFilm director and screenwriter
Years active2004-present

Although known mainly for his work in film, Yuzna has curated several retrospectives, exhibitions and special projects. In 2010, he founded the first cinema program at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City. Between 2011 - 2013 he organized the first fellowship, publication and conference to argue nightlife as a form of contemporary art.[3][4][5][6]

He has also curated the first American retrospectives of artists and filmmakers including Alejandro Jodorowsky,[7] Sion Sono,[8] Gregg Araki,[9] Francois Sagat, and Quentin Crisp.[10] In addition, Yuzna curated the first museum surveys of Metamodernsim,[11] the New French Extremity,[12] and the medium of VHS.[13]

Yuzna is the son of poet Susan Yuzna and nephew to horror film director and producer Brian Yuzna.[14]

Filmography
Year Film
2004Between the Boys (short)
2005Better Left Alone (short)
2010Open
2017 The Knife: Shaking the Habitual
2020 An Alternative

Awards and honors

  • 2005: "Special Jury Award for Artistic Risktaking" from IFP
  • 2010: "Teddy Jury Prize" for Open (60th Berlin Film Festival)
  • 2010: "Best Narrative Feature" for Open (TLV Festival)
  • 2010: "Best Performance" for Morty Diamond in Open (New Fest)
  • 2012: Creative Capital Award for Werewolves in the Mall of America

Curation

Year Project
2010Blood into Gold: The Cinematic Alchemy of Alejandro Jodorowsky
2011 - 2013THE FUN Fellowship in the Social Practice of Nightlife
2011Sion Sono: The New Poet
2011François Sagat: The New Leading Man
2012VHS
2012Argento: Il Cinema Nel Sangue
2012No Wave Cinema
2013After the Museum
2013It Is Crispin Hellion Glover
2013Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Quentin Crisp
2013Without Compromise: The Cinema of William Klein
2013God Help Me: Gregg Araki
2014NYC Makers: The 2014 MAD Biennial
2014Life with Technology: The Cinema of Godfrey Reggio
2015It's Hard to be Human: The Cinema of Roy Andersson
2015The Director Must Not Be Credited: 20 Years of Dogme 95
2015The Unseen Cinema of HR Giger
2015Andrei Tarkovsky, Sculpting in Time

References

  1. "BOMB Magazine — OPEN with Jake Yuzna by Legacy Russell". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  2. Indiewire. "Outfest 4 in Focus: "Open" Director Jake Yuzna On His Queer Aesthetic | IndieWire". www.indiewire.com. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  3. Vartanian, Hrag. "Putting the FUN in New York Nightlife". hyperallergic. hyperallergic. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  4. Frisicano, Andrew; Theeboom, Sarah. "Fall in New York: three NYC photo books; the Queens Museum reopens". Time Out New York. Time Out Inc. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  5. Corona, Victor P. "Starry Nightlife at MAD Museum". NY Art Beat. New York Art Beat. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  6. "Jake Yuzna brings FUN to the Museum of Arts & Design". Time Out New York. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  7. "Alejandro Jodorowsky: Blood into Gold". madmuseum.org. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  8. "Sion Sono". madmuseum.org. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  9. "God Help Me: Gregg Araki". madmuseum.org. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  10. "Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Quentin Crisp". madmuseum.org. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  11. "No More Modern : Notes on Metamodernism". madmuseum.org. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  12. "J'Adore Violence: Cinema of the New French Extremity". madmuseum.org. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  13. "VHS". madmuseum.org. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  14. "Open Director Jake Yuzna on Sexuality, the Myth of Queer Cinema, and Horror Fandom - The L Magazine". www.thelmagazine.com. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
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