Jarosà Âaw "Jarek" Kupà Âà(born December 26, 1966) is a Polish-American film director, screen writer, and actor.
He started shooting films at the age of sixteen in his native Poland. In 1985, he left Poland for Greece, where he studied Byzantine icon painting and worked as a freelance cartoonist. He emigrated to the United States in 1987 and became a naturalized citizen in 1992. He graduated from San Francisco State University in 1995 with a degree in writing/directing, while also pursuing a career as a graphic artist. In 1998, Kupà Âàwrote and illustrated a film history book, The History of Cinema for Beginners.
Kupà Âàmade his directorial debut with Recoil which was awarded Best Feature Film at Woodstock Film Festival in 2001. He followed with a road movie in 2006 titled Slumberland which won the Special Jury Prize at the Gdynia Film Festival
His 2008 feature, The Reflecting Pool, was one of the first narrative films dealing with the investigation of the September 11th attacks,
After returning to Poland in 2010, he wrote and directed Kliny (Wedges) and began his association with the in Warsaw, Poland, where he teaches at the international department. His last film to date is the award-winning Quintuplets, shot on a mobile phone.
Jarek Kupà ÂÃÂ' film and art essays have been published by Little White Lies, Cineaste and other magazines.