Faculty Bio

Bobby Bukowski Department of Graduate Film Tisch Asia Email: bobbybukowski@mac.com

Biography

Born in New York City, Bobby attended SUNY at Stony Brook, securing a Master’s Degree in Biochemistry. En route to medical school, he set his gaze upon more artistic endeavors. He left the United States for extensive travel in Europe and Asia. This adventure led to job as an assistant to a photographer in Paris. Soon after, he was enlisted to archive a Tibetan Buddhist pilgrimage, led by the Dalai Lama, to the sacred Buddhist sites along the Ganges River. This marked the first time he had a moving camera in his hand.

Inspired by this event he returned home to New York and applied to the Graduate Film program at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he received his Master of Fine Arts. He financed his schooling by working as a bike messenger. Armed with a still camera, he honed his sense of composition and lighting: “Everything I saw in the streets, became a potential study in cinematography: The way the light bounced off the windows of a glass skyscraper, the cities ambient light roiling under dense low fog, the diverse pageant of faces along the avenues.”

Bukowski continues to champion independent films and the endeavors of first-time directors. “I find it stimulating to collaborate with minds that are innocent of habit. Their approach is unencumbered by experience and as a result, they discover unique ways to handle common situations. They hold their art in high regard and allow me to see my craft with new eyes.” His credits include the forthcoming ‘The Messenger’ and ‘Phoebe in Wonderland’,  ‘Lying’, ‘The Dying Gaul’, ‘Saved!’, ‘Crime and Punishment in Suburbia’, ‘Arlington Road’, ‘The Minus Man’, ‘Household Saints’, ‘Ethan Frome’, ‘Shakes the Clown’, ‘Dogfight’, Showtime’s ‘Weeds’, and ‘If These Walls Could Talk.’