Rafal Zielinski is an independent filmmaker. He is best known for directing films such as Fun (Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Film Festival

The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...

 Special Jury Award), Ginger Ale Afternoon, Hey Babe!, Hangman's Curse, Downtown:a street tale, National Lampoon's Last Resort

National Lampoon's Last Resort

National Lampoon's Last Resort is a 1994 direct-to-video comedy film directed by Rafal Zielinski...

 and the "King of the B Movies" Roger Corman

Roger Corman

Roger William Corman is an American film producer, director and actor. He has mostly worked on low-budget B movies. Some of Corman's work has an established critical reputation, such as his cycle of films adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe, and in 2009 he won an Honorary Academy Award for...

 produced Screwballs and its several sequels. He studied under filmmaker Richard Leacock

Richard Leacock

Richard Leacock was a British-born documentary film director and one of the pioneers of Direct Cinema and Cinéma vérité.-Early life and career:...

, one of the pioneers of Direct Cinema and Cinéma Vérité at MIT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...

, where he graduated with a B.S. in Art and Design.

“I originally set out to make illuminating, consciousness-expanding, globally entertaining movies that would change the world, and I guess I was naive, because the universe challenged me instead with a lesser-two-fold path: on the one hand a series of low budget independent art house films that I had to end up producing myself and that went around the film festival merry-go-around…while on the other a string of works-for-hire, which I tried to elevate as much as possible within the limitations given. I hope to change all of that and get back to the original afore-mentioned goal, before it is not too late. (interview 1/1/2011)”

Movies

1. Age of Kali (2010)
2. Bohemia (2009)
3. Downtown: A Street Tale
   Downtown: A Street Tale
   Downtown: A Street Tale is a 2004 American drama film.Its focus is on a group of teenagers and twentysomethings living in the basement of an abandoned factory on 10th Avenue in Manhattan...
   
    (2005)
4. Hangman's Curse (2003)
5. Reality Check (2002)
6. The Elevator
   The Elevator (1996 film)
   The Elevator is a 1996 drama-comedy film starring Martin Landau and Gabriel Bologna. It was directed Arthur Borman and Nigel Dick. The film also features appearances by Richard Lewis and Martin Sheen in the film within a film sequences.-Synopsis:...
   
    (1996)
7. National Lampoon's Last Resort
   National Lampoon's Last Resort
   National Lampoon's Last Resort is a 1994 direct-to-video comedy film directed by Rafal Zielinski...
   
    (1994)
8. Jailbait
   Jailbait
   Jailbait is American English slang for a person who is younger than the legal age of consent for sexual activity, but physically mature enough to be mistaken for an adult and be considered sexually desirable...
   
    (1994)
9. Fun (1994)
10. Spellcaster
    Spellcaster
    A spellcaster in role-playing games refers to a creature capable of casting magic spells.See also:*Mage *Magician , a practitioner of magic as portrayed in works of fiction...
    
     (1992)
11. Night of the Warrior (1991)
12. Under Surveillance (1991)
13. Ginger Ale Afternoon (1989)
14. Screwball Hotel
    Screwball hotel
    Screwball Hotel is a 1988 American and British comedy film directed by Rafal Zielinski.-DVD release:Universal Studios has yet to announce any plans to release the film onto either DVD or Blu-Ray.-Cast:*Michael Bendetti.....Mike...
    
     (1988)
15. State Park
    State park
    State parks are parks or other protected areas managed at the federated state level within those nations which use "state" as a political subdivision. State parks are typically established by a state to preserve a location on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, or recreational...
    
     (1988)
16. Valet Girls
    Valet Girls
    Valet Girls is a 1987 American comedy film about three women in L.A. who are working as valet girls while trying to get started in the entertainment industry....
    
     (1987)
17. Recruits (1986)
18. Loose Screws (1985)
19. Screwballs (1983)
20. Hey Babe! (1980)
21. Michel Pellus (1978)

Television

1. "Poltergeist: The Legacy" (1997)
   1. - Lights Out! (1997)
2. "Highlander" (1996)
   1. - Little Tin God (1996)
   2. - Money No Object (1996)
3. "Veronica Clare" (1991)