| Your vocation(s) (hold Control key to select multiple): |
Film Director/Producer |
| Bio: |
Damian Kolodiy was born in Bronx, NY, but spent his adolescent youth in Maplewood, NJ. where he maintained an adventurous youth, highlighted by success on the soccer field. His other passions included reading, writing, and drawing, which he did incessantly during his elementary and high school years. Throughout this time he also attended St. John's Ukrainian Catholic school, where subjects were taught in Ukrainian.
After graduating Seton Hall Prep High School in 1995, Damian enrolled at Loyola College in Balitmore, MD. There he chose to double major in writing and photography. Though Loyola offered an excellent liberal arts education, it lacked the creative community Damian sought, and after his sophomore year, he transferred to Emerson College, a communications school in Boston, MA. Here, he decided to try majoring in film. Thrust into a new technical environment, he took many film classes simultaneously and graduated Emerson College in 1999, keeping on track with a 4 year schedule. Y2K, a film he wrote and edited his senior year, was chosen as Best Student Narrative at the Boston Underground Film Festival. After graduation, Damian was offered the position of night manager at the Media Services Center at Emerson College. During his time working there, he began a project called “ill generation” (www.illgeneration.com) which would mushroom into a feature length sci-fi film which would not be completed until 2004.
Since arriving in NYC, Damian continued to finish editing “ill generation” and began to work as a production assistant as well as a freelancer shooting and editing video. Working in video, Damian began to gravitate towards the documentary field, often covering live events, concerts, or shooting for documentary films. In November of 2004, Damian decided to go to Ukraine as an election monitor with the intention to make a film about the Ukrainian presidential elections. He called on his longtime friend, editor Peter Zielyk, to help edit the film upon his return in 2 weeks. Damian ended up staying in Ukraine for 3 months to document the events now known as the Orange Revolution. Two years later, Zielyk and Kolodiy have completed the film and are putting efforts towards screening “The Orange Chronicles” around the world. Damian currently resides in the East Village of Manhattan and is a freelance cameraman. |
| Current Project (s) and What you're seeking (explain in more detail what "I'm Looking For"): |
The Orange Chronicles Documentary Film: A personal journey through Ukraine's Orange Revolution |
| Rates (choose ALL potentially applicable): |
Upfront pay; ONLY Pro-level Pay/Residuals |
| Internships and Entry-level Positions: |
Not applicable |
| Available for Film Racing, 48 Hr Film Project, and similar live film-making races?: |
No, I'm boring :) |
