Bio:

Patrick Kwiatkowski co-founded Blackchair Productions, LLC in 1996 and Microcinema, Inc in 2000. He has over 15 years of international business experience with a MBA from the University of Chicago and an engineering degree from Michigan State University.

Kwiatkowski has been active in independent film and radio since the early 90's.

Born in Michigan, Kwiatkowski has resided in numerous places including Akron, Chicago, San Francisco, Cleveland, Paris, and now Houston.

Active in commercial and independent radio for the last 10 years, he created, produced, and hosted Ketchup & Marmalade, a 2-hour alternative music weekly in French, on radio OUI FM Paris, France and has been a DJ at WHPK Chicago and KUSF San Francisco. Kwiatkowski has recently participated in panels at the FIFI Internet Film Festival in Lille, France, the SWAMP (Southwest Alternative Media Project) Texas Media Arts Conference in Houston, the conference of the National Association of Latino Independent Producers, and the Global Media and Entertainment Network Conference in New York.

Kwiatkowski is hosting a periodic screening of Independent Exposure in Houston in 2002 which received the "Best New Microcinema" award from the Houston Press. He was a recent jurist for the 2003 Texas Show compilation produced by the Dallas Video Festival.



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