Kira Bursky

Kira Bursky is a filmmaker, screenwriter, and composer originally from Nyack, NY. She is currently based out of Asheville, NC.

Background

Kira Bursky attended Asheville High School's School of Inquiry and Life Sciences program and Evergreen Community Charter School.[1] She also attended the Carolina Film Institute, where she graduated in 2011. She later attended high school at the Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan as a Motion Arts major, graduating in 2014. She currently works at documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock's New York-based film production company, Warrior Poets as a post-production intern.[2]

Her works have been featured at multiple student film festivals including the All-American High School Film Festival,[3][4] the Chicago International Children's Film Festival, the Colchester International Film Festival, Guam International Film Festival, the White House Student Film Festival, Princeton Student Film Festival, and the Cannes Film Festival.[5][6][7]

Awards

Year Result Award Category Work
2014 Winner Mosaic Film Festival Best Overall Girly
2014 Winner Lovett School High School Film Fest Best U.S Narrative
2014 Winner Mosaic Film Festival Best Overall We're Okay
2014 Winner All American High School Film Festival Best of Fest
2015 Winner Brighton Youth Film Festival Best International Short Film Hattie

Featured works

References

  1. "Mountain Xpress". Mountain Xpress. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  2. "Kira Bursky on her new project Big Little Filmmaker". www.gigspotting.net. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  3. "2014 Finalists & Winners". All American High School Film Festival. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  4. "The Future of Cinema: One Film Student at a Time". crescendo.interlochen.org. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  5. "Asheville High alum selected for Cannes Film Festival". Citizen Times. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  6. "Demons in Disguise - NFFTY". NFFTY. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
  7. "Kira Bursky". CelebrityImages.org. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
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