Kinga Burza- Marina And The Diamonds- Director Analysis

Kinga Burza- Marina And The Diamonds- Director Analysis

Kinga Burza is a 35 year old Polish-Australian music video director, born in Poland and raised in Sydney and Melbourne, before moving to London in 2005.

She studied her B.A. at the University of New South Wales and did her postgraduate studies in Theater and Film at the University of Technology, Sydney. While studying at university, Kinga began teaching herself by making amateur videos for her then boyfriend Sydney musician Jack Ladder and many other friends she had in bands.

Since relocating to the UK, Kinga has shot videos for Calvin Harris, Kate Nash, Peaches, James Blunt, Marina and the Diamonds and recent Billboard No. 1 newcomer Katy Perry in LA.

Promo Magazine has dubbed Kinga to be among 'the next wave of up-and-coming directors' while both I-D and Dazed and Confused Magazine have also run features on her. She was nominated Best New Director at the CAD Awards in 2007 and won a Young Gun award for Music Video Direction for Kate Nash's "Foundations" in 2007. In 2008, Kinga won Best Pop Video at the UK Video Music Awards in London for Kate Nash's "Foundations".

She directed Marina and the Diamonds – "Hollywood".

The video was shot at a fancy palace in West London. The video premise is to celebrate the 'American Dream' and references American stereotypes from their culture e.g. cheerleader, jock, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean etc.