Stirring Water (2008) Documentary 15 Minutes
Filming: Haiti , Production: USA
Directed by John Kamys
English with intertitles in English, French, and Kreyòl
For information regarding Stirring Water
contact: johnkamys@sbcglobal.net
BIO
John Kamys, is an award winning composer, songwriter, vocalist, and visual artist. The documentary Stirring Water marks his filmmaking debut.
He has composed thirteen scores for the theater, one musical, and served a three-year appointment as composer and music director for The Goodman Theatre's annual production of A Christmas Carol.
In 1996, he received his first Joseph Jefferson Award nomination for Best Original Music for the play Cloud Tectonics, and garnered a second nomination, and the award, in 1998, for the play El Paso Blue.
A 1999, Best New Artist GLAMA nominee, he has since released six full-length-cd recordings of original songs, performing on four under the pseudonym Jinx Titanic. The Jinx Titanic recordings, spanning 2002 to 2007, have received three OMA nominations and the 2004 OMA for Outstanding Production. Songs from these recordings can be heard in several feature films, as well as numerous television programs and Bunim-Murray produced reality-shows for MTV Networks, along with the MTV Movie Award winning spoof United 300.
In the realm of visual arts, he is recognized for his highly conceptual monochromatic color-field paintings. These works, often possessing a dangerous element, preserve narrative text and mixed media under layers of high-gloss enamel.
John Kamys is a Graduate of DePaul University and recipient of two National Endowment for the Humanities Seminar Grants. He lives in Chicago.