ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Arsen Brzostek has been surfing since his early teenage years. His love for the sport grew, meanwhile the surfing lifestyle naturally became an essential element of his soul. Arsen’s residence on the "wave-scarce" west coast of Florida fueled his surf-hungry craving. Consequently, traveling was the only gratifying alternative during the wave famines normally associated with the Gulf of Mexico. Arsen traveled extensively throughout Costa Rica, California and Florida scoring some incredible surf sessions along the way. He dreamed of combining his life of surfing together with his passion for story telling.

Born in Poland in 1973, Arsen escaped communist rule with his parents when he was a young child. Moving through Austria in search of a political asylum camp, they sought refuge under the country’s amnesty. The United States awarded him and his family political asylum and they moved to New York City in 1977. After two trying years his parents moved the family to Florida's Tampa Bay area where he resides today.

His formal studies on Commercial Art brought him to establish Green Dot Design, a creative firm, to provide an outlet for his talents allowing businesses to benefit from his style of designing classic advertising and marketing tools. His love for graphic design has led Arsen to produce some remarkable projects for such world class clients as Motorola, Disney, Esso Oil, Burger King, just to name a few. Traveling the road of graphic art has lead him to his most impassioned pursuit yet.

Arsen has studied art in its many forms all through his life. Recent creative journeys have taken him deep into the remote jungles of Costa Rica's Southern Zone to document a group of friends and family traveling and surfing together while experiencing an extraordinary adventure. This is featured in Arsen's debut film Jungle Juice.

Arsen has spent most of his life searching for a creative outlet which would allow all of his talents to be utilized. His passion for the art of story telling has driven him to produce this fine example of cinematic art – Jungle Juice. Arsen’s continual research into surfing’s history and his experience with surf cultures from around the world combined with his love for adventure helped him identify the universal elements unique to both surfers and travelers in search of substance and soul.

He is currently working on the post production of his follow up film titled "Going With The Flow: Classic California Soul Surfing" introducing the surfing talents of Jesse Timm and featuring Kevin Connelly along with interviews with Linda Benson, Lance Carson, LJ Richards, Henry Ford, Hank Warner, Cory Weber, as well as special appearances by Rosa & Anneke Berre, Chad Dawson and Mike Trzinski as the Surf Traveler Uncle Mike. Principle photography on this film was wrapped on January 22nd, 2005. Projected release date for "Going With The Flow: Classic California Soul Surfing" is set for October 2005 with a premiere at the La Paloma Theater in San Diego.

Arsen has three future surf film projects planned all featuring the combined style and grace of Jesse Timm and Kevin Connelly.

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