I truly believe the key to success is collaboration. My success stems from the work and ideas that are created by bringing great minds together. I have a knack for finding creative talent, building a team, and executing an overall vision. In my experience as a director, I realized that when you are creating something, anything, there is a moment where a specific type of energy comes into play. You can try to recreate a color scheme, recreate poses, recreate lighting, but you just can’t recreate moments of energy. Everything you have goes into that very moment. You will never have that moment of time back again. That’s why it is so important to act on spontaneity. Because in that moment you have the opportunity to create something real and unique.

In my personal work, I explore ideas of time, space, and relationships. I use light and movement as an artistic material. I desire to communicate visually through ideas of the subject and how it exists in relation to space and objects. I record the subtlety of tones, amplifying light and shadow through details, textures, depth, perspective, and point of view.  

jan.m.makowski@gmail.com