years_active birth_place article_title name occupation
2004-present minneapolis , minnesota jake yuzna
 jake yuzna film director and screenwriter
jake yuzna

jake yuzna is an american film director , screenwriter , and curator .
his debut feature open was the first american film to win the teddy jury prize and the berlin film festival and in 2005 yuzna become the youngest recipient of funding from the national endowment for the arts .
although known mainly for his work in film , yuzna has curated several retrospectives , exhibitions and special projects .
in 2010 he founded the first cinema program at the museum of arts and design in new york city .
between 2011 - 2013 he organized the first fellowship , publication and conference to argue nightlife as a form of contemporary art .
yuzna is the son of poet susan yuzna and nephew to horror film director and producer brian yuzna .
