Paweł Grajnert is a writer/filmmaker in Poland and the US. His films have premiered at the Venice Film Festival, Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles and the Gdynia National Film Festival. He won the Sloan prize for science-focused screenwriting at Columbia University, and a Literary Arts Award from the State of Illinois. His film, "The Element of Surprise," won the best experimental film award at the Kinomorphia Film Fest. Founder of the Seattle Poetry Slam, his literary works and art are published and exhibited internationally.