Paweł Grajnert is a writer/filmmaker in Poland and the US. His films have premiered at the Venice Film Festival, Whitney Museum, and 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 best experimental film at the Kinomorphia Film Fest. Founder of the Seattle Poetry Slam, his art and literary works are published and exhibited internationally.