Biography
Emmy Award Nominee Raphael Kryszek was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. Kryszek moved to Los Angeles in his late teens to attend the prestigious University of Southern California, where he minored in Cinema and Philosophy, and majored in Political Science. Following college, Kryszek worked in physical production at New Line Cinema, worked numerous jobs with various independent films [in development and distribution] and worked for NBC-Universal's E!, The Style Network, and G4 for six years.
In 2007, Kryszek founded Clifton Production Services LLC. The company provided clients with the ability to follow a project from the concept stages all the way through final delivery of master elements, without the need to step outside of their facility. Services offered included post supervision, editing, graphics, mixing, finishing, high-end visual FX, 3D modeling, animation, and more. His company flourished from the start, as they provided services for notable projects including high end music videos for artists like Nelly, Jack Johnson, Kid Rock, Flo Rida, Akon, and Keri Hilson, to name a few. Kryszek also continued to produce projects, working on "Fox Legacy with Tom Rothman."
In 2010, Kryszek founded Ineffable Pictures. In 2011, Ineffable Pictures optioned the rights to New York Times Bestselling book series "Tiger's Curse" by Colleen Houck. Kryszek discovered the book series in early 2010, after his 11-year-old cousin insisted he read the book series. In addition to "Tiger's Curse," Ineffable Pictures is also developing various theatrical and television projects, and is Executive Producing the upcoming action comedy feature film "In Security" written by Adam Beamer, Evan Beamer, and Craig Hildebrand. Notable cast for this film include: Vinnie Jones, Ethan Embry, Michael Gladis, and Cary Elwes.
In 2011, Kryszek was nominated for his first Emmy, as producer of the Fox Movie Channel original program Writer's Draft. The non-fiction program examined the screenwriter's process and emotional journey from concept, to screen. Kryszek notes that his passion and drive for the entertainment business comes from his love of both the art, and commerce of storytelling.
Moving into 2012, Kryszek along with his international investment partners will form Ineffable Entertainment Group [IEG] which will become the parent company for all of his entertainment divisions including Clifton Production Services for post and VFX, Ineffable Pictures which will develop feature film and television content, Proof of Concept to service commercial and music video production and Ineffable Interactive, which will create online rich media and mobile applications.
