An internationally exhibited artist since the age of eighteen, Jakob Bokulich is becoming increasingly known as an actor, writer, and director. His critically acclaimed film debut , Hysteria (2002) (V) with Antero Alli was loosely based on his experiences in Croatia during its war with Yugoslavia in the nineties. He delivered a notable performance in San Francisco's gem Mission Movie (2004) by Lise Swenson , and has gone on to establish himself as a triple-threat with "Happy Trees," an art-film parody which has shown primarily in galleries, and Entangled (2007). Bokulich is one of eight children, spending his childhood at the parents' gas-station in Santa Cruz, the city that was inspiration and location of The Lost Boys (1987). At the age of seventeen he moved to Europe, where he found remarkable success as a painter, showing in galleries in Paris, Split (Croatia), San Francisco, and other cities. Returning to California, he became active in the arts community of Oakland and San Francisco, curating a gallery, writing for the Artship Dance/Theater Co. with Slobodan Dan Paich , and participating in intensive workshops with Antero Alli , derived from the theatrical methods of Jerzy Grotowsky (documented in Orphans of Delirium (2004) (V)). Bokulich trained at the prestigious American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, whose alumni include Denzel Washington , Annette Bening , Winona Ryder , Benjamin Bratt , Elizabeth Banks , Danny Glover , and many others He is also a skilled boxer and Capoerista. In 2005, Bokulich moved to Los Angeles, where he works as an actor and filmmaker.
A boxer, Bokulich is former sparring partner of 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist Andre Ward, and attributes his uneven nose to "Dre."As a painter, he's been called a genius, exhibiting in galleries in Paris, Split (Croatia), and San Francisco, among others.He's adept at capoeira, having learned from Mestre Urubu Malandro, a student of Mestre Suassuna.Won second place in the 2001 San Francisco Golden Gloves.Is of Croatian and Polish descent.Studied at the American Conservatory Theater.
The night after his funeral, Bart, a soldier killed in Iraq gets up out of his grave and seeks out his best friend Joey. At dawn Bart's body falls to the floor, only to reawaken the following dusk. He and his buddy decide that he is a revenant: an articulate zombie that needs to drink blood to arrest the decomposition of his body.
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