Sergei Loznitsa
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
September 5, 1964 (61 years)
Sergei Vladimirovich Loznitsa (Belarusian: Сяргей Уладзіміравіч Лазніца, Ukrainian: Сергій Володимирович Лозниця, Russian: Сергей Владимирович Лозница; born 5 September, 1964; Baranovichi, Brest Voblast) is a Ukrainian director of Belarusian origin known for his documentary as well as dramatic films.
Born in 1964, Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa grew up in Kyiv, and graduated from Kyiv Polytechnic in 1987 with a degree in Applied Mathematics. In 1997, Loznitsa graduated from the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow, where he studied feature filmmaking. Sergei Loznitsa has directed 18 documentary films since 1996 and has received numerous international awards, including festival prizes in Karlovy Vary, Leipzig, Oberhausen, Krakow, Paris, Madrid, Toronto, Jerusalem and St. Petersburg, as well as the Russian National Film awards “Nika” and “Laurel”. Loznitsa’s feature debut My Joy (2010) premiered in competition at the Festival de Cannes, and was followed by In the Fog, which also premiered in competition at the Festival de Cannes in May 2012, where it was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize. His feature film A Gentle Creature premiered in competition at the Festival de Cannes in May 2017.
Born in 1964, Ukrainian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa grew up in Kyiv, and graduated from Kyiv Polytechnic in 1987 with a degree in Applied Mathematics. In 1997, Loznitsa graduated from the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow, where he studied feature filmmaking. Sergei Loznitsa has directed 18 documentary films since 1996 and has received numerous international awards, including festival prizes in Karlovy Vary, Leipzig, Oberhausen, Krakow, Paris, Madrid, Toronto, Jerusalem and St. Petersburg, as well as the Russian National Film awards “Nika” and “Laurel”. Loznitsa’s feature debut My Joy (2010) premiered in competition at the Festival de Cannes, and was followed by In the Fog, which also premiered in competition at the Festival de Cannes in May 2012, where it was awarded the FIPRESCI Prize. His feature film A Gentle Creature premiered in competition at the Festival de Cannes in May 2017.
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| 2021 | Mr. Landsbergis · as Screenplay |
| 2021 | Babi Yar. Context · as Screenplay |
| 2019 | State Funeral · as Screenplay |
| 2018 | Process · as Screenplay |
| 2018 | Victory Day · as Screenplay |
| 2018 | Donbass · as Screenplay |
| 2017 | A Gentle Creature · as Screenplay |
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| 2012 | In the Fog · as Screenplay |
| 2010 | My Joy · as Screenplay |
| 2006 | Blockade · as Screenplay |
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| 2017 | A Gentle Creature · as Associate Producer |
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| 2021 | Radio Dolin · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2021 | C Tonight · as Self |
| 2016 | Butterflies · as Self |
| 2006 | Al Jazeera Documentaries · as Self - Director |
| 1991 | Movie Days · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2018 | Victory Day · as Director Of Photography |
| 2016 | Austerlitz · as Director Of Photography |
| 2014 | Maidan · as Director Of Photography |
| 2012 | The Miracle of Saint Anthony · as Director Of Photography |