Directing
Sergei Loznitsa
RU, IT, UK, FR cinema · 42 credits
Born
5 September 1964 (age 62)
Birthplace
Baranovichi, Brestskaya oblast, BSSR, USSR [now Belarus]
Also known as Sergej Loznitsa · Сергей Лозница · Сергій Лозниця · Serhii Loznytsia · Sergej Loznica · 谢尔盖·洛兹尼察
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.
Known for
Filmography
09.05.2022
09.05.2022
Producer
Imperium
Director, Editor
Champ de Mars
Director, Screenplay
Two Prosecutors
Director, Writer, Producer, Co-Producer
The Invasion
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Paleontology Lesson
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
The Natural History of Destruction
Director, Producer, Writer
The Kiev Trial
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Mr. Landsbergis
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Babi Yar. Context
Screenplay, Editor, Producer, Director
Reflections
Director
Celles qui chantent
Director
A Night at the Opera
Director, Writer
State Funeral
Screenplay, Director, Producer
Victory Day
Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Screenplay
Donbass
Director, Screenplay, Associate Producer
The Trial
Director, Editor, Screenplay, Producer
A Gentle Creature
Director, Screenplay
Butterflies
as Self
Austerlitz
Director, Director of Photography, Writer
The Old Jewish Cemetery
Director, Writer
The Event
Director, Editor, Writer, Producer
Maidan
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
Letter
Director
In the Fog
Director, Screenplay
The Miracle of Saint Anthony
Director, Director of Photography
My Joy
Director, Screenplay
Northern Lights
Director
Revue
Director
Blockade
Screenplay, Director
Artel
Director
Factory
Director
Landscape
Director, Editor, Writer
The Settlement
Editor, Director
Portrait
Director
The Halt
Director, Editor
Life, Autumn
Director, Editor