Svetlana Filippova

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1968-06-04 (56 years old)

Place of Birth Alma-Ata, USSR (Almaty, Kazakhstan)

Also Known As Светлана Филиппова

Svetlana Filippova

Biography

Svetlana Filippova’s first degree was in philology. In 1997, she graduated from the Higher Courses for Screenwriters and Directors and SHAR School and Studio in Moscow with a specialty as a director/animator. She studied in the studios of Fyodor Khitruk, Yuri Norstein, Eduard Nazarov, and Andrei Khrzhanovsky. She has taken part in numerous film festivals and art and book exhibitions in Russia and elsewhere. She has done several drawing series, as well as illustrations for Manana Menabde’s parables, Lyudmila Ulitskaya’s stories, Andrei Platonov’s novels The Foundation Pit and Chevengur, Ivan Bunin’s “Dark Avenues,” and the Gospel of John. Her illustrations have been recognized with special awards several times, and her animated films have been awarded prizes at international festivals.

Known For

Director

2023
Lisbon

as Director

2020
Ba

as Director

2018
Mitya's Love

as Director

2016
A Doida

as Director

2014
Brutus

as Director

2011
Where Dogs Die

as Director

2007
Three Love Stories

as Director

2006
Sarah's Tale

as Director

1998
The Night Has Come

as Director

Writer

2023
Lisbon

as Screenplay

2020
Ba

as Screenplay

2018
Mitya's Love

as Screenplay

2014
Brutus

as Writer

1998
The Night Has Come

as Screenplay

Visual Effects

2021
Two Sisters

as Animation

2020
Ba

as Animation

Art

2023
Lisbon

as Production Design

Camera

2018
Mitya's Love

as Director of Photography