Mariia Ponomarova

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Birthday 1991-05-09 (33 years old)

Place of Birth Kyiv, Ukraine

Also Known As Марія Пономарьова, Maria Ponomarova, Mariia Ponomaryova

Mariia Ponomarova

Biography

Mariia Ponomarova was born and raised in Kiev, Ukraine. She is a film director, scriptwriter, producer and artistic researcher based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She has worked in both documentary and fiction as a director and 1st AD. Mariia participated in the documentarists movement "Babylon'13 - cinema of civil protest" during the revolution in Ukraine. She studied film directing and screenwriting at Karpenko-Karyi Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television and graduated with an MA degree in Film Artistic Research program of the Netherlands Film Academy. Her short films were screened during international and national film festivals Go Short ISFF, Sarajevo Film Festival, Vancouver IFF, Molodist IFF, ArtDocFest, Netherlands Film Festival, CineDOC-Tbilisi, VIS Vienna Shorts, Regensburg Short Film Week and many more.

Known For

Director

2024
Nice Ladies

as Director

2021
Good Boy

as Director

2018
Family Hour

as Director

2017
Ardea

as Director

2015
May 9th

as Director

2014
Self-Defense

as Director

2014
I Know You

as Director

Writer

2024
Nice Ladies

as Writer

2022
Fragile Memory

as Screenplay

2021
Good Boy

as Screenplay

2021
The Diaper Cake

as Creative Producer

2018
Family Hour

as Writer

2017
Ardea

as Writer

2015
May 9th

as Screenplay

Editor

2017
Ardea

as Editor

Crew

2023
Three Windows on South West

as Cinematography

Producer