Sergei Loznitsa

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1964-09-05 (60 years old)

Place of Birth 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, Sergey Loznitsa, Sergei Vladimirovich Loznitsa, Сяргей Уладзіміравіч Лазніца, Сяргей Лазніца, Сергей Владимирович Лозница, Сергій Володимирович Лозниця

Sergei Loznitsa

Biography

Sergei Vladimirovich Loznitsa (Belarusian: Сяргей Уладзіміравіч Лазніца, Russian: Сергей Владимирович Лозница, Ukrainian: Сергій Володимирович Лозниця; 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 Kiev, and graduated from Kiev 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

Director

2024
The Invasion

as Director

2022
The Kiev Trial

as Director

2022
Independence Day

as Director

2021
Mr. Landsbergis

as Director

2021
Babi Yar. Context

as Director

2020
Reflections

as Director

2020
2020
2019
State Funeral

as Director

2018
Victory Day

as Director

2018
Donbass

as Director

2018
The Trial

as Director

2017
A Gentle Creature

as Director

2016
Austerlitz

as Director

2015
2015
The Event

as Director

2014
Maidan

as Director

2014
2013
The Letter

as Director

2012
In the Fog

as Director

2010
My Joy

as Director

2008
Northern Lights

as Director

2008
Revue

as Director

2006
Blockade

as Director

2006
Artel

as Director

2004
Factory

as Director

2003
Landscape

as Director

2002
Portrait

as Director

2001
The Settlement

as Director

2000
The Halt

as Director

1999
Life, Autumn

as Director

Writer

2022
The Kiev Trial

as Writer

2021
Babi Yar. Context

as Screenplay

2021
Mr. Landsbergis

as Screenplay

2020
2019
State Funeral

as Screenplay

2018
Victory Day

as Screenplay

2018
The Trial

as Screenplay

2018
Donbass

as Screenplay

2017
A Gentle Creature

as Screenplay

2016
Austerlitz

as Writer

2015
The Event

as Writer

2014
Maidan

as Writer

2012
In the Fog

as Screenplay

2010
My Joy

as Screenplay

2006
Blockade

as Screenplay

2003
Landscape

as Writer

Producer

09.05.2022

as Producer

2022
The Kiev Trial

as Producer

2021
Mr. Landsbergis

as Producer

2021
Babi Yar. Context

as Producer

2019
State Funeral

as Producer

2018
Victory Day

as Producer

2018
The Trial

as Producer

2018
Donbass

as Associate Producer

2015
The Event

as Producer

Editor

2022
The Kiev Trial

as Editor

2021
2018
The Trial

as Editor

2015
The Event

as Editor

2014
Maidan

as Editor

2003
Landscape

as Editor

2001
The Settlement

as Editor

2000
The Halt

as Editor

1999
Life, Autumn

as Editor

Camera

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