Sergei Loznitsa
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1964-09-05 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Baranovichi, Brestskaya oblast, BSSR, USSR [now Belarus]
Sergei Loznitsa
Biography
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.
Acting
(2024)
(2016)
Butterflies
as himself
Crew
09.05.2022
Producer
(2025)
Two Prosecutors
Director, Writer, Producer, Co-Producer
(2025)
The Invasion
Director, Writer
(2025)
Paleontology Lesson
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
(2022)
The Natural History of Destruction
Director, Producer, Writer
(2022)
The Kyiv Trial
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
(2022)
Independence Day
Director
(2021)
Mr. Landsbergis
Director, Producer, Screenplay
(2021)
Babi Yar. Context
Screenplay, Editor, Producer, Director
(2020)
Reflections
Director
(2020)
Celles qui chantent
Director
(2020)
A Night at the Opera
Director, Writer
(2019)
State Funeral
Screenplay, Director, Producer
(2018)
Victory Day
Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Screenplay
(2018)
Donbass
Director, Screenplay, Associate Producer
(2018)
The Trial
Director, Editor, Screenplay, Producer
(2017)
A Gentle Creature
Director, Screenplay
(2016)
Austerlitz
Director, Director of Photography, Writer
(2015)
The Old Jewish Cemetery
Director, Writer
(2015)
The Event
Director, Editor, Writer, Producer
(2014)
Maidan
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
(2014)
The Bridges of Sarajevo
Director
(2014)
Over the Roads, Over the River
Director
(2013)
The Letter
Director
(2012)
In the Fog
Director, Screenplay
(2012)
The Miracle of Saint Anthony
Director, Director of Photography
(2010)
My Joy
Director, Screenplay
(2010)
The Ways of the World: Vol. 1
Director
(2008)
Northern Lights
Director
(2008)
Revue
Director
(2006)
Blockade
Screenplay, Director
(2006)
Artel
Director
(2004)
Factory
Director
(2003)
Landscape
Director, Editor, Writer
(2002)
Portrait
Director
(2001)
The Settlement
Editor, Director
(2000)
The Halt
Director, Editor
(1999)
Life, Autumn
Director, Editor
(1996)