Sergei Loznitsa
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 5, 1964
- Birthplace
- Baranovichi, Brestskaya oblast, BSSR, USSR [now Belarus]
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.
Filmography
- 09.05.2022
09.05.2022 TBA
Producer
Imperium 2026
Director, Editor
Champ de Mars 2026
Director, Screenplay
Two Prosecutors 2025
Writer, Director, Producer, Co-Producer
Paleontology Lesson 2025
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
The Invasion 2025
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
A Nation Denied: Ukraine's Battle for History 2024
as Self
The Natural History of Destruction 2023
Director, Writer, Producer
The Kiev Trial 2022
Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
Mr. Landsbergis 2021
Director, Producer, Screenplay
Babi Yar. Context 2021
Editor, Producer, Screenplay, Director
A Night at the Opera 2020
Writer, Director
Celles qui chantent 2020
Director
State Funeral 2019
Screenplay, Director, Producer
The Trial 2018
Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer
Victory Day 2018
Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Screenplay
Donbass 2018
Director, Screenplay, Associate Producer
A Gentle Creature 2017
Director, Screenplay
Butterflies 2016
as Self
Austerlitz 2016
Director, Director of Photography, Writer
The Event 2015
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
The Old Jewish Cemetery 2015
Director, Writer
Over the Roads, Over the River 2014
Director
Maidan 2014
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
The Bridges of Sarajevo 2014
Director
Reflections 2014
Director
Letter 2013
Director
In the Fog 2012
Screenplay, Director
The Miracle of Saint Anthony 2012
Director, Director of Photography
My Joy 2010
Director, Screenplay
- The Ways of the World: Vol. 1
The Ways of the World: Vol. 1 2010
Director
Revue 2008
Director
Northern Light 2008
Director
Artel 2006
Director
Blockade 2006
Screenplay, Director
Factory 2004
Director
Landscape 2003
Director, Writer, Editor
The Settlement 2002
Editor, Director
Portrait 2002
Director
The Halt 2000
Director, Editor
Life, Autumn 1999
Director, Editor
Today We Are Going to Build a House 1996
Director
Credits from TMDB.