Sergei Loznitsa

Regisseur, Schrijver, Producer, Redacteur

5 september 1964 (61 years)
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.

Known For

  • Donbass
    Donbass2018
  • In the Fog
    In the Fog2012
  • My Joy
    My Joy2010
  • Krotkaya
    Krotkaya2017
  • Two Prosecutors
    Two Prosecutors2025
  • State Funeral
    State Funeral2019
  • Maidan
    Maidan2014
  • Babi Yar. Context
    Babi Yar. Context2021
  • Blockade
    Blockade2006
  • Sobytie
    Sobytie2015
  • Austerlitz
    Austerlitz2016
  • Process
    Process2018
  • The Train Stop
    The Train Stop2000
  • Mr. Landsbergis
    Mr. Landsbergis2021
  • The Natural History of Destruction
    The Natural History of Destruction2022
  • Victory Day
    Victory Day2018
  • Factory
    Factory2004
  • Pismo
    Pismo2013
  • The Settlement
    The Settlement2001
  • Landscape
    Landscape2003

Cinematografie