Director

Laila Pakalnina

Directing

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Directed movies: 29Directed series: 0All crew credits: 44

TMDB ID: 1086269

IMDb ID: nm0657084

Known for: Directing

Born: June 4, 1962

Age: 63

Place of birth: Liepaja, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1991 - 2025

Years active: 35

Average TMDB rating: 5

Wikidata: Q3216358

Also known as

Laila Pakalniņa

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Director (29)Writer (10)Producer (4)Editor (1)

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Biography

Laila Pakalniņa is a Latvian art-house filmmaker. She graduated from the Moscow Film Institute (VGIK), Department of Film Direction, in 1991. A director and scriptwriter of 31 documentaries, 5 shorts, and 5 fiction features, altogether she has 41 films, 2 children, 1 husband, 2 dogs and 2 bicycles. Her films have screened in official programmes at Cannes, Venice, Berlinale, Locarno, Karlovy Vary, Rome and other international festivals, where they have won numerous awards.