Director

Sergei Loznitsa

Directing

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Directed movies: 32Directed series: 0All crew credits: 36

TMDB ID: 543674

IMDb ID: nm0523665

Known for: Directing

Born: September 5, 1964

Age: 61

Place of birth: Baranovichi, Brestskaya oblast, BSSR, USSR [now Belarus]

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1996 - 2025

Years active: 30

Average TMDB rating: 6.18

Wikidata: Q2096927

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 • +2 more

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Director (32)Screenplay (3)Editor (1)

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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.