Vitali Manski

Vitaly Mansky was born in 1963 in Lvov, Ukraine, USSR. He graduated from VGIK - All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography in 1989 and became one of the most acclaimed contemporary Russian documentary filmmakers and producers. He has shot more than 30 films as a director which screened at festivals worldwide and were awarded several times. As a producer, Mansky produced films by directors like Renata Litvinova, Alexander Rastorguyev, Sergey Miroshnichenko, Dmitry Zhelkovsky, and Sergei Loznitsa. In 1996 he also started a project that aims at archiving amateur private video files that were shot in the times of the former USSR from 30’s till 90’s of the ХХth century. He is the producer of the national award LAVROVAYA VETV (Laurel Branch) which is awarded for the best Russian documentary films. Vitaly Mansky moved to Latvia in 2015.

Filmography:

2016 Rodnye (Close Relations)

2015 Under the Sun

2014 The Book

2013 Pipeline

2011 Motherland or Death

2009 Beginning / Nikolina Gora. Epilogue

2008 Virginity / Dawn / Sunset. Dalai Lama 14 2006 Wild, Wild Beach

2005 Gagarin’s Pioneers

2003 Anatomy of t.a.T.u.

2002 Broadway. Black Sea

2001 Gorbatchev. After The Empire / Yeltsin. Another Life / Putin. Leap Year

1999 Private Chronicles. Monologue

1995 Bliss

1993 Cuts of a Recurrent War

1991 Lenin’s Body

1990-1995 Etudes about Love

1990 Post

1988 Boomerang