Victor Kossakovsky
Viktor Kossakovsky (born 19 July 1961) is a Russian documentary filmmaker.
Also recorded as Viktor Aleksandrovič Kosakovskij · Viktor Kossakovsky
Victor Kossakovsky

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- Name
- Viktor Kossakovsky
- Born
- 19 July 1961
- Birthplace
- Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (present day Saint Petersburg, Russia)
- Birth Name
- Viktory Kossakovsky
- Occupation
- Documentarian
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russia
- Education
- Top Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors
- Honours
- Amanda Award for Best Cinematography · Laurel Branch Award
- Languages
- Russian
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• Name — Viktor Kossakovsky • Born — 19 July 1961 • Birthplace — Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (present day Saint Petersburg, Russia) • Birth Name — Viktory Kossakovsky • Years Active — 1978present • Occupation — Documentarian
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Victor Kossakovsky (born 19 July 1961) is recorded as a director, screenwriter, cinematographer and film editor. Victor Kossakovsky was born on 19 July 1961 in Saint Petersburg.
Early life
Early life
Kossakovsky was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, at the time Leningrad, U.S.S.R. He began his film career in 1978, working as an assistant cameraman, assistant director, and editor at the Leningrad Studio of Documentaries. From 1986 to 1988, he studied screenwriting and directing at Moscow HCSF. He became a vegetarian during his childhood.
Career
Career
Kossakovsky's first released feature was his 1992 documentary Belovy / The Belovs. Subsequent works include his 2002 documentary Hush! / Tishe! and his 2003 documentary Russia from My Window (2003), both made from footage that Kossakovsky filmed out his bedroom window or on his street in St. Petersburg; and his well-received meditation on the natural wonder of water, Aquarela (2018), released in the U.S. by Sony Pictures Classics. In 2011, his documentary ¡Vivan las Antipodas! was selected as the opening film of the Venice Film Festival.
Documentaries
Documentaries
• Year — English title — Original title • 1994 — The Belovs — Беловы • 1998 — Pavel i Lyala — Павел и Ляля • 1999 — Wednesday 07.19.61 — Среда 19.07.61 • 2002 — Hush! — Тише! • 2003 — I Loved You — Я любил тебя • Russia from my Window — Россия из моего окна • 2011 — Long Live the Antipodes! — ¡Vivan las Antipodas! • 2013 — Demonstration • 2018 — Aquarela • 2020 — Gunda • 2024 — Architecton • 2026 — Holy Wood Dust
Short documentaries
Short documentaries
• Svyato (2005) • DisplAir (2012)
Awards
In 1993, his first feature, Belovy / The Belovs, won both the VPRO Joris Ivens Award and the Audience Award. Other awards include the Special Jury Award at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam for Pavel i Lyalya in 1999, the Documentary Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival for Sreda (Wednesday), the Award of Honor at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for Sreda, the Dok Leipzig Findling Award for Pavel i Lyala, the True Vision Award at the 2012 True/False Film Festival and the Genziana d'Oro – Gran Premio Città di Trento at the 60th Trento Film Festival (2012). His film Gunda was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary at the 93rd Oscars.
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- 1.British Film Institute. Viktor Kossakovsky.
- 2.German Documentary Association AG DOK and German Films Service + Marketing GmbH. Aquarela > Biography.
- 3."Gunda" : un documentaire intime époustouflant sur la vie d'un cochon, euronews.com, 13 April 2021 (retrieved 13 December 2021)
- 4.IDFA Victor Kossakovsky Master Class.
- 5.Lodge, Guy. Film Review: 'Aquarela'. Variety. September 1, 2018.
- 6.Sony Pictures Classics. Aquarela.
- 7.Gunda with Victor Kossakovsky. docs in orbit.
- 8.¡VIVAN LAS ANTIPODAS!. European Film Academy.
- 9.www.oberon.nl, Oberon Amsterdam. Belovy (1993) IDFA Archive. IDFA.
- 10.The International Documentary Filmfestival International Documentary Association. www.documentary.org. 1999-03-01.
- 11.Sreda (1997) - Awards - IMDb.
- 12.True Vision Award 2012 Recipient.
- 13.Trento Film Festival.
- 14.93RD OSCARS® SHORTLISTS IN NINE AWARD CATEGORIES ANNOUNCED Oscars.org Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. www.oscars.org. 2021-02-09.
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