Victor Kossakovsky

• 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

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.

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.

• 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

• Svyato (2005) • DisplAir (2012)