Vitaly Mansky
Vitaly Vsevolodovich Mansky (Vitālijs Manskis; born 2 December 1963 in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union[2]) is a Ukraine-born Russian[3] and Latvian documentary film director.[4] He is the founder of a festival of documentary movies, ArtDocFest[5] and has resided in Riga since 2014.[6] Artdocfest has since collaborated with the Riga International Film Festival.[7]
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Vitaly Mansky
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- Born
- 1963. · Lviv.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union, Russia and Latvia.
- Occupation
- screenwriter, cinematographer, documentary filmmaker, film producer, director and camera operator.
- Fields
- film direction and film screenwriting.
- Education
- Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.
- Known for
- Putin's Witnesses.
- Languages
- Russian and Ukrainian.
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Vitaly Vsevolodovich Mansky (Vitālijs Manskis; born 2 December 1963 in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union[2]) is a Ukraine-born Russian[3] and Latvian documentary film director.[4] He is the founder of a festival of documentary movies, ArtDocFest[5] and has resided in Riga since 2014.[6] Artdocfest has since collaborated with the Riga International Film Festival.[7]
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Vitaly Mansky (born 1963) is a camera operator, cinematographer and director, among other activities, of Latvian and Russian nationality. The camera operator was born in Lviv.
Vitaly Mansky was educated at Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography. Activity centred on film direction and film screenwriting.
Among the works is Putin's Witnesses. Languages used include Russian and Ukrainian.
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Political Stances
Political Stances
• Illustration — Vitaly Mansky in February 2023, speaking at a Ukraine solidarity rally in Berlin In March 2014, Mansky signed an open letter in solidarity with Ukrainian filmmakers following the Russian annexation of Crimea.[8] In 2018, he supported the European Film Academy's appeal in defense of Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who was imprisoned in Russia.[9] In December 2020, Mansky went for a solitary manifestation outside the Federal Security Service building at the Lubyanka Square, holding men's underpants. The manifestation took place after the publication of opposition leader Alexei Navalny's conversation with his alleged poisoner.[10] He was arrested for employing "visual means of propaganda and agitation".[11] In February 2022, Mansky spoke out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In April the same year, he expressed his anti-war views at a rally in Riga.[12][13] As a result of his views, the Russian Interior Ministry added him to their wanted list in September 2022 for slander, following a request by cinematographer Nikita Mikhalkov.[14] On June 16, 2023, Russian Ministry of Justice included Mansky in its "foreign agents" list.[15]
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Illustration — Mansky in North Korea filming Under the Sun • Vladimir & Oksana in Love Country (2022, TV series) • Gorbachev. Heaven (2020) • Putin's Witnesses (Свидетели Путина, Putina liecinieki, Svědkové Putinovi) 2018 • Rodnye (Close Relations) 2016 • Under the Sun (В лучах солнца; V paprscích slunce) 2015[16][17] • Pipeline (Tруба; Die Trasse) 2013 • Patria o Muerte / Motherland or Death 2011 • Gagarin's Pioneers (Our Motherland) 2006 • Anatomiya TATU (Anatomy of t.A.T.u.) 2003 • Etyudy o Lyubvi (1994) • Srezki Ocherednoy Voyny (1993) • Yevreyskoe Schaste (1991)
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Vitaly Vsevolodovich Mansky and Vitālijs Manskis. His recorded languages were Russian and Ukrainian. He married Natalya Manskaya.
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Vitaly Mansky is recorded as screenwriter, cinematographer, documentary filmmaker, film producer and director.
Президент фестиваля "Артдокфест" Виталий Манский
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Master Class with Vitaly Mansky in Yerevan during Golden Apricot Yerevan International Film Festival
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- 4. THE CIVIC DOCUMENTARIES OF VITALY MANSKY: TEXT AND SUBTEXT, The New Russian Documentary, 2025
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- THE CIVIC DOCUMENTARIES OF VITALY MANSKY: TEXT AND SUBTEXT, The New Russian Documentary, 2025
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• Mansky's personal website *
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- 1.Кинорежиссер Виталий Манский получил латвийское гражданство – DW – 18.12.2025.
- 2.Russian Film Festival in London 2010. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- 3.Все переругались из-за фильма «Русские на войне». Его сняли на российской стороне фронта и показали в Венеции Разбираемся с экспертами «Медузы» — военными аналитиками и Антоном Долиным, — как относиться к этой картине. Meduza.
- 4.Манский Виталий (Archived in Archive.org)
- 5.Russian documentary film festival fights censorship with 'Zapovednik' by Deutsche Welle
- 6.Spriņģe, Inga. Putin's middle class is fleeing to Latvia. Re:Baltica. 25 February 2015.
- 7.Mansky's arrival energises Riga International Film Festival. The Baltic Times. 4 November 2015.
- 8.Документалист Виталий Манский: "Мы вступили в эру новой инквизиции". newprospect.ru.
- 9.European Film Academy : Free Oleg Sentsov. 2018-06-14.
- 10.Режиссера Манского задержали в Москве за пикет у ФСБ. РБК. 22 December 2020.
- 11.Caught with their pants down. The Economist. 23. 2 January 2021.
- 12.Видео ⟩ В Риге прошел антивоенный митинг русскоязычных Латвии. RUS TVNET побывал на мероприятии. Общество. 2022-04-23.
- 13.Самое страшное утро в жизни Россия напала на Украину. Чтобы описать происходящее, не хватает слов. Вот что говорят об этом Земфира, Иван Дорн, Юрий Шевчук и другие. Meduza.
- 14.Виталия Манского объявили в розыск после жалобы Никиты Михалкова. BBC News Русская служба. 2022-09-07.
- 15.Минюст РФ объявил «иностранными агентами» экономиста Сергея Алексашенко, политика Льва Шлосберга и режиссера Виталия Манского. Meduza.
- 16.Propaganda film project backfires on North Korea. CNN World. June 23, 2016.
- 17.Public Broadcasting of Latvia. Interview: Vitaly Mansky on "Under the Sun". 13 April 2016.
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