| Victor Kossakovsky | |
|---|---|
| Born | Victory Kossakovsky July 19, 1961 Leningrad, Russia |
| Occupation | Film director, Cinematographer, Filmmaker, Documentarian, Editor and Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1978 - present |
Victor Kossakovsky (born 1961 in Leningrad) is a Russian filmmaker. He began his career in motion pictures at the Leningrad studio of Documentaries as assistant cameraman, assistant director and editor in 1978. In many of his films, Kossakovsky plays all of the roles of editor, cinematographer, writer, and director. For example, Hush! was made by him working alone, filming outside his bedroom window in St. Petersburg.[1]. Tishe! (Hush!) was a festival success in 2002.[1]. In 1988 he graduated from the Higher Courses of Film Writers and Directors in Moscow.[2]. 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 Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival 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, and the Dok Leipzig 'Findling' award for Pavel i Lyala.[2]
He has begun his own film production company in St. Petersburg Kossakovsky Film Production, with the objective of creating a cinema of poetics and reality.