Viktor Kosakovsky is a famous director and documentary filmmaker. He devoted his whole life to the creation and creation of film masterpieces.
Biography of a famous person
Victor Alexandrovich Kosakovsky was born in 1961 in the city of Leningrad. He grew up in a poor family, but the prospect of becoming a famous director never left the boy. Following his dream, Viktor Kosakovsky enters the Leningrad Institute of Film Engineers. In parallel, he gets a job as a technician at a documentary studio.
Director's career
In 1989, Kosakovsky graduated from the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors. In the same year, he met with Boris Galanter and Lev Nikolaev, who became his guides in the world of art. Under their leadership, Kosakovsky makes his debut with the film "Losev", which tells the story of the life of a famous person.
In 2016, Victor received an invitation to become a member of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts.
In 2018, he presents his picture "Watercolor", which became the first film in history in the format of 96 frames per second.
Victor was nominated more than once for prizes, and in 1998 he became the winner of the Nika Prize.
Works created under the guidance of Viktor Kosakovsky
Among the most famous works created by Viktor Alexandrovich, one can distinguish:
- "Losev" - the first picture that appeared on the screens in the late 80s,
- "The other day",
- "White"
- "Wednesday 19.07.61",
- "Paul and Lala",
- "I loved you"
- Hush
- Holy
- "Long live the antipodes."
Achievements and awards of Viktor Kosakovsky
- Victor received his first prize at the "Message to Man" film festival in St. Petersburg for his painting "Belova." It was the Golden Centaur.
- This was followed by an honorary award at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival for the film “Wednesday 07/19/1961”.
- For the same film, the director received the prize of the Fédération internationale de la presse cinématographique in Berlin and the award for the best documentary in Edinburgh. In 1998, there was the "Nika" award for best motion picture in the "Documentary" nomination.
- In 2003, the director receives a prize named after Joris Ivens at the Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam for the movie "Belova".
- In addition, in 2003 he received the Wisselzak Trophy prize and was nominated for the Golden Hugo prize.
- From 2011 to 2012, he won the White Elephant Award and the Riff Environmental Award at the Reykjavik Festival. In 2011, he was nominated for an award for the best documentary film from the European Film Academy for the film Long Live the Antipodes.
