Vitaly Mansky

Vitaly Mansky

Directing

December 2, 1963Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]

Vitaly Vsevolodovich Mansky (Russian: Вита́лий Все́володович Ма́нский, Ukrainian: Віталій Всеволодович Манський; born 2 December 1963 in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR) is a film and documentary maker of Jewish Ukrainian origin. His films have been screened at film festivals worldwide and he has received over 100 international awards. In 2007, he founded the International Festival of Creative Documentary Films Artdocfest. In 2014, he emigrated to Latvia. He is still being persecuted by Russian authorities for expressing his stance on civil rights. Mansky is the president of the IDFF Artdocfest/Riga and a member of the American Film Academy (Oscars).

Known for

Under the Sun

Under the Sun

2015

Putin's Witnesses

Putin's Witnesses

2018

Close Relations

Close Relations

2016

Gorbachev. Heaven

Gorbachev. Heaven

2021

Tender's Heat: Wild Wild Beach

Tender's Heat: Wild Wild Beach

2006

Pipeline

Pipeline

2013

Clean Thursday

Clean Thursday

2003

Virginity

Virginity

2008

Anatomy of t.A.T.u.

Anatomy of t.A.T.u.

2003

Mummies

Mummies

2001

Directing42

Time to the Target

Time to the Target

2025

Director

Iron

Iron

2024

Director

Eastern Front

Eastern Front

2023

Director

2020. On Love And Freedom

2020. On Love And Freedom

2023

Director

Gorbachev. Heaven

Gorbachev. Heaven

2021

Director

Putin's Witnesses

Putin's Witnesses

2018

Director

Close Relations

Close Relations

2016

Director

Under the Sun

Under the Sun

2015

Director

Book

Book

2014

Director

Eternal Flame

2013

Director

Pipeline

Pipeline

2013

Director

69

2011

Director

Motherland or Death

Motherland or Death

2011

Director

Iconoscope

Iconoscope

2011

Director

Nikolina Gora. Epilogue

Nikolina Gora. Epilogue

2009

Director

Sunrise/Sunset. Dalai Lama XIV

Sunrise/Sunset. Dalai Lama XIV

2008

Director

Virginity

Virginity

2008

Director

Generation

2006

Director

t.A.T.u. in the Middle Kingdom

t.A.T.u. in the Middle Kingdom

2004

Director

Space. Way Home

Space. Way Home

2004

Director

Gagarin’s Pioneers

Gagarin’s Pioneers

2004

Director

Anatomy of t.A.T.u.

Anatomy of t.A.T.u.

2003

Director

Valentina Leontieva

Valentina Leontieva

2003

Director

Open Kremlin

2002

Director

Broadway. Black Sea

Broadway. Black Sea

2002

Director

Putin. Leap Year

Putin. Leap Year

2001

Director

Yeltsin. Another Life

Yeltsin. Another Life

2001

Director

Gorbachev. After Empire

Gorbachev. After Empire

2001

Director

Vertov Windows

Vertov Windows

2001

Director

Open Up, Police!

Open Up, Police!

2001

Director

Red Tsars. Presidents of Russia

Red Tsars. Presidents of Russia

2001

Director

Russia. The Begining

Russia. The Begining

2000

Director

Private Chronicles: Monologue

Private Chronicles: Monologue

1999

Director

Bliss

Bliss

1995

Director

Cuts of Another War

Cuts of Another War

1993

Director

Lenin's Body

Lenin's Body

1992

Director

Jewish Happiness

Jewish Happiness

1990

Director

Etudes About Love

Etudes About Love

1990

Director

Post

1989

Director

Park of Culture

Park of Culture

1988

Director

Bumerang

1987

Director

Dogs

1987

Director

Writing14

Time to the Target

Time to the Target

2025

Writer

Iron

Iron

2024

Writer

Eastern Front

Eastern Front

2023

Writer

2020. On Love And Freedom

2020. On Love And Freedom

2023

Writer

Gorbachev. Heaven

Gorbachev. Heaven

2021

Writer

Putin's Witnesses

Putin's Witnesses

2018

Writer

Close Relations

Close Relations

2016

Writer

Under the Sun

Under the Sun

2015

Writer, Idea

Pipeline

Pipeline

2013

Idea, Screenplay

Tender's Heat: Wild Wild Beach

Tender's Heat: Wild Wild Beach

2006

Screenplay

Death of the Poet

Death of the Poet

2005

Writer

Vertov Windows

Vertov Windows

2001

Writer

Unknown Putin

Unknown Putin

2000

Screenplay

Lenin's Body

Lenin's Body

1992

Writer

Production10

The Choice

The Choice

2016

Producer

Beyond The Fear

Beyond The Fear

2014

Producer

Alexander Zhurbin: An Attempt at Self-Portrait

Alexander Zhurbin: An Attempt at Self-Portrait

2013

Producer

Pipeline

Pipeline

2013

Producer

Miner's Day

Miner's Day

2010

Producer

Tender's Heat: Wild Wild Beach

Tender's Heat: Wild Wild Beach

2006

Producer

Death of the Poet

Death of the Poet

2005

Producer

Bashlachev. The Flight of Death

Bashlachev. The Flight of Death

2005

Producer

Clean Thursday

Clean Thursday

2003

Producer

Mummies

Mummies

2001

Producer

Creator8

Generation

2006

Creator

t.A.T.u. in the Middle Kingdom

t.A.T.u. in the Middle Kingdom

2004

Creator

T.A.T.U. In Underheaven

T.A.T.U. In Underheaven

2004

Creator

Open Kremlin

2002

Creator

USSR - Canada. More Than Hockey

USSR - Canada. More Than Hockey

2002

Creator

Open Up, Police!

Open Up, Police!

2001

Creator

Red Tsars. Presidents of Russia

Red Tsars. Presidents of Russia

2001

Creator

Russia. The Begining

Russia. The Begining

2000

Creator

Camera6

Time to the Target

Time to the Target

2025

Additional Camera

Iron

Iron

2024

Director of Photography

Putin's Witnesses

Putin's Witnesses

2018

Director of Photography

Anatomy of t.A.T.u.

Anatomy of t.A.T.u.

2003

Director of Photography

Vertov Windows

Vertov Windows

2001

Director of Photography

Private Chronicles: Monologue

Private Chronicles: Monologue

1999

Director of Photography

Acting2

Putin's Witnesses

Putin's Witnesses

2018

Self - Narrator (voice) / (archive footage)

Vertov Windows

Vertov Windows

2001