Olga Arlauskas

Olga Algisovna Arlauskas Shimanskaya (born July 18, 1981) is a Russian-Spanish film director.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Arlauskas and the second or maternal family name is Shimanskaya.
Olga Arlauskas
Olga Arlauskas
Born
Olga Algisovna Arlauskas Shimanskaya

(1981-07-18) July 18, 1981
Moscow, Russia
CitizenshipRussia, Spain
EducationUniversity of the Basque Country High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors
Occupationfilm director
SpouseNikita Tikhonov-Rau
Parents

Life and career

Olga Arlauskas was born on July 18, 1981, in Moscow. In 1991 she moved to Spain, where she studied the bachelor's degree (BA) in audiovisual communication at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU).[1]

In 2004 she got a grant from Spanish government to study filmmaking and moved back to Russia. In 2006 she graduated as a documentary filmmaker from VKSR (High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors). Since then she had been working for Channel One Russia, Channel Kultura, Russia Today (Spanish version) and made nearly 20 documentary films in all possible doc genres from intimate doc portraits to prime-time TV-blockbusters.[2]

She has been awarded by mostly all Russian and international Film Festivals for her award-winning project «Labels» (26′, 2011). She is Member of the Russian Documentary Guild.[3]

References
  1. "Olga Arlauskas | ANTIPODE - Sales and Distribution". www.antipode-sales.biz. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  2. s.r.o, Appio Digital. "Olga Arlauskas | DOKweb". dokweb.net. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
  3. "La poética del autismo". El Español (in Spanish). 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
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