Vladimir Lert

Vladimir Lert is a Latvian filmmaker, screenwriter, art director and producer who has worked in Ukraine and is currently based in the United States.

Vladimir Lert
Born (1979-06-12) June 12, 1979
Riga, Latvia, USSR
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, film producer
Years active2001–present
AwardsBest feature film - first prise at RI Film Festival (2019)

Biography

Lert studied direction and acting simultaneously, the former at Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, California and the latter at the International Actors’ School in Los Angeles founded by Alexander Kuznetsov.[1] After completing his studies in 2006, he traveled to Kiev, Ukraine, where he filmed a number of small budget films and participated in the Kiev Film Festival.

Lert began his career in Hollywood as an assistant producer, while also working as an alternate actor in several films. He shot the film "Rejection", released in 2011.[2][3]

In 2016, he wrote the screenplay for and directed St. Valentine's Night. The script underwent significant improvisation all through the filming.[4][5]

Lert's third feature, Tevye's Daughters was released in 2017.[6] The film is based on Sholem Aleichem's Tevye's Daughters, most noted for being adapted into the musical The Fiddler on the Roof. Lert shot the film partially at the Pyrohiv Outdoor Museum in Ukraine, to recreate early Ukrainian country life and folklore. He based the screenplay on Memorial Prayer, a play by Grigori Gorin. The plot centres around Tevye the Dairyman's attempts to secure marriages for his seven daughters. The movie was screened at the Rhode Island International Film Festival.[7] Won Best feature film - first prise.

In 2018, "Tevye's Daughters" was nominated for a Golden Globe in the foreign language film category.[8]

Filmography

As director
  • 2009 – Rejection
  • 2013 – Captive
  • 2016 – St. Valentine's night
  • 2017 – Tevye's Daughters

As writer
  • 2009 – Rejection
  • 2013 – Captive
  • 2017 – Tevye's Daughters

References
  1. "Jackamerican". myspace.com.
  2. "Special BIFFF 2011: The Rejection de Vladimir Lert" (in French). phenixweb.info.
  3. "Rejection" (in French). cinemafantastique.net.
  4. "Владимир Лерт раскрыл секреты съемок фильма "Ночь святого Валентина"" (in Russian). luxlux.net.
  5. "Даша Астафьева о фильме "Ночь святого Валентина": Меня снимали на гинекологическом кресле с мужчиной, которого я вижу впервые". KP (in Russian).
  6. "Tevye's Daughter". Miami Jewish Film Festival. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
  7. "Rhode Island International Film Festival". Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
  8. "Tevye's Daughters (Ukraine)". goldenglobes.com.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.