Julia Loktev
Julia Loktev(born December 12, 1969) is a Russian–American film director, screenwriter, andvideo artist.
Early life
[edit]Julia Loktev was born inLeningrad,Soviet Union(nowSt. Petersburg,Russia). She immigrated to the United States as a child and lived inColoradountil leaving for college. She moved toMontrealto study English and film atMcGill University.[1]
Career
[edit]Loktev came acrossTom Bishell's book of short storiesGod Lives in St. Petersburgand read it because she had been born inSt. Petersburg.She decided to adapt the short story Expensive Trips Nowhere into the filmThe Loneliest Planettransporting the setting fromKazakhstantoGeorgia.[2]
Loktev was resident atEyebeamin 2005.[3]
In 2015,Richard Brodycalled her one of the best woman movie directors.[4]
Personal life
[edit]In 1989, when she was 19, her father was severely injured in an automobile accident. The event was the subject of her 1998 documentaryMoment of Impact.[7]
Films
[edit]- Moment of Impact(1998)
- Day Night Day Night(2006)
- The Loneliest Planet(2011)
Art installation
[edit]- Rough House,Brooklyn Museum of Art's "Global Feminisms" show.[8]
References
[edit]- ^"Moments of Impact: A Conversation with Julia Loktev".MUBI.23 July 2019.Retrieved2020-12-26.
- ^Kelsey, Colleen (26 October 2012)."HUMAN, NATURE: JULIA LOKTEV ON THE LONELIEST PLANET".Retrieved1 August2015.
- ^"Julia Loktev | eyebeam.org".eyebeam.org.Retrieved2016-01-27.
- ^Brody, Richard (11 December 2015)."The Best Movies of 2015".The New Yorker.Retrieved12 December2015.
- ^"Fellows: Julia Loktev".John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Archived fromthe originalon August 8, 2014.RetrievedAugust 6,2014.
- ^"PUBLIC LIVES; From a Daughter, Scenes of a Life in Limbo".The New York Times.January 30, 1998.
- ^Smith, D (24 October 2012)."Julia Loktev, The Loneliest Planet".Retrieved1 August2015.
- ^"What Makes Julia Loktev, the Director of a New Movie About a Female Suicide Bomber, Tick".New York Magazine. 4 May 2007.RetrievedMay 13,2007.
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