Vivian Ostrovsky

Directing·Nov 17, 1945·Manhattan, New York, USA

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Vivian Ostrovsky (born on November 17th 1945 in New York, United States) is an experimental filmmaker and curator. Despite being born in New York, Ostrovsky spent most of her childhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and did her secondary studies there. She then pursued her studies in psychology and film at the Sorbonne University in Paris. She began working for Ciné-Femmes, a group which fought for feminism and its recognition. In 1980, she became a filmmaker and abandoned her career as an activist. She organized a number of festivals, one of them being Jerusalem. Ostrovsky’s films explore the theme of transit and she situates herself after French filmmaker and critic, Yann Beauvais between the “journal film” and the “collage film”.

Film	Credit
V.O por F.P2026 · Self	Self
Elizabeth Bishop: From Brazil with Love2025 · Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Director of Photography	Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Director of Photography
AAnna Bella Geiger2023 · Director	Director
Son chant2021 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director	Self - Narrator (voice), Director
Unsound2019 · Director	Director
Hiatus2018 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Director of Photography	Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Director of Photography
DDizzyMess2017 · Director	Director
But Elsewhere Is Always Better2016 · Self (voice), Director, Writer	Self (voice), Director, Writer
Losing the Thread2015 · Director	Director
CORrespondência e REcorDAÇÕES2013 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Director of Photography	Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Director of Photography
Wherever Was Never There2011 · Director	Director
Tatitude2009 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
The Title Was Shot2009 · Director	Director
DDon't Ring2008 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Director, Writer, Director of Photography
PP.W. – Paintbrushes and Panels2008 · Director	Director
FFone Fur Follies2008 · Director	Director
TTelepattes2007 · Director	Director
Ice/Sea2005 · Director	Director
Nikita Kino2003 · Self - Narrator (voice), Writer, Director, Director of Photography	Self - Narrator (voice), Writer, Director, Director of Photography
Cinexpérimentaux #3: Vivian Ostrovsky2001 · Herself	Herself
Work and Progress1999 · Director	Director
Passages1998 · Actor	Actor
American International Pictures1997 · Director	Director
Public Domain1996 · Director	Director
Uta Makura (Pillow Poems)1995 · Director	Director
Kleist1993 · Actor	Actor
M.M. in Motion1992 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Été1991 · Actor	Actor
Mansfield K.1988 · Actor	Actor
Eat1988 · Director	Director
***1987 · Director	Director
U.S.S.A.1985 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Allers-Venues1984 · Director	Director
Laure1984 · Actor	Actor
Portraits / Mirrors1984 · Actor	Actor
Copacabana Beach1983 · Director	Director
Movie1982 · Director	Director
TTop Ten Designers in Paris1980 · Director	Director
PPlungeActor, Director	Actor, Director