Ivars Seleckis
Directing
Born September 22, 1934
Latvian documentary filmmaker Ivars Seleckis (1934) is one of the founders of the legendary Riga school of poetic documentary film. Seleckis started his career in film in 1958 as assistant cameraman at the Riga Film Studio. In 1966, he graduated from the Moscow Film Institute as a professional cinematographer and made his debut as a documentary director in 1968. A large part of Ivars Seleckis’ filmography belongs to the canon of Latvian film history, including his Crossroad Street (1988), winner of three of the world’s most prestigious documentary awards. Now in his eighties, Seleckis is still busy making new films ‒ despite having received the Lifetime Contribution Award of Lielais Kristaps National Film Festival as he was marking his 80th birthday.
Directed (20)
To Be Continued. Teenhood
2024
The Land
2022
To Be Continued
2018
Over the Roads, Over the River
2014
Capitalism at Crossroad Street
2013
In the Shade of the Oak Tree
2007
Primadonna on Rollerskates
2001
New Times at Crossroad Street
1999
Nāc lejā, bālais mēnes!
1994
Eduard Shevernadze. From Past To Future
1992
Zolitūde
1990
Crossroad Street
1988
Maestro bez frakas
1985
Latvia from a bird's eye view
1985
Sieviete starp diviem romāniem
1984
Wanted: A Man
1983
The Woman Who is Awaited?
1978
Mirror of Thirst
1976
Apcirkņi
1973
The Girls of Valmiera
1970
