Ivars Seleckis
Biography
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.
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Movies (36)
To Be Continued. Teenhood
Director (Directing)
2024
The Land
Director (Directing)
2022
Bridges of Time
as Self
2018
To Be Continued
Director (Directing)
2018
Over the Roads, Over the River
Director (Directing)
2014
Capitalism at Crossroad Street
Director (Directing)
2013
In the Shade of the Oak Tree
Producer (Production)
2007
Comeback
as Himself
2006
Primadonna on Rollerskates
Director (Directing)
2001
New Times at Crossroad Street
Director (Directing)
1999
Nāc lejā, bālais mēnes!
Director (Directing)
1994
Eduard Shevernadze. From Past To Future
Director (Directing)
1992
Zolitūde
Director (Directing)
1990
Message to Man
as Himself
1989
Crossroad Street
Director (Directing)
1988
Amber Latvian - 87
Director of Photography (Camera)
1987
Maestro bez frakas
Director (Directing)
1985
Latvia from a bird's eye view
Director (Directing)
1985
Sieviete starp diviem romāniem
Director (Directing)
1984
Wanted: A Man
Director of Photography (Camera)
1983
Short Tutorial on Loving
Director of Photography (Camera)
1982
The Woman Who is Awaited?
Director of Photography (Camera)
1978
In the Shadow of a Sword
Director of Photography (Camera)
1976
Mirror of Thirst
Director (Directing)
1976
Motorcycle Summer
Director of Photography (Camera)
1975
Apcirkņi
Director (Directing)
1973
Horse Play
Director of Photography (Camera)
1973
Your Payday
Director of Photography (Camera)
1971
The Girls of Valmiera
Director (Directing)
1970
A Catch
Director of Photography (Camera)
1969
Sports Review, N. 3
Camera Operator (Camera)
1969
Frescoes of Kuldīga
Cinematography (Crew)
1966
Year in Review
Director of Photography (Camera)
1965
The Coast
Director of Photography (Camera)
1963
The Send-Off
Director of Photography (Camera)
1963
My Riga
Assistant Director of Photography (Art)
1960