
Biography
Vitaly Vsevolodovich Mansky (Russian: Вита́лий Все́володович Ма́нский, Ukrainian: Віталій Всеволодович Манський; born 2 December 1963 in Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR) is a film and documentary maker of Jewish Ukrainian origin. His films have been screened at film festivals worldwide and he has received over 100 international awards. In 2007, he founded the International Festival of Creative Documentary Films Artdocfest. In 2014, he emigrated to Latvia. He is still being persecuted by Russian authorities for expressing his stance on civil rights. Mansky is the president of the IDFF Artdocfest/Riga and a member of the American Film Academy (Oscars).
Directed 23
2020s
- 2026
Time to the Target
Director
- 2024
Iron
Director
- 2023
Eastern Front
Director
- 2021
Gorbachev. Heaven
Director
2010s
- 2018
- 2016
Close Relations
Director
- 2015
- 2014
Book
Director
- 2013
Pipeline
Director
- 2011
Motherland or Death
Director
Iconoscope
Director
2000s
- 2009
Nikolina Gora. Epilogue
Director
- 2008
Sunrise/Sunset. Dalai Lama XIV
Director
Virginity
Director
- 2004
Space. Way Home
Director
- 2003
Anatomy of t.A.T.u.
Director
Valentina Leontieva
Director
- 2001
Vertov Windows
Director
Red Tsars. Presidents of Russia
Director
1990s
- 1999
Private Chronicles: Monologue
Director
- 1995
Bliss
Director
- 1992
Lenin's Body
Director
- 1990
Jewish Happiness
Director
Wrote 12
2020s
- 2026
Time to the Target
Writer
- 2024
Iron
Writer
- 2023
Eastern Front
Writer
- 2021
Gorbachev. Heaven
Writer
2010s
- 2018
- 2016
Close Relations
Writer
- 2015
- 2013
Pipeline
Idea, Screenplay
2000s
- 2006
Tender's Heat: Wild Wild Beach
Screenplay
- 2001
Vertov Windows
Writer
- 2000
Unknown Putin
Screenplay
1990s
- 1992
Lenin's Body
Writer
Produced 8
2010s
- 2016
The Choice
Producer
- 2014
Beyond The Fear
Producer
- 2013
Pipeline
Producer
- 2010
Miner's Day
Producer
2000s
- 2006
Tender's Heat: Wild Wild Beach
Producer
- 2005
Bashlachev. The Flight of Death
Producer
- 2003
Clean Thursday
Producer
- 2001
Mummies
Producer
Camera 6
2020s
- 2026
Time to the Target
Additional Camera
- 2024
Iron
Director of Photography
2010s
- 2018
2000s
- 2003
Anatomy of t.A.T.u.
Director of Photography
- 2001
Vertov Windows
Director of Photography
1990s
- 1999
Private Chronicles: Monologue
Director of Photography
Created 2
2000s
- 2004
T.A.T.U. In Underheaven
Creator
- 2001
Red Tsars. Presidents of Russia
Creator
Acted in 1
2000s
- 2001
Vertov Windows
Movie