Ivars Seleckis

Ivars Seleckis

Born 22 September 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.

Director

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1988
Crossroad Street Director
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2018
To Be Continued Director
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2013
Capitalism at Crossroad Street Director
Primadonna on Rollerskates
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2001
Primadonna on Rollerskates Director

Cinematographer

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1988
Crossroad Street Director of Photography
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1982
Short Tutorial on Loving Director of Photography
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1975
Motorcycle Summer Director of Photography
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1963
The Coast Director of Photography

Actor

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2018
Bridges of Time Self
Together Again
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TBA
Together Again Self
Cinema Day
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2014
Cinema Day himself
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2006
Comeback Himself

Crew

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1966
Frescoes of Kuldīga Cinematography
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1990
Zolitūde Cinematography
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1965
The Sentence Is Not Subject to Appeal Cinematography

Writer

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2024
To Be Continued. Teenhood Writer

Producer

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2007
In the Shade of the Oak Tree Producer

Art

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1960
My Riga Assistant Director of Photography