Ivars Seleckis

DirectingBorn 1934-09-22 (91)

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.

Known For

5.8

Filmography

29 credits

Ivars Seleckis

Known For

Bridges of Time

Comeback

Message to Man

Filmography

To Be Continued. Teenhood

The Land

Bridges of Time

To Be Continued

Over the Roads, Over the River

Capitalism at Crossroad Street

In the Shade of the Oak Tree

Comeback

New Times at Crossroad Street

Message to Man

Crossroad Street

Amber Latvian - 87

Maestro bez frakas

Latvia from a bird's eye view

Sieviete starp diviem romāniem

Short Tutorial on Loving

The Woman Who is Awaited?

In the Shadow of a Sword

Mirror of Thirst

Motorcycle Summer

Horse Play

Your Payday

The Girls of Valmiera

A Catch

Frescoes of Kuldīga

Year in Review

The Coast

The Send-Off

My Riga