- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- November 17, 1945
- Place of Birth
- Manhattan, New York, USA
Vivian Ostrovsky
Vivian Ostrovsky (born on November 17th 1945 in New York, United States) is an experimental filmmaker and curator. Despite being born in New York, Ostrovsky spent most of her childhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and did her secondary studies there. She then pursued her studies in psychology and film at the Sorbonne University in Paris. She began working for Ciné-Femmes, a group which fought for feminism and its recognition. In 1980, she became a filmmaker and abandoned her career as an activist. She organized a number of festivals, one of them being Jerusalem. Ostrovsky’s films explore the theme of transit and she situates herself after French filmmaker and critic, Yann Beauvais between the “journal film” and the “collage film”.
Filmography
movieV.O por F.P
2026 · Self
movieElizabeth Bishop: From Brazil with Love
2025 · Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Anna Bella Geiger
movieAnna Bella Geiger
2023 · Director
movieSon chant
2021 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director
movieUnsound
2019 · Director
movieHiatus
2018 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Director of Photography
DizzyMess
movieDizzyMess
2017 · Director
movieBut Elsewhere Is Always Better
2016 · Self (voice), Director, Writer
movieLosing the Thread
2015 · Director, Sound Editor
movieCORrespondência e REcorDAÇÕES
2013 · Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Director of Photography, Editor
movieWherever Was Never There
2011 · Director
movieTatitude
2009 · Director, Editor, Sound, Director of Photography
movieThe Title Was Shot
2009 · Director, Editor, Sound Editor
Don't Ring
movieDon't Ring
2008 · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Fone Fur Follies
movieFone Fur Follies
2008 · Editor, Cinematography, Director, Sound Editor
P.W. – Paintbrushes and Panels
movieP.W. – Paintbrushes and Panels
2008 · Director, Sound Editor
Telepattes
movieTelepattes
2007 · Director, Sound Editor, Cinematography
movieIce/Sea
2005 · Director, Editor, Sound
movieNikita Kino
2003 · Self - Narrator (voice), Writer, Editor, Director, Sound Editor, Director of Photography
movieCinexpérimentaux #3: Vivian Ostrovsky
2001 · Herself
movieWork and Progress
1999 · Cinematography, Director, Editor, Sound Editor
moviePassages
1998
movieAmerican International Pictures
1997 · Editor, Sound, Director
moviePublic Domain
1996 · Director, Editor
movieUta Makura (Pillow Poems)
1995 · Director
movieKleist
1993
movieM.M. in Motion
1992 · Director, Editor, Sound Editor, Director of Photography
movieÉté
1991
movieMansfield K.
1988
movieEat
1988 · Director, Editor, Sound Editor
movie***
1987 · Director
movieU.S.S.A.
1985 · Director, Sound Editor, Director of Photography
movieAllers-Venues
1984 · Director, Sound Editor
movieLaure
1984
moviePortraits / Mirrors
1984
movieCopacabana Beach
1983 · Director, Editor, Sound Editor
movieMovie
1982 · Editor, Sound Editor, Director
movieCarolyn II
1980 · Cinematography
Top Ten Designers in Paris
movieTop Ten Designers in Paris
1980 · Director
Plunge
moviePlunge
— · , Director