
Person
Vivian Ostrovsky
Directing · Born 1945-11-17 · Manhattan, New York, USA
Biography
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”.
Known for

Nikita Kino
Self - Narrator (voice)

Été
1991

Ice/Sea
Director

Portraits / Mirrors
1984

Son chant
Self - Narrator (voice)

Mansfield K.
1988

Carolyn II
Cinematography

Passages
1998

Copacabana Beach
Director

Eat
Director
Filmography
- 2026V.O por F.PSelf
- 2025Elizabeth Bishop: From Brazil with LoveNarrator (voice)
- 2023Anna Bella GeigerDirector
- 2021Son chantSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2019UnsoundDirector
- 2018HiatusSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2017DizzyMessDirector
- 2016But Elsewhere Is Always BetterSelf (voice)
- 2015Losing the ThreadDirector
- 2013CORrespondência e REcorDAÇÕESSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2011Wherever Was Never ThereDirector
- 2009TatitudeDirector
- 2009The Title Was ShotDirector
- 2008Don't RingDirector
- 2008Fone Fur FolliesEditor
- 2008P.W. – Paintbrushes and PanelsDirector
- 2007TelepattesDirector
- 2005Ice/SeaDirector
- 2003Nikita KinoSelf - Narrator (voice)
- 2001Cinexpérimentaux #3: Vivian OstrovskyHerself
- 1999Work and ProgressCinematography
- 1998Passages
- 1997American International PicturesEditor
- 1996Public DomainDirector
- 1995Uta Makura (Pillow Poems)Director
- 1993Kleist
- 1992M.M. in MotionDirector
- 1991Été
- 1988Mansfield K.
- 1988EatDirector
- 1987***Director
- 1985U.S.S.A.Director
- 1984Allers-VenuesDirector
- 1984Laure
- 1984Portraits / Mirrors
- 1983Copacabana BeachDirector
- 1982MovieEditor
- 1980Carolyn IICinematography
- 1980Top Ten Designers in ParisDirector
- —Plunge
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