Ivars Seleckis
Known for Directing
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.
Filmography
Bridges of Time
2018
as Self
Over the Roads, Over the River
2014
Director
Message to Man
1989
as Self
New Times at Crossroad Street
1999
Director
The Woman Who is Awaited?
1978
Director
The Land
2022
Director
Wanted: A Man
1983
Director
To Be Continued
2018
Director
Apcirkņi
1973
Director
Mirror of Thirst
1976
Director
The Girls of Valmiera
1970
Director
Zolitūde
1990
Director
Primadonna on Rollerskates
2001
Director
Eduard Shevernadze. From Past To Future
1992
Director
Capitalism at Crossroad Street
2013
Director
Maestro bez frakas
1985
Director
Nāc lejā, bālais mēnes!
1994
Director
To Be Continued. Teenhood
2024
Director
To Be Continued. Teenhood
2024
Writer
In the Shade of the Oak Tree
2007
Director