Vivian Ostrovsky

Known for

Directing

Born

November 17, 1945 (age 80)

Birthplace

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...

Best known work

P.W. – Paintbrushes and Panels

2008

Mansfield K.

1988

Nikita Kino

2003

CORrespondência e REcorDAÇÕES

2013

Ice/Sea

2005

Work and Progress

1999

U.S.S.A.

1985

Movie

1982

Uta Makura (Pillow Poems)

1995

Plunge

Filmography

TBA
Plunge
Director
2026
V.O por F.P
as Self
2025
Elizabeth Bishop: From Brazil with Love
as Narrator (voice), Director, Producer, Director of Photography
2023
Anna Bella Geiger
Director
2021
Son chant
as Self - Narrator (voice), Director
2019
Unsound
Director
2018
Hiatus
as Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Director of Photography
2017
DizzyMess
Director
2016
But Elsewhere Is Always Better
as Self (voice), Director, Writer
2015
Losing the Thread
Director, Sound Editor
2013
CORrespondência e REcorDAÇÕES
as Self - Narrator (voice), Director, Director of Photography, Editor
2011
Wherever Was Never There
Director
2009
Tatitude
Director, Editor, Sound, Director of Photography
2009
The Title Was Shot
Director, Editor, Sound Editor
2008
Don't Ring
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
2008
Fone Fur Follies
Editor, Cinematography, Director, Sound Editor
2008
P.W. – Paintbrushes and Panels
Director, Sound Editor, Editor
2007
Telepattes
Director, Sound Editor, Cinematography, Editor
2005
Ice/Sea
Director, Editor, Sound
2003
Nikita Kino
as Self - Narrator (voice), Writer, Editor, Director, Sound Editor, Director of Photography
2001
Cinexpérimentaux #3: Vivian Ostrovsky
as Herself
1999
Work and Progress
Cinematography, Director, Editor, Sound Editor
1998
Passages
1997
American International Pictures
Editor, Sound, Director
1996
Public Domain
Director, Editor