Marianna Yarovskaya

Marianna Yarovskaya

Marianna Yarovskaya receiving 2001 Student Academy Award from Kathy Bates
Born Moscow, Russia
Residence Los Angeles, California
Occupation Documentary filmmaker, Film director, researcher
Years active 1993–present
Notable work Greedy Lying Bastards

Marianna Yarovskaya is a Russian-American documentary filmmaker.[1] She was a producer of Greedy Lying Bastards (2012).[2][3][4]

Early life and education

Yarovskaya was born in Moscow, Russia. She obtained a Master of Arts in Journalism/Editing and Publishing from Russia's Moscow State University and later graduated from the USC School of Cinematic Arts[5] with a Master of Fine Arts degree.[6]

Career

In 1998 Yarovskaya directed Undesirables,[7] which won a Student Academy Award,[8] a College Television Award at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation and screened at Cannes. Her documentary film Holy Warriors, a study of soldiers who found religion, has played in 35 countries worldwide.[9]

Since 2000 Yarovskaya has worked for Discovery Channel,[10] National Geographic, History Channel, NASA Ames Research Center, Rocky Mountain Pictures[11] and Greenpeace as producer and Senior Editor. In 2006 she was head of research on An Inconvenient Truth[12] which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[13]

She worked in the research department of the Academy Award-winning films An Inconvenient Truth (2007), Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport (2001), and also on award-winning feature documentaries Countdown to Zero (2010), Samsara (2012), Last Days in Vietnam (2014). She is a recipient of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Bridging Cultures Through Film grant among many others.

In 2014 she directed the film Women of the Gulag with historian Paul Roderick Gregory.[14][15][16][17][18]

Film awards

Published works

References

  1. ↑ "Hoover fellow Paul Gregory and Russian American Filmmaker Marianna Yarovskaya Give Talk on “Filming Women of the Gulag” at the Hoover Institution". Penn Avenue Post, October 29, 2012
  2. ↑ Karnes, Beatrice (19 October 2012). "Four Diverse Films at UNAFF Festival". Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Film review: Greedy, Lying Bastards" Variety.
  4. ↑ "Greedy Lying Bastards: Film Review". Hollywood Reporter, March 7, 2013 by Frank Scheck
  5. ↑ "Winners Announced and Finalists Selected for Student Academy Awards". filmmakers.com
  6. ↑ Kiderna, Inga. "USC Student Films Win Coveted Industry Awards". USC News.
  7. ↑ Loggia, Cynthia (20 December 1999). "Special Slamdance (Fest Sets Slate, Adds Filmmakers' Lounge". Variety. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  8. ↑ Feiwell, Jill (11 June 2001). "Acad toasts 12 with student Oscars, Winners also earn cash prizes". Variety. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  9. ↑ "Film Screenings "Holy Warriors" and "Undesirables"". Stanford University. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  10. ↑ Leonard Mogel (2004). This Business of Broadcasting: A Practical Guide to Jobs & Job Opportunities in the Broadcasting Industry. Leonard Mogel. pp. 277–. ISBN 978-0-8230-7730-4.
  11. ↑ "GOD THE FATHER". Movie Guide.
  12. ↑ "An Inconvenient Truth (2006)". New York TImes. 12 October 2006. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
  13. ↑ "The Doc Every Climate Change Denier Should Be Forced to Watch". Take Part.
  14. ↑ "Filmmaker previews documentary Women of the Gulag at the Hoover Institution". Hoover Institution. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  15. ↑ "WOMEN OF THE GULAG: FROM STALIN TO PUSSY RIOT". Tablet (magazine). Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  16. ↑ "Victims or heroines: GULAG survivors tell their stories on film". Russia Beyond the Headlines. July 29, 2014 Yan Shenkman
  17. ↑ "Yarovskaya and Gregory Screen “Women of the Gulag” in Moscow". Hoover Institution Daily Report. 19 December 2012.
  18. ↑ "Hoover Fellow And Archivist Join Filmmaker In Discussing The Making Of The Documentary Film Women Of The Gulag at Russian International Conference". Hoover Institution Daily Report. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  19. ↑ "Short Takes, October 2001". International Documentary Association. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  20. ↑ "USC Student Films Win Coveted Industry Awards". University of Southern California. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  21. ↑ "Acad honors student filmmakers". Backstage. by Borys Kit | June 12, 2001
  22. ↑ "Aktivity Institutu dokumentárního filmu". Retrieved 7 November 2015.
  23. ↑ Anikó Imre (7 August 2012). A Companion to Eastern European Cinemas. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 54–. ISBN 978-1-118-29435-2.

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