Director

Ivars Seleckis

September 22, 1934

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.

Often works with

J
Juris Gornavs
2 titles together
Capitalism at Crossroad Street, New Times at Crossroad Street

Full filmography · 16

To Be Continued. Teenhood
Director and Writer
2024
The Land
Director
2022
To Be Continued
Director
2018
Over the Roads, Over the River
Director
2014
Capitalism at Crossroad Street
Director
2013
In the Shade of the Oak Tree
Director
2007
Primadonna on Rollerskates
Director
2001
New Times at Crossroad Street
Director
1999
Zolitūde
Director
1990
Crossroad Street
Director
1988
Maestro bez frakas
Director
1985
Latvia from a bird's eye view
Director
1985