| Elena Andreicheva | |
| Birth Place: | Ukraine |
| Education: | Imperial College London |
| Occupation: | film producer |
| Notable Works: | Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) |
| Awards: | Academy Award Oscar for Best Documentary in a Short Subject (2019) |
Elena Andreicheva is a Ukrainian-born producer and filmmaker. She moved to the United Kingdom at the age of 11, and later studied physics at Imperial College London, graduating with a Bachelor of Science and then a Masters in Science Communication. She worked in TV film production beginning in 2006.[1]
She is the producer of the 2019 documentary film Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl), for which she and Carol Dysinger won the (Oscar) Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 92nd Academy Awards.[2] [3] [4] [5] Her Oscar outfit was made sustainably and she related that to her work "dealing with inequality and injustice".[6] She spoke at the Athens Science Festival in 2021 on how documentary film can help people understand science and technology. She was assistant director to Rebecca Marshall on a documentary titled The Forest in Me. The film was shot in Siberia and followed seventy-year old Agafia Lykova, a woman living a two weeks walk away from the nearest person, virtually a recluse from the Stalin era.[7] She also helped fact check for Nick Rosen's book How to Live Off-Grid.[8]
On winning the Oscar, Andreicheva became the first female winner of Ukrainian origin since the country gained independence.
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | IDA Documentary Award | Best Short Documentary | Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) | [9] | |
| 2020 | BAFTA Award | British Short Film | [10] | ||
| 2020 | Academy Award | Best Documentary (Short Subject) |