Vladimir Lert Explained

Vladimir Lert
Birth Date:12 June 1979
Birth Place:Riga, Latvia
Occupation:Film director, screenwriter, film producer
Years Active:2001–present

Vladimir Lert is a Latvian filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer.

Biography

Lert studied direction and acting simultaneously, the former at Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, California, and the latter at the International Actors' School in Los Angeles founded by Alexander Kuznetsov.[1] After completing his studies in 2006, he traveled to Kiev, Ukraine, where he filmed a number of small budget films and participated in the Kiev Film Festival.

Lert began his career in Hollywood as an assistant producer, while also working as an actor in several films. He shot the film "Rejection", released in 2011.[2] [3]

In 2016, he wrote the screenplay for and directed St. Valentine's Night. The script underwent significant improvisation during filming.[4] [5]

Lert's third feature, Tevye's Daughters was released in 2017.[6] The film is based on Sholem Aleichem's Tevye's Daughters (adapted into the musical The Fiddler on the Roof). Lert shot the film partially at the Pyrohiv Outdoor Museum in Ukraine to recreate early Ukrainian country life and folklore. He based the screenplay on Memorial Prayer, a play by Grigori Gorin. The plot centres around Tevye the Dairyman's attempts to secure marriages for his seven daughters. The movie was screened at the Rhode Island International Film Festival.[7]

In 2018, "Tevye's Daughters" was nominated for a Golden Globe in the foreign language film category.[8]

Filmography

As director

As writer

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jackamerican. myspace.com.
  2. Web site: Special BIFFF 2011: The Rejection de Vladimir Lert. phenixweb.info. fr.
  3. Web site: Rejection. cinemafantastique.net. fr.
  4. Web site: Владимир Лерт раскрыл секреты съемок фильма "Ночь святого Валентина". luxlux.net. ru.
  5. Web site: Даша Астафьева о фильме "Ночь святого Валентина": Меня снимали на гинекологическом кресле с мужчиной, которого я вижу впервые. KP. ru.
  6. Web site: Tevye's Daughter. 2021-01-06. Miami Jewish Film Festival. en.
  7. Web site: Rhode Island International Film Festival. Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island. en-US. 2019-08-27.
  8. Web site: Tevye's Daughters (Ukraine). goldenglobes.com.