Ivars Seleckis

Biography

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.

Directed

1. Crossroad Street (1988) — Director
2. To Be Continued (2018) — Director
3. New Times at Crossroad Street (1999) — Director
4. Primadonna on Rollerskates (2001) — Director
5. Capitalism at Crossroad Street (2013) — Director
6. The Woman Who is Awaited? (1978) — Director
7. The Girls of Valmiera (1970) — Director
8. Zolitūde (1990) — Director
9. Sieviete starp diviem romāniem (1984) — Director
10. The Land (2022) — Director
11. To Be Continued. Teenhood (2024) — Director
12. Mirror of Thirst (1976) — Director
13. Apcirkņi (1973) — Director
14. Nāc lejā, bālais mēnes! (1994) — Director
15. In the Shade of the Oak Tree (2007) — Director
16. Maestro bez frakas (1985) — Director
17. Wanted: A Man (1983) — Director
18. Over the Roads, Over the River (2014) — Director
19. Latvia from a bird's eye view (1985) — Director
20. Eduard Shevernadze. From Past To Future (1992) — Director
21. Mūsu Tālis (1986) — Director
22. Gājiens ar krokodilu (1995) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Bridges of Time (2018) — Self
2. Comeback (2006) — Himself
3. Message to Man (1989) — Self
4. Together Again — Self
5. Cinema Day (2014) — himself