Yelena Lanskaya
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Yelena Lanskaya is an American film director
, producer
and editor. She is an active member of Directors Guild of America
, the Motion Picture Editors Guild
and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Recently, Yelena has co-produced and edited Russian theatrical musical First Love: It’s The Music! (“Первая Любовь: Вот Такая Музыка!”), produced by Sony
, CTC Media
and Bill Borden and Barry Rosenbush, producers of High School Musical
.
Yelena has directed movies such as The Santa Incident, The Colt
, Hidden Places
, Hybrid
, and Primal Doubt. She also has directed a documentary Making of Dreamkeeper
and a black comedy
Might As Well Live.
The movies she has directed earned numerous awards at film festival
s around the world and in America
. Oscar winning actress Shirley Jones
has been nominated for Emmy Award
s and SAG Awards for starring in Yelena’s film Hidden Places
. Hidden Places
received The CAMIE Award 2007
and the Grace Award of MovieGuide Awards 2007. Writer Stephen Harrigan
has WGA Awards and Humanitas Prize
nominations for The Colt. Her films have been highly acclaimed by critics and press such as The New York Times
. Two of her movies became the 2nd and the 17th most watched telecast
s in the history of the Hallmark Channel
. Her movies are shown in 122 countries in 35 languages.
She is working with companies such as Columbia TriStar/Sony Pictures Entertainment
, ABC
, CBS
, NBC
, TNT, Warner Bros. Pictures, Hallmark Entertainment, Hallmark Hall of Fame
, Lifetime, Sci Fi
, Bill Borden & Barry Rosenbush Entertainment and the independent film
companies.
Yelena has studied film in American Film Institute
Conservatory (AFI). In addition, she has won a participation in a highly prestigious grant program Directing Workshop for Women
at AFI. Before AFI, Lanskaya has been studying in UCLA
, English. In Russia
Lanskaya has graduated from the Academic Music College with a bachelor's degree
in music as a classical pianist. While in college, Lanskaya has performed in a chamber orchestra and has organized a rock band
. At the same time Yelena has been working as a TV journalist reporting about showbiz.
Yelena Lanskaya lives in Los Angeles
and Moscow
.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
, producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and editor. She is an active member of Directors Guild of America
Directors Guild of America
Directors Guild of America is an entertainment labor union which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry...
, the Motion Picture Editors Guild
Motion Picture Editors Guild
The Motion Picture Editors Guild is the guild that represents freelance and staff motion picture film and television editors and other post-production professionals and story analysts throughout the United States...
and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Recently, Yelena has co-produced and edited Russian theatrical musical First Love: It’s The Music! (“Первая Любовь: Вот Такая Музыка!”), produced by Sony
Sony
, commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate measured by revenues....
, CTC Media
CTC Media
CTC Media, Incorporated is a leading media company in Russia. It owns and operates two national free–to–air TV networks in Russia . It also operates two channels in the CIS - Channel 31 in Kazakhstan and a TV company in Uzbekistan...
and Bill Borden and Barry Rosenbush, producers of High School Musical
High School Musical
High School Musical is a 2006 American television film, first in the High School Musical film franchise. Upon its release on January 20, 2006, it became the most successful film that Disney Channel Original Movie ever produced, with a television sequel High School Musical 2 released in 2007 and...
.
Yelena has directed movies such as The Santa Incident, The Colt
The Colt (film)
The Colt is a 2005 television movie made for Hallmark Channel. The film is set during the American Civil War, and is based on the short story by Nobel Prize winner Mikhail Sholokhov.-Plot:...
, Hidden Places
Hidden Places
Hidden Places is a 2006 made for TV movie. It premiered on 28 January 2006 on Hallmark Channel. The film was directed by Yelena Lanskaya. The teleplay was by Robert Tate Miller and was based on the novel by Lynn Austin.- Plot :...
, Hybrid
Hybrid (film)
Hybrid is a 2007 telefilm by Syfy....
, and Primal Doubt. She also has directed a documentary Making of Dreamkeeper
Dreamkeeper
Dreamkeeper is a 2003 film written by John Fusco and directed by Steve Barron. The main plot of the film is the conflict between a Lakota elder and storyteller named Pete Chasing Horse and his Lakota grandson, Shane Chasing Horse...
and a black comedy
Black comedy
A black comedy, or dark comedy, is a comic work that employs black humor or gallows humor. The definition of black humor is problematic; it has been argued that it corresponds to the earlier concept of gallows humor; and that, as humor has been defined since Freud as a comedic act that anesthetizes...
Might As Well Live.
The movies she has directed earned numerous awards at film festival
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
s around the world and in America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Oscar winning actress Shirley Jones
Shirley Jones
Shirley Mae Jones is an American singer and actress of stage, film and television. In her six decades of television, she starred as wholesome characters in a number of well-known musical films, such as Oklahoma! , Carousel , and The Music Man...
has been nominated for Emmy Award
Emmy Award
An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
s and SAG Awards for starring in Yelena’s film Hidden Places
Hidden Places
Hidden Places is a 2006 made for TV movie. It premiered on 28 January 2006 on Hallmark Channel. The film was directed by Yelena Lanskaya. The teleplay was by Robert Tate Miller and was based on the novel by Lynn Austin.- Plot :...
. Hidden Places
Hidden Places
Hidden Places is a 2006 made for TV movie. It premiered on 28 January 2006 on Hallmark Channel. The film was directed by Yelena Lanskaya. The teleplay was by Robert Tate Miller and was based on the novel by Lynn Austin.- Plot :...
received The CAMIE Award 2007
CAMIE Awards
The CAMIE Awards, sometimes known as the CAMIEs, are awards for outstanding, uplifting films emphasizing character and morality. They are awarded annually by CAMIE Awards, Inc.-Overview:...
and the Grace Award of MovieGuide Awards 2007. Writer Stephen Harrigan
Stephen Harrigan
Stephen Harrigan is an American writer, known primarily for his 2000 historical novel The Gates of the Alamo. He was born in Oklahoma City in 1948, grew up in Texas and currently lives in Austin. Harrigan began his career as a journalist, as a staff writer and later senior editor at Texas Monthly...
has WGA Awards and Humanitas Prize
Humanitas Prize
The Humanitas Prize is an award for film and television writing intended to promote human dignity, meaning, and freedom. It began in 1974 with Father Ellwood "Bud" Kieser — also the founder of Paulist Productions — but is generally not seen as specifically directed toward religious...
nominations for The Colt. Her films have been highly acclaimed by critics and press such as The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
. Two of her movies became the 2nd and the 17th most watched telecast
Telecast
Telecast may refer to:*television broadcast*Telecast , a Christian band from the United States...
s in the history of the Hallmark Channel
Hallmark Channel
The Hallmark Channel is a cable television network that broadcasts across the United States. Their programming includes a mix of television movies/miniseries, syndicated series, and lifestyle shows that are appropriate for the whole family...
. Her movies are shown in 122 countries in 35 languages.
She is working with companies such as Columbia TriStar/Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc. is the television and film production/distribution unit of Japanese multinational technology and media conglomerate Sony...
, ABC
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
, CBS
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
, NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
, TNT, Warner Bros. Pictures, Hallmark Entertainment, Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The second longest-running television program in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2011...
, Lifetime, Sci Fi
Syfy
Syfy , formerly known as the Sci-Fi Channel and SCI FI, is an American cable television channel featuring science fiction, supernatural, fantasy, reality, paranormal, wrestling, and horror programming. Launched on September 24, 1992, it is part of the entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal, a...
, Bill Borden & Barry Rosenbush Entertainment and the independent film
Independent film
An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...
companies.
Yelena has studied film in American Film Institute
American Film Institute
The American Film Institute is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act...
Conservatory (AFI). In addition, she has won a participation in a highly prestigious grant program Directing Workshop for Women
Directing workshop for women
-Origins:In the 1970s, though many women acted in major motion pictures, almost none directed them. In 1974, Mathilde Krim, a scientist and Rockefeller Foundation board member, approached the American Film Institute about using her influence with the foundation to help women in film...
at AFI. Before AFI, Lanskaya has been studying in UCLA
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
, English. In Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
Lanskaya has graduated from the Academic Music College with a bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
in music as a classical pianist. While in college, Lanskaya has performed in a chamber orchestra and has organized a rock band
Rock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
. At the same time Yelena has been working as a TV journalist reporting about showbiz.
Yelena Lanskaya lives in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
and Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
.