Director,
Writer,
Cinematographer,
Production Designer,
Producer
Born in 1960, USSR (Russia)
 
 
Irina URALSKAYA
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Ирина Викторовна УРАЛЬСКАЯ
Irina OURALSKAIA
Filmography (extracts)
 
Director
2024 - Albidum. Istoria utrachennoj kinolenty (Альбидум. История утраченной киноленты) [documentary, 55 mn]
2012 - Good Morning, Mitrovica (Доброе Утро, Митровица!) [documentary, 60 mn]
2010 - Dynasty. A Century-Long Film (Династия. Кино длиною в век) [documentary, 52 mn]
2008 - Her Family and Other Animals (Ее семья и другие животные) [documentary, 32 mn]
 
Writer
2012 - Good Morning, Mitrovica (Доброе Утро, Митровица!) from Irina URALSKAYA [documentary, 60 mn]
2010 - Dynasty. A Century-Long Film (Династия. Кино длиною в век) from Irina URALSKAYA [documentary, 52 mn]
2008 - Her Family and Other Animals (Ее семья и другие животные) from Irina URALSKAYA [documentary, 32 mn]
 
Cinematographer
2025 - Two People in One Life And a Dog (Двое в одной жизни, не считая собаки) from Andrey ZAYTSEV [fiction, 109 mn]
2025 - Amur Cossacks from Tasmania: About Russia with Love (Амурские казаки из тасмании: о россии с любовью) from Sergey GOLOVETSKY [documentary, 39 mn]
2024 - Four Quarters (Четыре четверти) from Yevgeniya TIRDATOVA [fiction, 114 mn]
2024 - Zdes vyzhivyt tolko sarlyki (Здесь выживут только сарлыки) from Svetlana STASENKO [documentary, 67 mn]
2024 - About Donald Trump and the village of Ruslanovka (Про Дональда Трампа и деревню Руслановку) from Svetlana STASENKO [documentary, 60 mn]
2023 - 14+: Continued (14+: Продолжение) from Andrey ZAYTSEV [fiction, 133 mn]
2023 - Whose family the sun will look into (В чью семью заглянет солнце) from Yekaterina GOLOVNYA [documentary, 43 mn]
2022 - Jazz 100 (Джаз 100) from Aleksandr BRYNTSEV [fiction, 114 mn]
2022 - Andrei Sakharov. On the Other Side of the Window... (Андрей Сахаров. По ту сторону окна...) from Dmitry ZAVILGELSKY [documentary, 72 mn]
2021 - These are our dreams (Вот такие наши мечты) from Yekaterina GOLOVNYA [documentary, 52 mn]
2021 - Robber Monastery (Край земли, или жили двенадцать разбойников) from Svetlana STASENKO [documentary, 60 mn]
2020 - A siege diary (Блокадный дневник) from Andrey ZAYTSEV [fiction, 118 mn]
2020 - Igor Butman. Improvisation in Search of Dialogue (Игорь Бутман. Импровизация в поисках диалога) from Aleksandr BRUNKOVSKY [documentary, 67 mn]
2019 - Nashi s Vyatki (Наши с Вятки) from Irina ZVEZDOCHOTOVA [documentary, 42 mn]
2019 - Spitak. Thirty years of solitude (Спитак. Тридцать лет одиночества) from Svetlana STASENKO [documentary, 30 mn]
2019 - About Kira furtively (О Кире украдкой) from Irina VASILYEVA [documentary, 77 mn]
2019 - Magic Rotating Shutter (Магический обтюратор) from Dmitry ZAVILGELSKY [documentary, 44 mn]
2018 - INTO_nation of the Great Odessa (INTO_нация Большой Одессы) from Aleksandr BRUNKOVSKY [documentary, 103 mn]
2018 - Whitnesses of love (Свидетели любви) from Nataliya GUGUYEVA [documentary, 65 mn]
2018 - Empire of ballet (Империя балета) from Dmitry SEMIBRATOV [documentary, TV, 52 mn]
2017 - Golovnya. The age of cinema. (Головня. Век кино) from Yevgeniya GOLOVNYA [documentary, 67 mn]
2017 - The Success of a hopeless case (Успех безнадежного дела) from Irina VASILYEVA [documentary, 52 mn]
2017 - Shamanic lessons for beginnings (Курс молодого шамана) from Svetlana STASENKO [documentary, 73 mn]
2017 - Pobeda nad pobedoï (Победа над победой) from Irina VASILYEVA [documentary, 56 mn]
2016 - Overdrive. Return point (Форсаж. Возвращение) from Nataliya GUGUYEVA [documentary, 104 mn]
2016 - Erzia. The return of the genius (Эрьзя. Возвращение гения) from Andrey NOVOSIOLOV [documentary, 57 mn]
2015 - Watchmen (Хранители) from Evgeniy GOLYNKIN [documentary, 31 mn]
2015 - Your Brother Cain (Брат твой Каин) from Irina VASILYEVA [documentary, 84 mn]
2013 - The gift (Дар) from Sergey KARANDASHOV [fiction, 94 mn]
2013 - Optical axis (Оптическая ось) from Marina RAZBEZHKINA [documentary, 90 mn]
2012 - Good Morning, Mitrovica (Доброе Утро, Митровица!) from Irina URALSKAYA [documentary, 60 mn]
2012 - An Abandoned World or They're Singing Once Again (Заброшенный мир или Опять они поют) from Vladimir KHAUNIN [documentary, 39 mn]
2012 - Anatomiya lyubvi (Анатомия любви) from Natalya KADYROVA [documentary, 57 mn]
2011 - Walks without... (Прогулки без...) from Tatyana SOBOLEVA [documentary, 50 mn]
2010 - Last Dolls' Game (Последняя игра в куклы) from Georgi NEGASHEV [fiction, 90 mn]
2010 - Dynasty. A Century-Long Film (Династия. Кино длиною в век) from Irina URALSKAYA [documentary, 52 mn]
2010 - Triumph (Победа) from Aleksandr KUPRIN [documentary, 56 mn]
2009 - Don't Tell Me Who You Are (Не говори мне, кто ты) from Olesia FOKINA [documentary, 52 mn]
2009 - Vtoroy (Второй) from Irina VASILYEVA [documentary, 29 mn]
2009 - Nurnberg, which never was (Нюрнберг, которого не было) from Igor KHOLODKOV [documentary, 44 mn]
2008 - The Twelfth Summer (Двенадцатое лето) from Pavel FATTAKHUTDINOV [fiction, 80 mn]
2008 - Her Family and Other Animals (Ее семья и другие животные) from Irina URALSKAYA [documentary, 32 mn]
2007 - The Hollow (Яр) from Marina RAZBEZHKINA [fiction, 114 mn]
2007 - No intermission (Без антракта) from Galina DOLMATOVSKAYA [documentary, 66 mn]
2006 - Monday (Понедельник) from Tatyana SKABARD [documentary, 26 mn]
2005 - Holidays (Каникулы) from Marina RAZBEZHKINA [documentary, 52 mn]
2004 - Harvest Time (Время жатвы) from Marina RAZBEZHKINA [fiction, 67 mn]
2004 - Marina Tsvetaeva. Strasti po Marine (Марина Цветаева. Страсти по Марине) from Andrey OSIPOV [documentary, 55 mn]
2003 - Shantytown Blues (Ангел на обочине) from Svetlana STASENKO [fiction, 108 mn]
2002 - Prosto zhizn (Просто жизнь) from Marina RAZBEZHKINA [documentary, 19 mn]
2001 - Andrey Bely.Okhota na angela, ili Chetyre lyubvi poeta i proritsatelya (Андрей Белый. Охота на ангела, или Четыре любви поэта и прорицателя) from Andrey OSIPOV [documentary, 56 mn]
2001 - Afterburner (Форсаж) from Nataliya GUGUYEVA [documentary, 56 mn]
1999 - Lacrimoza (Лакримоза / Lacrimoza) from Tatyana SKABARD [documentary, 28 mn]
1998 - Happy Birthday ! (С днём рождения !) from Larisa SADILOVA [fiction, 69 mn]
 
Production Designer
2019 - Spitak. Thirty years of solitude (Спитак. Тридцать лет одиночества) from Svetlana STASENKO [documentary, 30 mn]
 
Producer
2013 - After the war (После войны) from Evgeniy GOLYNKIN , Veronika SOLOVYEVA [documentary, 39 mn]

Other films
2002 - 1000 С / 1000 С
2005 - Про Сару и Свету / About Sarah and Sveta

Awards :
Albidum. Istoria utrachennoj kinolenty :
Best full-length documentary film, Festival ''Cinema and literature'', Gatchina (Russia), 2025
A siege diary :
Best Cinematography, Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2020
Dynasty. A Century-Long Film :
Diploma, Festival ''Cinema and literature'', Gatchina (Russia), 2011
Harvest Time :
Best Cinematography, "Vyborg" Russian Film Festival ''A Window to Europe'', Vyborg (Russia), 2004
Best Cinematography, Award "White Elephant", Moscow (Russia), 2004

Biography
Born in Moscow.
Finished the department of photo technology at the Moscow Council polytechnic college (1981), department of cinematography at VGIK (1987, workshop of T.Lobova, S.Medynsky, V.Nakhabtsev, M.Shatrov).
Since 1988 works as cinematographer at "Centrnauchf ilm", Russian Central Studio of Documentary Films, "Risk", "Mosfilm", "Lenfilm" and other stu¬ dios.
Worked as cinematographer at more than 80 documentary, popular science and feature films.
 

Commentaries
- An Intellectual’s Revolt against the Sun: Alexander Chayanov and Abram Bragin’s Albidum (1928) Chris MONDAY, 2015, researchgate.net