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Julia Loktev (born December 12, 1969) is a Russian-American film director and video artist. She was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union (now St. Petersburg, Russia).
Early life
Julia immigrated to the United States with her family at the age of 9.
Loktev attended McGill University in Montreal and received an MFA in film from New York University.
Career
Loktev came across Tom Bishell's book of short stories God Lives in St. Petersburg and read it because she had been born in St. Petersburg. She decided to adapt the short story Expensive Trips Nowhere into the film The Loneliest Planet transporting the setting from Kazakhstan to Georgia.
Loktev was resident at Eyebeam in 2005.
In 2015, Richard Brody called her one of the best woman movie directors.
Personal
Loktev is Jewish.
In 1989, when she was 19, her father was severely injured in an automobile accident. The event was the subject of her 1998 documentary Moment of Impact.
Films
- The Loneliest Planet (2011)
- Day Night Day Night (2006)
- Moment of Impact (1998)
Art installation
- Rough House, Brooklyn Museum of Art's "Global Feminisms" show.