Director,
Writer,
Producer
Born in 1981, USSR
 
 
Ella MANZHEEVA
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Элла МАНЖЕЕВА
Ella MANJEEVA
Filmography (extracts)
 
Director
2022 - Geshe Wangyal. With the Blessing of the Three Jewels (Геше Вангьял. С благословением Трёх Драгоценностей) [documentary, 76 mn]
2021 - White Road (Белой дороги!) [fiction, 90 mn]
2015 - The Gulls (Чайки) [fiction, 87 mn]
2009 - Within Her There is a Steppe (Женщина внутри как степь) [fiction, 14 mn]
 
Writer
2022 - Geshe Wangyal. With the Blessing of the Three Jewels (Геше Вангьял. С благословением Трёх Драгоценностей) from Ella MANZHEEVA [documentary, 76 mn]
2021 - White Road (Белой дороги!) from Ella MANZHEEVA [fiction, 90 mn]
2015 - The Gulls (Чайки) from Ella MANZHEEVA [fiction, 87 mn]
2009 - Within Her There is a Steppe (Женщина внутри как степь) from Ella MANZHEEVA [fiction, 14 mn]
 
Producer
2022 - Geshe Wangyal. With the Blessing of the Three Jewels (Геше Вангьял. С благословением Трёх Драгоценностей) from Ella MANZHEEVA [documentary, 76 mn]
 
Site : Kinopoisk

Awards :
White Road :
Special Prize, Russian auteur cinema festival “Winter”, Moscow (Russia), 2023
The Gulls :
Best first film, Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2015
Special Prize, International Human Rights Film Festival, Moscow (Russia), 2015

Biography
Born in Elista, Republic of Kalmykia. Graduated from the St. Petersburg State University of Film and TV, department of sound control men (2005, workshop of G.Frank). Worked as a sound control person in films. In 2007 entered the Postgraduate School of Scriptwriters and Directors, workshop of I.Khotinenko, P. Finn, and V.Fenchenko. The film «Within her, there's a steppe" is her yearly essay.