Biography

Dimitri Lurie, born 1970 in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), USSR (Russian Federation)

Education: State Fine Art Academy, Oslo, Norway. Religion & Philosophy Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia State Technical University, St. Petersburg.

Dimitri Lurie is a representative of the independent film community of Russia and Norway and has a special poetic voice. His credo is to concentrate on the visual aspect and atmosphere in film rather than storytelling.

In 1994 Lurie founded an independent studio DodoFilm Company in St. Petersburg. Since then he has produced (written, directed, shot and edited) a number of short, documentary & experimental films along with various art projects. In 1999, Dimitri was invited to teach film in Norway and the company was relocated in Oslo. Lurie's film & video work were shown at various TV channels, film festivals and art exhibitions worldwide and have collected numerous awards.

Filmography (selected films):

2015 "Hermit" 2012 "Refraction" 2010 "A Sense of a Maze" 2009 "Samsara-Vertigo" 2007 "Theatre of Tears" 2007 "Flashes of Persia" 2006 "Hat of Fools" 2005 "Lisa and Hitler" 2004 "Black on White" 2001 "Split" 2000 "Aftertaste" 1998 "Looking for Margarita" 1996 "Emptiness"

Selected Film Festivals participated:

Lisboa IFF", Portugal Video art festival "Miden", Kalamata, Greece. Open Cinema, St. Petersburg, Russia. MediaMed, Barcelona, Spain. World Film, Tartu, Estonia. JIDFF, Czech Republic. Minimalen, Trondheim, Norway. Kortfilmfestivalen, Grimstad, Norway. Art Film Festival, AFIA, Aarhus, Denmark. Pure Day Dreams, St. Petersburg, Russia. Bergen International Film Festival, Norway. Kinoteatr.doc, Moscow, Russia. Scratch Show, Light Cone, Paris, France. Capalbio Cinema, Rome, Italy. Monte Catino Terme, Italy. Black Box, Leningrad, USSR.

Lurie's works can are to be found in various film & video archives and museums of contemporary art:

Light Cone - experimental film archive in Paris, The Norway's Videokunstarkivet, Cyland' Video Art archive St. Petersburg, SKMU Kristiansand, Norway.

Dimitri lives and works part time in Oslo (Norway) and part time in St. Petersburg (Russia)
- IMDb mini biography by: Bento Spinoza