Vitaly Mansky

Vitaly Vsevolodovich Mansky Russian Виталий Всеволодович Манский Ukrainian Віталій Всеволодович Манський born 2 December 1963 in Lviv Ukrainian SSR USSR is a film and documentary maker of Jewish Ukrainian origin His films have been screened at film festivals worldwide and he has received over 100 international awards In 2007 he founded the International Festival of Creative Documentary Films Artdocfest In 2014 he emigrated to Latvia He is still being persecuted by Russian authorities for expressing his stance on civil rights Mansky is the president of the IDFF ArtdocfestRiga and a member of the American Film Academy Oscars