Education
Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre Cinema and Television University
Biography
Serhiy Lysenko is a Ukrainian director and screenwriter. He graduated from the I. Karpenko-Kary National University of Theatre, Film and Television in Kyiv in 2005. He works with both feature films and documentaries.
Since 2014, most of his films have been dedicated to topics of the Russia-Ukraine war, the Maidan (the Revolution of Dignity), civil society, and nature preservation.
During the active phase of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022, Serhiy has joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine and has been working in the combat zone as a military cameraman. He has participated in international film festivals Docudays UA (competition, 2018), IDFA (special event, 2019), Festival de Cannes (Docs-in-Progress, 2021).
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY:
Badaboom (2024, director),
Apache Tribe (2024, director),
If you want to fly, dig (2024, director), Say ‘Ukraine’ (2022, director), Lymans — A Battle for Paradise (2021, director), Our Chaplain (2020, director), Brothers in Arms (2018, director), Encyclopaedia of the Maidan (2015, director), Amosov — A Century (2013, director), Heartbeat (2011, director), Trap (2009, director), Thaw (2008, director)
