Director, Cinematographer, Producer. Professor, UCLA School of Theater, Film & Television. Member of the American Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences. Member of the European Film Academy. Member of the Russian Academy of Television. Has made over 30 documentary films and more than 100 TV programs for Russian, Austrian, French, German and American Television. Selected filmography: Solovky Power (1989); A Taste for Freedom (1990); The House on Arbat Street (1993); The Shattered Mirror (1994); Lucky to Be Born in Russia (1994); This Shaking World (1995); The Children of Ivan Kuzmich (1997); A Poet on the Lower East Side (1998); The Prince Is Back (1999); The Russian Story (2006). Parallel to her career as a filmmaker, Marina Goldovskaya pursued a teaching and academic career. She received a Ph.D. in Fine Arts in the Moscow State Film Institute (1987), taught documentary in Moscow State University, and wrote numerous articles and six books on documentary filmmaking. In the USA, she taught at the University of California in San Diego (UCSD), at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY, and at the California State University in Northridge (Los Angeles). She has conducted numerous workshops and film seminars in Russia, Switzerland, Austria, France and the USA.
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