Elena Andreicheva

Elena Andreicheva
Born
Ukraine
EducationImperial College London
Occupationfilm producer
Notable workLearning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)
AwardsAcademy Award Oscar for Best Documentary in a Short Subject (2019)

Elena Andreicheva is a Ukrainian-born producer and filmmaker. She moved to the United Kingdom at the age of 11, and later studied physics at Imperial College London, graduating with a Bachelor of Science and then a Masters in Science Communication. She worked in TV film production beginning in 2006.[1]

She is the producer of the 2019 documentary film Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl), for which she and Carol Dysinger won the (Oscar) Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject at the 92nd Academy Awards.[2][3][4][5] Her Oscar outfit was made sustainably and she related that to her work "dealing with inequality and injustice".[6] She spoke at the Athens Science Festival in 2021 on how documentary film can help people understand science and technology.[1] She was assistant director to Rebecca Marshall on a documentary titled The Forest in Me. The film was shot in Siberia and followed seventy-year old Agafia Lykova, a woman living a two weeks walk away from the nearest person, virtually a recluse from the Stalin era.[7] She also helped fact check for Nick Rosen's book How to Live Off-Grid.[8]

On winning the Oscar, Andreicheva became the first female winner of Ukrainian origin since the country gained independence.[9]

  1. ^ a b "Elena Andreicheva | Science Communication via Documentaries". Athens Science Festival. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  2. ^ Schmidt, Ingrid (February 10, 2020). "Oscars 2020: Stars step out in sustainable looks by Louis Vuitton and Laura Basci". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 10, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Chianne, Breanna (February 9, 2020). "Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl) is the 2020 Oscar Winner for Documentary (Short Subject)". oscar.go.com. Archived from the original on February 17, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  4. ^ Weinberg, Lindsay (February 9, 2020). "Joaquin Phoenix, Kaitlyn Dever Wear Eco-Friendly Outfits to Oscars". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on February 10, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  5. ^ Pedersen, Erik (February 10, 2020). "Oscars: 'Parasite' Wins Best Picture – The Complete Winners List". Deadline. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
  6. ^ Schmidt, Ingrid (February 10, 2020). "Oscars 2020: Stars step out in sustainable looks by Louis Vuitton and Laura Basci". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  7. ^ Headlines, Nick Holdsworth for Russia Beyond the (November 12, 2015). "Stalin, Siberia and salt: Russian recluse's life story made into film". the Guardian. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
  8. ^ Rosen, Nick (2007). How to live off-grid : journeys outside the system. London. p. 357. ISBN 978-1-4464-6388-8. OCLC 973328775.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. ^ Ukrainian-Born Filmmaker Elena Andreicheva on Oscar Win and Life in Ukraine, retrieved February 26, 2022