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Julia Loktev (born December 12, 1969) is a Russian-American film director and video artist. Loktev was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union (now St. Petersburg, Russia), and immigrated to the United States as a child. She lived in Colorado, where she lived until college. She moved to Montreal to study English and film at McGill University. Description above from the Wikipedia article Julia Loktev, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Julia Loktev is a Russian-American film director, screenwriter, and video artist known for her critically acclaimed feature films and documentaries focusing on human behavior and political landscapes.
She is best known for directing the tense psychological drama Day Night Day Night, the alpine drama The Loneliest Planet, and the sweeping documentary project My Undesirable Friends.
She creates both narrative feature films dealing with subtle psychological tension and immersive documentary projects exploring journalism and political opposition.