Yelena Lanskaya

Who is Yelena Lanskaya?

Yelena Lanskaya is an American film director, producer and editor. She is an active member of Directors Guild of America, the Motion Picture Editors Guild and Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Recently, Yelena has co-produced and edited Russian theatrical musical First Love: It’s The Music!, produced by Sony, CTC Media and Bill Borden and Barry Rosenbush, producers of High School Musical.

Yelena has directed movies such as The Santa Incident, The Colt, Hidden Places, Hybrid, and Primal Doubt. She also has directed a documentary Making of Dreamkeeper and a black comedy Might As Well Live.

The movies she has directed earned numerous awards at film festivals around the world and in America. Oscar winning actress Shirley Jones has been nominated for Emmy Awards and SAG Awards for starring in Yelena’s film Hidden Places. Hidden Places received The CAMIE Award 2007 and the Grace Award of MovieGuide Awards 2007. Writer Stephen Harrigan has WGA Awards and Humanitas Prize nominations for The Colt. Her films have been highly acclaimed by critics and press such as The New York Times. Two of her movies became the 2nd and the 17th most watched telecasts in the history of the Hallmark Channel. Her movies are shown in 122 countries in 35 languages.