Born September 3, 1978 and raised in
Moscow, Svetlana "Lana" Parshina moved to the
United States at 21. With multiple
academic degree
An academic degree is a qualification awarded to students upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education, usually at a college or university. These institutions commonly offer degrees at various levels, usually including unde ...
s, Lana Parshina initially worked as a Russian/English/German
interpreter who had worked on projects with
Library of Congress, a freelance
journalist, and a
public relations consultant/crisis manager in
New York City. But, filmmaking was her passion and she left a vibrant career in
crisis management to embrace her dream. In several years, she had produced a number of independent films. ''
Svetlana about Svetlana'', a documentary on
Joseph Stalin's daughter –
Svetlana Alliluyeva
Svetlana Iosifovna Alliluyeva, born Stalina (); ka, სვეტლანა იოსების ასული ალილუევა () (28 February 1926 – 22 November 2011), later known as Lana Peters, was the youngest child and only ...
– was her directorial debut. ''
Svetlana about Svetlana'' is used by many Ivy League Universities, such as Princeton, Yale, Stanford, as an audio-visual supplement to teaching 20th Century history classes. It is distributed in the US/Canada by Icarus Films.
In 2010, Parshina directed "360 Around the World" documentary about a Swiss pilot Riccardo Mortara breaking the world record in circumnavigating the globe aboard a 30-year-old Sabreliner 65.
In 2016, she directed "Singer who Fell" about a 105-year-old student of
Konstantin Stanislavski
Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski ( Alekseyev; russian: Константин Сергеевич Станиславский, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin sʲɪrˈgʲejɪvʲɪtɕ stənʲɪˈslafskʲɪj; 7 August 1938) was a seminal Russian Soviet Fe ...
, who still taught vocals in her Moscow apartment.
References
* Producer/Director's Bio – Cannes Film Festival/March du Films Market – 2007
* IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2474627/
* Itogi magazine N. 11 (613) – http://www.itogi.ru/Paper2008.nsf/Article/Itogi_2008_03_09_00_3628.html
* KinoGeorgia – https://web.archive.org/web/20080420135440/http://www.kinogeorgia.com/women.html
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Russian emigrants to the United States
Tisch School of the Arts alumni
American documentary film producers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)