Larysa Kondracki facts for kids
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Larysa Kondracki
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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| Alma mater | McGill University Columbia University |
| Occupation | producer, director, screenwriter |
Larysa Kondracki is a Canadian producer, director and screenwriter. Her debut feature film, The Whistleblower, was released in 2011 and received nominations for six Genies at the 32nd Genie Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. She has received international accolades for reporting on the stories of victims of trafficking in the former Yugoslavia.
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Life
Kondracki is originally from Toronto, born into a Ukrainian-Canadian family; she studied English literature and theatre at McGill University, graduating in 1999. She later completed a second BA in film directing at Columbia University, graduating in 2001. She also studied at the MFA in film program at Columbia University School of the Arts until 2006.
Based in Los Angeles, Kondracki has written projects for Focus Features, HBO Films, Participant Media, and Showtime Entertainment, among others.
Work
Kondracki directed and produced episodes of many television shows, among them The Walking Dead, Better Call Saul, Rogue, The Americans, and Graceland.
In 2015, Nimbus publishing announced that the film rights for the book Haunted Girl: Esther Cox and the Great Amherst Mystery by Laurie Glenn Norris had been sold to a project led by Kondracki.
In 2018, Kondracki signed a First Look television deal with Amazon. Kondracki directed episodes of the TV series Picnic at Hanging Rock, which involved her in an Australian nationalist debate about direction for the iconic Australian story.
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Notes |
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| 2009 | Viko | Yes | Yes | Short film |
| 2010 | The Whistleblower | Yes | Yes |
Television
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 2015 | The Americans | Season 3, Episode 10: "Stingers" |
| Better Call Saul | 2 episodes | |
| The Walking Dead | Season 5, Episode 11: "The Distance" | |
| Reign | Season 2, Episode 12: "Banished" | |
| 2014–2015 | Halt and Catch Fire | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | The Divide | Season 1, Episode 8: "To Whom Evil Is Done" |
| Graceland | Season 2, Episode 10: "The Head of the Pig" | |
| 2013–2014 | Covert Affairs | 3 episodes |
| Rogue | 6 episodes | |
| 2013 | Copper | 7 episode Also executive producer (13 episodes) |
| 2016 | Gotham | Season 2, Episode 19: "Azrael" |
| 2017 | Legion | Season 1, Episode 4: "Chapter 4" |
| 2018 | Picnic at Hanging Rock | 3 episodes, showrunner |
| 2019 | The Fix | Season 1, Episode 1: "Pilot" |
| 2022 | Power Book IV: Force | Season 1, Episode 1: "A Short Fuse and a Long Term Memory" |
See also
In Spanish: Larysa Kondracki para niños
