Marysia Nikitiuk
Marysia Nikitiuk (Ukranian: Марися Нікітюк; born in 1986; Kyiv) is a Ukrainian film director, screenwriter and fiction writer. She wrote and directed When the Trees Fall (2018) and co-wrote Homeward (2019), both of which have drawn recognition as among the best Ukrainian films. Nikitiuk also directed Lucky Girl (2021) and published a collection of short fiction, The Abyss (2016), which won the Oles Ulianenko International Literary Prize. Nikitiuk was born in 1986. She attended Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv's Institute of Journalism, graduating in 2007. She then earned a master's degree in theater studies at Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University, focusing on Japanese theater.
Known for
DirectingBirthday
January 1, 1986Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
18Place of birth
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kyiv, Ukraine]Also known as
Марися Нікітюк, Марыся Никитюк, Marysya Nikityuk![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/9QfP6Ewl6BjBoSAZ3TJFid5vfcb.jpg)
Cast credits
Crew credits
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/eU0oZzK6CGEfeG3vlDgmBwwhXwK.jpg)
When the Trees Fall
Director, Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/brg4qMLRJqpNf59RgBG2yhoAOm0.jpg)
Homeward
Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/h0SK7OgkfLhig7C4nr2MKVh66n0.jpg)
Rabies
Director, Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/c1QAMD1BKBz5ehSDEXMGSvl4aQW.jpg)
Mandrake
Director, Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/grkK3h2nhfH9ggeTX0dsY44NJBd.jpg)
The Hanged Man
Co-Writer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/9fHnelcyzeU0OleR0fvUECxaUzF.jpg)
Lucky Girl
Director, Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/rg5QEVBGSBIdhKOUKv8YyvHXPHh.jpg)
Fallen Leaves
Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/3qc3pFGCPGce6dbfzWnL6Y0iveZ.jpg)
Laces
Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/gshoSBy63YEyjh90pbKQ4z5Bmd.jpg)
Alcoholic
Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/mpT39Z3mAgvlf6QmGtyec5R7s38.jpg)
In Trees
Director, Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/98eaCPotAG2KiF2pbUqFsLcIari.jpg)
The Hospital
Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/6BtOPuO5ZjiBCiNzHAmyQ4MwGPm.jpg)
Seraphyma
Director, Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/fjPHECHFIyrj5RCZyYTmEoToIO8.jpg)
Pigs
Screenplay![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/8yASRHTahgbCdaDDAEvno9TaWat.jpg)
No Nest
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