Lev Omelchenko is an Emmy award winning ATL based director.

Born in Kramatorsk, Ukraine he immigrated with his family to Brooklyn, NY at age 9. As a filmmaker, he is driven by collaborations with cultural and community laborers whose practice is outside of traditional film industry. His film work spans documentary, narrative, experimental and installation often hybridizing the forms to achieve the unique goals of each project.

He is the recipient of the Ford Foundation JustFilms Production Grant (2024), Southern Documentary Fund Production Grant (2023), the Film Impact Georgia Filmmaker Grant (2020), and is a Distinguished Fellow at the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts (2021+2023).

Lev’s work has been screened at the New Orleans Film Festival (LA), Prismatic Ground FF (NYC), Cucalorus Film Festival (NC), Maryland Film Festival (MD), Atlanta FF (GA), Sidewalk FF (AL), Indie Memphis FF (TN), Nitehawk Shorts Festival (NYC), FilmFort Festival (ID), Tacoma FF (WA), Indie Grits FF (SC), Roxbury Int FF (MA), Miami Short FF (FL), Kiyv FF (Ukraine), ArtFields (SC), InterFest Denver (CO), Eyedrum Gallery (GA), Whitespace Gallery (GA), Emory University (GA) and in the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (GA).

Lev is also on the Board of The Bakery Atlanta, which is as a collective of artists, curators, and administrators dedicated to offering alternative models to local creatives and the general public.

Additionally, he is the Curator of Unicorn Gardens Cinema which brings together gems from the film festival circuit and the most talented and experimental filmmakers in the Atlanta film community.

CONTACT: lev@levomel.com