Lev Omelchenko is an Emmy Award Winning film director and cinematographer. He is a Ukrainian-born Brooklyn-raised immigrant and is currently based between ATL and NYC. Utilizing both documentary and narrative forms, Lev’s work focuses on telling stories of joyful militancy in the American South.

His debut feature documentary "A City in the Forest" premiered at Sheffield DocFest 2026 and won the Special Mention Award from the Grand Jury in the International First Feature competition. His previous films have screened across the country at major festivals including New Orleans Film Festival, Indie Memphis and Prismatic Ground. His work has also screened at MIT, Columbia, Emory and Pratt Institute among other higher education institutions.

His work has received support from the Ford Foundation JustFilms, Southern Documentary Fund and Freedom of the Press Foundation. He is a Distinguished Fellow at the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts.

Lev is 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.

CONTACT: lev@levomel.com