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.

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).

He is the recipient of the 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 is also the Community Ambassador of The Bakery Atlanta, which is a collective of creative thinkers aligned around social justice principles, environmental concerns, and the belief that art is pivotal to existence. 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