Biography
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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Crew
Crew Credits
Generation
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2025
The Boundary
Role: Script Supervisor
MOVIE • 2025
Lucky Girl
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2023
Lucky Girl
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2023
No Nest
Role: Script Consultant
MOVIE • 2021
The Hanged Man
Role: Co-Writer
MOVIE • 2021
Homeward
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2019
When the Trees Fall
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2018
When the Trees Fall
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2018
Pigs
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2016
Rabies
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2016
Rabies
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2016
Laces
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2016
Mandrake
Role: Writer
MOVIE • 2015
Mandrake
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2015
The Hospital
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2015
In Trees
Role: Director
MOVIE • 2014
In Trees
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2014
Fallen Leaves
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2014
Alcoholic
Role: Screenplay
MOVIE • 2013