Mikhail Khursevich cinematographer

I am a director of photography working between auteur cinema and documentary. I came to film from photography, and since then I have shot in Russia, Belarus, Serbia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Austria and Germany. I am based in Tbilisi.

My camera stays close — to the body, to the breath, to the emotional temperature of a scene — while holding on to atmosphere and space.

I have worked with documentary filmmaker Alexander Rastorguev; with directors Philipp Yuryev, Lyubov Mulmenko, Oksana Bychkova, Zaka Abdrakhmanova, Liubov Lvova and Sergey Taramaev; and with the Austrian duo Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter.

Films I have shot have screened at Venice, Locarno, Busan and Shanghai. The Whaler Boy won the Giornate degli Autori Award at Venice in 2020, and White Snail received the Special Jury Prize at Locarno in 2025.

Selected filmography