Valdis Celmiņš
Director of photography: To Be Continued; To Be Continued. Teenhood & Blizzard Of Souls
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Valdis Celmiņš (b. 1982) is a director of photography who seeks emotion in documentary and truth in fiction. He is a six-time recipient of the Latvian National Film Award for Best Cinematography. Valdis studied filmmaking at Ohio University in the United States on a Fulbright scholarship.
At the age of 37, Celmiņš shot his third narrative feature, Blizzard of Souls (2019), directed by Dzintars Dreibergs. The film was nominated for the IMAGO International Award for Best Feature Film Cinematography in 2019, alongside Roger Deakins for 1917.
Directors describe him not only as a cinematographer, but also as a creative co-author. He has collaborated on numerous award-winning films by internationally recognized European directors, including Escape Net (2025), Soviet Jeans (2024, Stanislavs Tokalovs), The Jump (2020, Giedrė Žickytė), Bridges of Time (2018, Audrius Stonys), Liberation Day (2018, Morten Traavik), To Be Continued (2018, Ivars Seleckis), Wonderful Losers: A Different World (2017, Arūnas Matelis), and Cats in Riga (2015, Jon Bang Carlsen).