Gleb Osatinski is an award-winning director and producer whose seven short films have screened at more than hungreed film festivals worldwide. His latest film, Obraza (Resentment), premiered at the 2024 Berlinale (Generation) and went on to win Best Short Film at the Vilnius International Film Festival, the Best Jury Award at the Sarajevo Film Festival (TeenArena), and Best Narrative Short at the Oscar-qualifying Woodstock Film Festival. The film was also broadcast by ARTE in France and Germany.

Osatinski’s previous work has received recognition at numerous international festivals. The House at the Edge of the Galaxy was nominated for the FutureCity Yokohama Award at the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, opened the festival’s CRAFTED FOR LEXUS Screening Awards, and won the Vortex Sci-Fi and Fantasy Award at the Rhode Island International Film Festival and Best Sci-Fi Short at the Garden State Film Festival. The Quantified Self was nominated for Best Narrative Short at the Woodstock Film Festival, received a Programmers Award at the Sidewalk Film Festival and a Runner-Up Award at the Boston Underground Film Festival, and was featured on ARTE’s curated Tracks program in France and Germany. His short Checkmate won the REEL13 contest and aired on PBS, while Father was nominated for the Golden Dragon Award at the Krakow Film Festival in 2020. Outsiders won Best Student Short at both the Paris Film Festival and Moscow Film Festival, as well as Best Drama at the Real Film Festival, and received nominations from the Ashland Film Festival and Maryland Film Festival.

Osatinski is a recipient of the 2020 Katherina Otto-Bernstein Grant from Columbia University and received Fiscal Sponsorship from Gotham (IFP) in 2021 for Obraza (Resentment). In 2021, he was selected as a Lighthouse Selections Talent at the T-Port Market. He graduated from Columbia University School of the Arts in 2022.