Andris Gauja is a Latvian film director and producer currently pursuing professional doctoral studies in film. His work spans both documentary and narrative cinema, consistently engaging with complex and thought provoking subjects.
He directed the documentary **Family Instinct** in 2010, which received an IDFA nomination, a Grand Prix at AFI Docs, and a nomination for the Cinema Eye Honors. In fiction, he directed **The Lesson**, which screened in competition at the Montreal International Film Festival and was selected at Chicago and Bergen International Film Festivals, among others. His 2019 feature **Nothing Can Stop Us Now** earned nine nominations at the Latvian National Film Prize.
Gauja’s recent work focuses on scientific documentary filmmaking. His film **The Art of Looking** premiered at Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival. He is currently developing two feature length science documentaries, *Beautiful Void*, in the financing phase as a co production between Latvia, Estonia and Bulgaria, and *Beautiful Death*, which is in development.
He is also the founder of the Riga based production company Riverbed.
