Oleksandr Fraze-Frazenko (Ukrainian: Олександр Фразе-Фразенко) is a Ukrainian poet, filmmaker, author, photographer, translator, and musician. He is a co-founder of the OFF Laboratory production company. He was born in Lviv, Ukraine. Frazenko is known for his documentaries about Ukrainian artists.
Films
Frazenko's first feature film, Don't lie to me, was presented in 2016 at the Wiz-Art Lviv International Short Film Festival.[1]
He is best known for his feature documentaries about Ukrainian artists, including Chubai (2014), The House on Seven Winds (2015), An Aquarium in the Sea (2016), and The Clay (2016) with poet Julia Musakovska.
George G. Grabowicz, a professor at Harvard University, said of Frazenko's film, An Aquarium in the Sea, "It's not just a documentary." It is also a feature film, which combines a documentary aspect with the artistic vision of the director.
Literature
Frazenko has written several poetry books:
The Story of a Killer (2007),
First. Middle. Last (2008),
Twilight House (2009),
Mass (2010),
The Days of Loss (2014),
The Hole. Short selected (2015),
Nota Tirona (2015).
He is the translator of the first book of poetry by Jim Morrison published in Ukrainian. He also translates English poetry of the Restoration Period, including works of John Wilmot Rochester. Frazenko has written two books that he then adapted into scripts for his films: An Aquarium in the Sea,[2] and The House on Seven Winds,[3] both translated by Olga Gerasymiv and published by Harvard Book Store.
Music
Frazenko plays improvisational music and indie-rock. His discography consists of more than 50 albums.[4] He has collaborated with Yuriy Yaremchuk, Julian Kytasty, Mark Tokar, Olesya Zdorovetska, and others.
