G. Anthony Svatek

Raised in the Austrian Alps, Brooklyn-based filmmaker G. Anthony Svatek crafts films that probe humanity’s fractured relationship with the natural world.

Specialising in documentary and experimental film, Svatek’s work has screened at the New York Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Visions du Réel, DOC NYC, and beyond. His directed work includes Humboldt USA (2026), Testudo Hermanni (2023, sixpackfilm), and Some Thoughts on the Common Toad (2023), narrated by Tilda Swinton. He has also collaborated as editor on Contractions (2024, NYT OpDocs, dir. Lynne Sachs) and as associate producer on Little, Big, and Far (2025, NYFF, dir. Jem Cohen). Working under his production company Kulturfolger Productions, Svatek has directed and produced commissions for BBC World News, New York Magazine, and the New York State Parks Department. He serves on the Advisory Council at UnionDocs in Brooklyn.