Mark Kvitko is a Russian film director and writer, who works in the USA. His style tends to avoid overt dramatic gestures, favoring instead subtle shifts in mood, framing, and performance that accumulate meaning over time. He often explores themes of identity, memory, and moral tension, frequently placing characters in emotionally ambiguous situations where internal conflict drives the narrative more than external plot. His directing style is focused on deep psychological issues of characters, their misunderstandings and unspoken internal problems and suffering. The films develop slowly - often through dreams, emotional states. He often prefers restraining storytelling towards ambiguity to deliberate and obvious exposition.