Oleg Bazylewicz

writer, screenplay writer, artist, manager of creative projects, language specialist

Nov. 6, 1964, lives in Kyiv, Ukraine

olgbzl@gmail.com   +380 95 4630250

Languages: English С1-С2, Polish С1-С2, Spanish В2, Bulgarian В2, Czech В1, Russian C2, Ukrainian native
Work experience
Since 24.02. 2022 - at war, in the Ukrainian army, the deputy battery commander
2022 - founder of a new style of genre painting (using soil, clay, and ashes) 
2011 - co-founder of a new style in Contemporary Art
Since 2010:  Screenplay writer, writer, artistic director of various film and media projects,
translator, interpreter, graphic and presentation designer, artist
1997-2009:  Project manager in the plastic processing and recycling industry
1993-1997:  Representative for Dow Chemical Company (USA) (plastics and polyurethanes, country and CIS regional rep.)
1986-1993:  Research specialist at the Institute of Geography (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. 
Ph.D. in Economic Geography and Environmental Protection); 1991 - UNESCO Man and Biosphere Research Award on Sustainability and Land Use1988-1991 Post-Graduate, Institute of Geography (Academy of Sciences of Ukraine)

Selected filmography

Parateichion (a medieval history drama feature film screenplay), 110 min. Pre-production completed, currently pitching. Director: S. Sotnychenko, Producer: T. Suchkova. Role: screenplay writer, history and geography consultant, artist, and project presenter.


Parateichion - the True Story of Nestor-Iskander (investigative documentary film, medieval history), 50 min. Produced and screened in 2019 (supported by UCF). Director and Producer: T. Suchkova. Role: screenplay writer, history and geography consultant, artist, project presenter. Acting: Nestor-Iskander (main character).

Bovsuny Grannies (a feature documentary film about Ukrainian folk singing, 45 min). Produced and screened in 2019. Director and Producer: T. Suchkova. Role: Screenplay writer.



Hawa is a feature film screenplay. It is a story about A girl who died in Auschwitz in 1940 returns to her hometown Tarnów (Poland) as a ghost. She makes friends with a refugee boy who nearly escaped death and fled a Russian-occupied territory of Ukraine in 2022. This strange friendship results in a recovery of the girl's family treasure hidden a long time ago from the Nazis. Links to the pitch decks in English, Polish, and Ukrainian are here.

Oroboro Island (a sci-fi, TV series, 10 x 45 min, 1 full season). Full screenplay completed in 2019, currently pitching. Role: screenplay writer, artist, project presenter.


Airborne Mooring (feature film project - mash-genre, female-led, thriller-comedy-catastrophe spotlighting a young stewardess on her first flight who handles both her own frustration and many critical situations on board while the plane survives ditching on a river in a big city

The Homing Pigeon is a one-character-driven, female-led crime-mystery story set in limited locations. In this feature script, a young flight attendant finds out that she can see ghosts. Though frustrated, she collects herself and uses her newfound ability to expose the substantial criminal network of drug traffickers operating just under the noses of the local police.

The Hetman's Heritage (investigative documentary film project about the historical and state-building heritage of the Hetmanate and the family of Skoropadsky - the legacy which is still important for modern Ukraine. In production. Director and Producer: T.Suchkova. Role: screenplay writer, history consultant


Emelin is a short mystic female-led story about a young stewardess who talks to a friendly lady by the aft galley during the flight. It does reveal that the lady is a ghost as her body is in the coffin in the cargo section and her husband is in the cabin taking her body home for the funeral. 

Josephine is a female-led limited-location story written in a TV format that can be filmed as a one-hour or half-hour series. No stunts, no special effects. Just a gripping story of crime, mystery, suspense, solving a murder, dirty corporate business, drama, escape, and a little bit of woo-doo. Enough for a good potential for a full season. The main heroine - a young, nice, and clever woman of Haitian origin can attract a lot of attention and sympathy. Broad international audiences are targeted as the basic agenda is indeed international and up-to-date.

Dudu & Lala (music documentary film) about ethno-cultural musical synthesis, which is Ukrainian-Georgian ethno-fusion presented by this very special international duo. In production. Director and Producer: T.Suchkova. Role: screenplay writer, and art consultant.

Kyiv Fortified Region: Recent History of Defense  (a documentary film about the old concrete WWII fortifications used again in 2022 to protect Kyiv against the Russian invasion. Producer: T.Suchkova. Role: screenplay writer.   

The Qartlar (feature documentary film about the history of Crimean Tatar people as seen through the eyes of the elderly people recalling the events they witnessed). 60 min. Produced and screened in 2019. Director and Producer: T.Suchkova. Role: screenplay writer, history consultant.

The Palestinian Day Book (investigative and reporting documentary series about modern day life of Palestine, presenting an unbiased and realistic view). 6x15 min. Produced in 2020-2021.  Director and Producer: T.Suchkova. Role: screenplay writer, history consultant.

The Nonexistent Ones (investigative documentary about the volunteers who help homeless people in Kyiv). 30 min. Produced in 2021. Director and Producer: T.Suchkova. Role: screenplay writer.

30 years of independence (a fundamental analytic documentary TV series about the modern history of Ukraine). 8x50 min. Produced in 2015-2021. Director and Producer: T.Suchkova. Role: screenplay writer, interviewer, history consultant

Respecting The Mystery (TV show, 35 films x 20 min, presenting the basics of Islam teaching and tradition to non-Islamic audiences). Produced and screened in 2014-2016. Director and Producer: T.Suchkova. Role: screenplay writer, interviewer, stand-up presenter, host, history consultant

The 3d World War (a fundamental documentary cycle investigating the the history and future of the wrold-scae global conflicts). 3 films x 60 min. Produced and screened in 2015-2016. Director and Producer: T.Suchkova. Role: screenplay writer, interviewer, history consultant

The Cornerstones (a fundamental documentary cycle investigating the key concepts and core values of human existence: Life, Death, Birth, Soul, Family Tree, etc. and presenting both religios and scientific prospective). 11 films x 50 min. Produced and screened in 2015-2018. Director and Producer: T.Suchkova. Role: screenplay writer, interviewer, history consultant

Qirim. The Right for the Motherland (a cycle of historic documentaries about Crimean Tatars). 3 films x 50 min. Produced in 2018, still in post-production. Director and Producer: T.Suchkova. Role: screenplay writer, history consultant 

The Sectet of the King's Immortality (feature documentary film presenting the history of chess). 50 min. Developemtn and pitching. Director and Producer: T.Suchkova. Role: screenplay writer, history consultant

The Gothic Heritage (doicumentary film presenting the heritage of the Goths and their role in the history of Ukraine). 50 min. Development and pitching. Director and Producer: T.Suchkova. Role: screenplay writer, history consultant, stand-up presenter, interviewer

Ucrania Incognita (a cycle of documentary film presenting little known but still important parts of the historical, cultural and natural heritage of Ukraine). 20 films x 30 min. Developemtn and pitching. Role: screenplay writer, stand-up presenter, art supervisor, interviewer, history consultant

I Live Here (a social drama &comedy feature film about the the immigrants who moved from the Middle East to Ukraine in the late 80-ies). Screenplay finished in 2016, the project is in developemnt.

The Miracle of Ivanivka (a sport and social drama & comedy feature film about an imaginary football team from a peripherial town). Screenplay finished in 2018, the project is in developemnt.

Other film projects: I love Shodnica and Trusjan Weiss - Truskawiec (documentary films about the history and future of water treatment resorts of the Carpathians); The Opera (about the opera theatre in Lviv, Ukraine); Maidan - Unveiling (investigative documentary about the beginning of the Ukrainian Revolution in 2013); Yuzivka-Stalino-Donetsk - The Time Machine (about the history of Donetsk city), etc. - screenplay writer, art director, graphic designer, history consultant (for some projects - also a music composer)

Contacts:  tel. +380 95 4630250,   e-mail: olgbzl@gmail.com