---
name: "Larysa Kondracki"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/larysa-kondracki"
fi1m_id: "larysa-kondracki"
imdb_id: "nm2326979"
tmdb_id: 562918
wikidata_id: "Q6491988"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "14 September 1976"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "director"
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-09-17T18:28:03.995389+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Larysa Kondracki

## Identity

Larysa Kondracki

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/larysa-kondracki
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** larysa-kondracki
- **IMDb ID:** nm2326979
- **TMDB ID:** 562918
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6491988
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larysa_Kondracki, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6491988, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2326979/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/562918

Director. Born 14 September 1976 in Toronto, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 14 September 1976, Toronto, Canada
- **Active:** 2010–2017
- **Frequently works with:** [Daniel Sackheim](https://film.one/person/daniel-sackheim.md), [Alison Tatlock](https://film.one/person/alison-tatlock.md), [Andrew Stanton](https://film.one/person/andrew-stanton.md), [Angelina Burnett](https://film.one/person/angelina-burnett.md), [Bronwen Hughes](https://film.one/person/bronwen-hughes.md), [Daisy von Scherler Mayer](https://film.one/person/daisy-von-scherler-mayer.md), [Dan Attias](https://film.one/person/dan-attias.md), [Gwyneth Horder-Payton](https://film.one/person/gwyneth-horder-payton.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as director, over 5 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 77 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Action & Adventure 2, Crime 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larysa_Kondracki, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6491988, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2326979/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/562918

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Americans*](https://film.one/tv/the-americans.md) (91), [*Legion*](https://film.one/tv/legion.md) (77)
- **Netflix:** [*Better Call Saul*](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md) (84), [*The Walking Dead*](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md) (68)
- **AMC+:** [*Halt and Catch Fire*](https://film.one/tv/halt-and-catch-fire.md) (84)

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## Fi1m on Larysa Kondracki

> Larysa Kondracki is good at giving tense stories room to develop. We rate the patient visual control of her television work, with a reservation about the familiar thriller plotting that makes her feature debut less convincing.

The opening of *Fifi*, an episode of *Better Call Saul* (2015), lets a long, fluid shot hold our attention. We were absorbed by it, because the camera’s sustained movement gives us time to look closely. Kondracki’s control of composition is the attraction here, and a good reason to seek out her directing work. She can give a sequence visual distinction without needing to hurry it along. That patience fits a series whose pleasures often depend on waiting.

Her short *Viko* (2009) established an interest in sex-trafficking stories that continued into her feature debut, *The Whistleblower* (2010). On the latter, co-written with Eilis Kirwan, she approaches institutional complicity through a character-driven thriller. The committed ensemble performances make sense of that choice, giving a difficult subject people to care about. The plotting is less persuasive when it falls back on familiar thriller conventions. It is a useful starting point for understanding her interest in complicated behaviour, but not our first recommendation.

From 2012, episodic television became the main part of her work. *Better Call Saul* is the strongest recommendation we can make here, though it is important to be clear about what belongs to whom. We praised Bob Odenkirk’s funny, aggravating Jimmy McGill, the performances and the precise comic timing; those are shared achievements under showrunners Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. Kondracki’s contribution is easier to identify in the visual assurance of *Fifi*. The series takes time to get started, but this is directing that makes sustained attention feel worthwhile.

*Picnic at Hanging Rock* (2018) gave her responsibility as both director and showrunner, with a whole miniseries to keep coherent. Her concern with composition sits alongside the less conspicuous work of holding tone and story together across episodes. That gives us more to consider than how well she fits into an established programme. Start with her *Better Call Saul* work for the clearest demonstration of what she can do with a camera.

## Biography

Larysa Kondracki is a Canadian director, producer and screenwriter. Born in Toronto, she studied English literature and theatre at McGill University before completing an MFA in film directing at Columbia University.

Her debut feature, *The Whistleblower* (2010), for which she also wrote the screenplay, received six Genie Award nominations including for Best Picture and Best Director. She has directed episodes of numerous television series, including *Better Call Saul* (two episodes), *The Walking Dead*, *The Americans*, *Halt and Catch Fire*, *Gotham* and *Legion*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *Legion* (2017), Fi1m 77, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/legion.md)
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)
- *Halt and Catch Fire* (2014), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/halt-and-catch-fire.md)
- *The Americans* (2013), Fi1m 91, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-americans.md)
- *The Walking Dead* (2010), Fi1m 68, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy* (2025), series, Director
- *Power Book IV: Force* (2022), series, Director
- *The Fix* (2019), series, Director
- *Picnic at Hanging Rock* (2018), series, Director
- *Legion* (2017), series, Director — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/legion.md)
- *Heroes Reborn* (2015), series, Director
- *Better Call Saul* (2015), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/better-call-saul.md)
- *Gotham* (2014), series, Director
- *Halt and Catch Fire* (2014), series, Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/halt-and-catch-fire.md)
- *Reign* (2013), series, Director
- *Graceland* (2013), series, Director
- *The Americans* (2013), series, Director — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-americans.md)
- *The Walking Dead* (2010), series, Director — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md)
- *The Whistleblower* (2010), Writer, Director
- *Covert Affairs* (2010), series, Director
- *Viko* (2009), Writer, Director
- *Bella*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Larysa Kondracki](https://film.one/media/person/151164/gallery-687813cda228.jpg) Larysa Kondracki — MiamiFilmFestival, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Director_Larysa_Kondracki.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Larysa Kondracki is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. Her debut feature film, The Whistleblower, was released in 2011 and received nominations for six  (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/151164/gallery-b97c57b5bce9.jpg) Larysa Kondracki is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. Her debut feature film, The Whistleblower, was released in 2011 and received nominations for six  (2018) — CC, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Larysa_Kondracki.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Canadian film director Larysa Kondracki speaking at the Seattle International Film Festival, Seattle, Washington. (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/151164/gallery-bfcec73fd6e5.jpg) Canadian film director Larysa Kondracki speaking at the Seattle International Film Festival, Seattle, Washington. (2011) — Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Larysa_Kondracki_01.jpg/1280px-Larysa_Kondracki_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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