Oksana Grytsenko

Oksana Grytsenko is a Ukrainian playwright and screenwriter. She was born in Kherson Oblast in southern Ukraine and studied at the Kyiv Mohyla University. Don Juan from Zhashkiv is her debut script, written in 2020. It is based on her play with the same name. The film was produced by Kristi Films and received funding from Ukraine's State Film Agency. Grytsenko is a co-founder of Kyiv's Theater of Playwrights. Before starting her artistic career, Grytsenko had worked as a journalist for about 20 years, covering the Russian invasion of Georgia, Ukraine's EuroMaidan Revolution, Russia's annexation of Crimea, and Russia's war against Ukraine. She has worked for Ukrainian and foreign publications, including the Kyiv Post, AFP, the Guardian, Pittsburgh Post-Gazettee, Marie Claire, Ukraine Verstehen, Huck Magazine, Nikkei and the Wall Street Journal.