Yan Vizinberg

Yan Vizinberg leads innovative media projects at Lorem Ipsum Corp., overseeing the company’s creative processes.

Yan is a filmmaker and creative director working across narrative film, documentary, and immersive media. He recently wrote and directed The Unfinished Time: Russia in the ’90s, a ten-part documentary series chronicling the period between the collapse of the Soviet Union and Vladimir Putin’s rise to power.

His latest producing credits include Kristen Stewart’s feature directorial debut, The Chronology of Water, and Kirill Serebrennikov’s The Disappearance of Josef Mengele, adapted from the novel by Olivier Guez. Both films were part of the Official Selection at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.

Yan made his feature directorial debut with Cargo (2011), a drama about human trafficking. The Hollywood Reporter wrote, “The film resonates with thoughtful humanity… and offers a taut storyline and complex characterizations.”

Alongside his film work, Yan has directed and created media installations and immersive environments for museums and cultural institutions. He recently served as creative director of The First Salute: An Untold Story of the American Revolution at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. His institutional work also includes projects for Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York; the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow; and the Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center in Yekaterinburg.

Yan co-founded Lorem Ipsum Corp. in New York with Abigail Honor. He studied at the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology and graduated from Boston University’s Department of Film and Television.