Olga Algisovna Arlauskas Shimanskaya (born 18 July 1981) is a Russian-Spanish film director.
In 1991 she moved to Spain, where she studied the bachelor's degree (BA) in audiovisual communication at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU).
In 2006 she graduated as a documentary filmmaker from VKSR (High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors).
Since then she had been working for Channel One Russia, Channel Kultura, Russia Today (Spanish version) and made nearly 20 documentary films in all possible doc genres from intimate doc portraits to prime-time TV-blockbusters.
[2] She has been awarded by mostly all Russian and international Film Festivals for her award-winning project «Labels» (26′, 2011).