Alexei Efimovich Uchitel
Alexei Efimowitsch Uschitel ( Russian Алексей Ефимович Учитель ; born August 31, 1951 in Leningrad ) is a Russian film director and producer.
life and work
Alexei Utschitel was born in 1951 to the documentary film director Jefim Utschitel . In 1975 he graduated from the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography and began working for the Leningrad Documentary Film Studio. In 1991 he founded his own film studio called Rok .
He made his debut as a feature film director in 1996 with the film Manija Schiseli ( Мания Жизели , Giselles Wahn), which tells of the life of the dancer Olga Spessiwzewa . His second feature film, Dnewnik jewoscheny ( Дневник его жены , The Diary of His Wife ), was released in 2000 and is about the last years of life of the writer Ivan Bunin . Uchitel received the Russian film award Nika for Dnewnik evoscheny . For his film Progulka (Прогулка, The Walk ), he was awarded the “Special Prize for Outstanding Artistic Achievement” at the Cottbus Film Festival . In 2008 Alexei Utschitel won the main prize for the best film at the same festival with the film Plenny ( Пленный , German title: Captured ).
In spring 2014 Uchitel was one of the signatories of an appeal by cultural workers in the Russian Federation to support President Putin's policies in Ukraine and on the Crimean Peninsula .
In autumn 2017 there were numerous, predominantly religiously motivated protests against Uchitel's film Matilda in Russia , whereupon several cinema chains announced that they would not show the film for security reasons.
Filmography
Feature films
- Мания Жизели (Manija Schiseli, Giselles Wahn ), 1996
- Дневник его жены (Dnewnik jewoscheny, diary of his wife ), 2000
- Прогулка (Progulka, The Walk ), 2003
- Космос как предчувствие (Kosmos kak predtschuwstwije, The Cosmos as Premonition ), 2005
- Пленный (Plenny, Der Gefangene , English title: Captive ), 2008
- Край ( Krai , The Edge ), 2010
- 7 главных желаний (Sem glawnych schelani, 7 main wishes ), 2013
- Восьмёрка (Wosmjorka, Die Eight , English title Break Loose ), 2013
- Матильда ( Mathilde ), 2017
Documentaries
- Сто тысяч «я» (100,000 Is ), 1978
- Пуск. Портрет одного события (The Start. Portrait of an Event), 1978
- Сколько лиц у дискотеки? (Faces of a Discotheque), 1980
- Кто за? Три эпизода на современную тему. (Who's for it? Three episodes on a modern theme.), 1982
- Тебе доверена земля (entrusted to you, earth), 1983
- Акция (action), 1983
- Планета «Наташа» (The Planet Natasha), 1986
- Рок (rock), 1987
- Обводный канал ( Obvodny Canal), 1989
- Елы-палы, или Митьки в Европе (Joly-paly or Die Mitki in Europa), 1990
- Последний герой (The Last Hero), 1992
- Баттерфляй (Butterfly), 1993
- Элита (The Elite), 1997
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the film studio , accessed January 4, 2010.
- ^ Heinz Kersten : Country and City Walks. On freitag.de on November 14, 2003. Last accessed on December 17, 2013.
- ^ Winner of the 18th FilmFestival Cottbus 2008 ( Memento from April 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Official website of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation (Russian) ( Memento from March 11, 2014 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Protests and arrests because of the historical film “Matilda” on time online on September 21, 2017, last accessed on March 20, 2019
Web links
- uchitel.info - Alexei Utschitel's website ( Memento from December 17, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- Programs with Alexei Uchitel from Echo Moskwy
- Alexei Utschitel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Uchitel, Alexei Efimowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Uchitel, Aleksey (English transcription); Учитель, Алексей Ефимович (Russian spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian film director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leningrad |