Andrei Petrovich Svyagintsev
Andrei Petrovich Svjagintsev (better known under the international spelling Andrey Petrovich Zvyagintsev, Russian Андрей Петрович Звягинцев ; born February 6, 1964 in Novosibirsk ) is a Russian film director .
Life
Svyagintsev graduated from the Drama Academy in his hometown of Novosibirsk. After graduating in 1984, he gained his first stage experience at local theaters. In 1986 he moved to Moscow, where he completed his training at the State Institute for Theater Arts . From 1990 onwards, in addition to working as a theater actor, first engagements as a supporting actor in television and cinema films followed.
In 2000 he switched to Ren TV because he was given the opportunity to work as a director. His directorial work in three episodes of the series The Black Room (Russian: Черная комната) convinced and Swjagintsev was able to realize his first feature film in 2003. The low-budget film The Return (Russian: Возвращение) won the Golden Lion and the Lion of the Future - Luigi De Laurentiis Award for a Debut Film for the festival's best debut film at the 2003 Venice Film Festival.
In 2007, Svyagintsev was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 60th Cannes International Film Festival with his film The Banishment (Russian: Изгнание), a free adaptation of The Laughing Matter by William Saroyan .
In 2009 he worked as a director in the episode film New York, I Love You . His short film Apocrypha was not part of the finished theatrical version, but is included in the bonus material on the accompanying DVD. For his third film Jelena (Russian: Елена) Svyaginzew received the special prize of the jury at the 2011 Cannes International Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard competition .
The film Leviathan (Russian: Левиафан) was shown in the competition for the Golden Palm in Cannes in 2014 , and Svyagintsev won the award for best screenplay together with his co-writer Oleg Negin. Leviathan represents Russia at the 87th Academy Awards 2015 in the category of Best Foreign Language Film.
In 2017, Svyagintsev received another invitation to the Cannes Film Festival for Loveless . The focus of the film is a Russian couple (played by Maryana Spivak and Alexey Rozin) who are getting divorced and selling their apartment when their twelve-year-old son suddenly disappears without a trace. Svyaginzew was awarded the jury's prize for the film and received the ARRI / Osram Award for the best foreign film at the Munich Film Festival 2017 . The following year, Loveless was nominated as the official Russian contribution to the 2018 Academy Awards and the 2018 Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film .
In 2018 he was appointed to the competition jury of the 71st Cannes Film Festival .
Filmography
- 2003: The Return (Russian: Возвращение)
- 2007: The Banishment (Russian: Изгнание, English: The Banishment)
- 2009: Apocrypha (short film)
- 2011: Jelena (Russian: Елена)
- 2011: Tayna (short film; Russian: Тайна, English: Mystery)
- 2014: Leviathan (Russian: Левиафан, English: Leviathan)
- 2017: Loveless (Russian: Нелюбовь, English: Loveless)
Awards (selection)
Chicago International Film Festival
Cottbus Film Festival of Young East European Cinema
Durban International Film Festival
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Cannes International Film Festival
Venice International Film Festival
Locarno International Film Festival
Palm Springs International Film Festival
São Paulo International Film Festival
Tromsø Internasjonale Film Festival
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literature
- "Absolutely Russian". The director Andrei Svyagintsev on his celebrated film "Leviathan", Russia as a country that makes people dwarf - and a young, hand-embroidered Putin. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, March 12, 2015, p. 12. (Interview by Sonja Zekri )
Web links
- Andrey Zvyagintsev in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Svyagintsev on the website of the Russian State University of the Humanities ( Memento of July 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Julian Graffy: As sounding brass - Film of the Month: The Banishment. In: Sight & Sound , September 2008. Retrieved September 1, 2008. (English)
- ↑ A street sweeper behind the camera. In: Moskauer Deutsche Zeitung , June 4, 2011. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
- ^ Serge Levchin: The Paradoxes of “Leviathan”: A Discussion with Andrei Zvyagintsev. In: RogerEbert.com, December 24, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2014. (English)
- ↑ Irritated Leviathan. In: Moskauer Deutsche Zeitung , June 10, 2014. Accessed December 29, 2014.
- ↑ Valery Kitschin: Andrei Swjaginzew: "The Oscar nomination is a breakthrough". ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Russia Beyond the Headlines , November 1, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
- ↑ "NELYUBOV - Festival de Cannes in 2017". Accessed May 18, 2017. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/festival/films/nelyubov .
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SURNAME | Svyagintsev, Andrei Petrovich |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Звягинцев, Андрей Петрович (Russian) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian film director |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1964 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Novosibirsk |