Andrei Petrovich Svyagintsev

Andrei Svyagintsev (2017)

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.

Vladimir Putin and Andrei Svyagintsev (2003)

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)

Berlin Art Prize 2015 in the film and media culture division Bodil Awards 2005: Nomination for Best Non-American Film for The Return César 2004: Nomination for the best foreign film for The Return Chicago International Film Festival 2007: Nomination for the Gold Hugo - Best Fiction Film for The Banishment Cottbus Film Festival of Young East European Cinema 2007: Nomination for the best feature film for Die Verbichtung Durban International Film Festival 2011: Best director for Jelena European film award 2014: Nomination in the category Best Director for Leviathan 2014: Nomination in the category Best Screenplay for Leviathan with Oleg Negin 2014: Nomination in the category Best Film for Leviathan with Alexander Rodnyansky and Sergey Melkumov 2003: European Discovery of the Year for The Return Fajr Film Festival 2004: Crystal Simorgh for Best Director for The Return Munich Film Festival 2014: ARRI / OSRAM Award for Leviathan 2017: ARRI / OSRAM Award for Loveless Golden Globe Award 2015: Best Foreign Language Film for Leviathan 2004: Nomination in the category Best Foreign Language Film for The Return 2018: Nomination in the category Best Foreign Language Film for Loveless Guldbagge Awards 2005: Nomination in the category Best Foreign Film for The Return Independent Spirit Award 2015: Nomination in the category Best Foreign Film for Leviathan

Cannes International Film Festival 2017: Jury Prize for Loveless 2014: Best script for Leviathan with Oleg Negin 2011: Prix Un Certain Regard - Special Jury Prize for Jelena Venice International Film Festival 2003: Golden Lion for The Return 2003: Luigi De Laurentiis Award for The Return 2003: SIGNIS Award for The Return 2003: Sergio Trasatti Award for The Return 2003: 'CinemAvvenire' Award for The Return Locarno International Film Festival 2003: Nomination for the Golden Leopard for The Return London Film Festival 2014: Best Film for Leviathan Oscar 2015: Nomination in the category Best Foreign Language Film for Leviathan 2018: Nomination in the category Best Foreign Language Film for Loveless Palm Springs International Film Festival 2004: FIPRESCI Prize for The Return Polish film award 2005: Nomination in the category Best European Film for The Return São Paulo International Film Festival 2014: Critics Award for Leviathan Sundance Film Festival 2010: NHK Award for Jelena Thessaloniki Film Festival 2003: FIPRESCI Prize - Special Mention for The Return Tromsø Internasjonale Film Festival 2004: Audience Award for The Return

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

1. ↑ Svyagintsev on the website of the Russian State University of the Humanities ( Memento of July 6, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Julian Graffy: As sounding brass - Film of the Month: The Banishment. In: Sight & Sound , September 2008. Retrieved September 1, 2008. (English)
3. ↑ A street sweeper behind the camera. In: Moskauer Deutsche Zeitung , June 4, 2011. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
4. ^ Serge Levchin: The Paradoxes of “Leviathan”: A Discussion with Andrei Zvyagintsev. In: RogerEbert.com, December 24, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2014. (English)
5. ↑ Irritated Leviathan. In: Moskauer Deutsche Zeitung , June 10, 2014. Accessed December 29, 2014.
6. ↑ 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.  
7. ↑ "NELYUBOV - Festival de Cannes in 2017". Accessed May 18, 2017. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/festival/films/nelyubov .