Ilya Andreevich Chrschanowski

Ilya Andreevich Chrschanowski, 2005

Iljá Andrejewitsch Chrschanowski ( Russian Илья́ Андре́евич Хржановский;, English transcription Ilya Khrzhanovsky ; born August 11, 1975 , Moscow , USSR ) is a Russian director and producer. He is the son of the animator Andrei Chrschanowski (* 1939), one of the leading Russian animation directors, and the grandson of the artist and actor Yuri Chrschanowski (1905–1987).

Life

From 1992 to 1993 he studied at the painting faculty at the Academy of Arts in Bonn. In 1998 he completed a degree in directing from VGIK ( Marlen Chuzijew ). He made his debut as a director with a play What I Feel at the Moscow International Festival Kukart (1997) and in 1998 - together with Artyom Mikhalkov - the short film Stop .

From 1998 to 2002 Chrschanowski worked as a director and producer for advertising companies. Then he was the executive producer of the television series The List of Lovers of the Russian Federation , produced by TNT . In 2003 the project was included in the program of the Berlin Film Festival as well as in the programs of Russian and international film festivals.

In March 2014, he signed a letter to colleagues from the Ukraine , where he condemned the military intervention of Russia in Ukraine.

Chrschanowski is a member of the European Film Academy and a member of the Guild of Russian Film Directors.

In his latest film, the conductor Teodor Currentzis plays the leading role of the Soviet physicist and Nobel Prize winner Lev Dawidowitsch Landau (1908–1968). With the feature film DAU that resulted from the project . In 2020, Natasha Chrschanowski competed for the first time for the Golden Bear , the main prize of the Berlinale, together with co-director Jekaterina Oertel . The documentary DAU, made by Chrschanowski and Ilja Permjakow, was presented at the same time at the festival . Degenerazija (DAU. Degeneration) invited to the Special Gala section .

Film production

In 2005 Chrschanowski co-founded the production company Phenomen Films. Phenomen Films developed and produced, among other things, the film Paper Soldier by Aleksei German , which was awarded a Silver Lion and a Golden Osella (for cinematography) at the Venice Film Festival. He was also nominated for the European Film Awards and received further awards and nominations in 2008.

In 2011 Chrschanowski founded Phenomen Berlin Filmproduktions GmbH (Germany). In 2011 he co-founded Phenomen UK Ltd. (UK).

Movies

1999: Ostanovka
2004: 4
2005: Postelnye stseny
2018/2019: Dau
2020: DAU. Natasha
2020: DAU. Degenerazija (DAU. Degeneration) - documentary film

Web links

Ilja Andrejewitsch Chrschanowski in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Remarks

↑ The biography is mainly based on the entry Vashdosug.ru
The translation is:
Date of birth: August 11, 1975
Age: 36 years
Zodiac sign: Leo
Born in Moscow. He studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Bonn Academy of Arts (1992-93) and was a director at the VGIK (1998, workshop by MM Khutsiev). He directed the play "What I Feel" (premiere at the Kukart Festival, Peterhof, 1997). In 1998–2000 - director and creative producer of advertising campaigns of the largest domestic and foreign producers, in 2002–03 - he was the responsible producer of feature films of the project "List of Lovers of the Russian Federation". Director of the film "Stop" (1998, briefly with Artem Mikhalkov). His debut film "4", directed by the writer Vladimir Sorokin, won the 2005 Golden Cactus and Tiger Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival.
It is questionable what is meant by the "Faculty of Painting of the Bonn Academy of the Arts (1992-93)", since there is no Academy of the Arts in Bonn. Chrschanowski basically does not give interviews and does not reveal any personal data.

Individual evidence

↑ Short biography at Vashdosug.ru (Russian) ( Memento from July 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
^ The competition of the 70th Berlinale and final selection of the Berlinale Special . In: berlinale.de, January 29, 2020 (accessed January 29, 2020).
↑ Bumazhnyy soldat (2008) - IMDb. In: imdb.com. Retrieved January 3, 2019 .
↑ Phenomen Berlin Filmproduktions GmbH: Excerpt from the commercial register of Phenomen Berlin Filmproduktions GmbH from Berlin (HRB 134413 B). In: online-handelsregister.de. March 23, 2011, accessed January 3, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Chrschanowski, Ilja Andrejewitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Хржановский, Илья Андреевич (Russian); Chrschanowski, Ilja; Ilya Khrzhanovsky
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian director
DATE OF BIRTH	August 11, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH	Moscow , Russia

[VASH-2] The biography is mainly based on the entry Vashdosug.ru
The translation is:
Date of birth: August 11, 1975
Age: 36 years
Zodiac sign: Leo
Born in Moscow. He studied at the Faculty of Painting at the Bonn Academy of Arts (1992-93) and was a director at the VGIK (1998, workshop by MM Khutsiev). He directed the play "What I Feel" (premiere at the Kukart Festival, Peterhof, 1997). In 1998–2000 - director and creative producer of advertising campaigns of the largest domestic and foreign producers, in 2002–03 - he was the responsible producer of feature films of the project "List of Lovers of the Russian Federation". Director of the film "Stop" (1998, briefly with Artem Mikhalkov). His debut film "4", directed by the writer Vladimir Sorokin, won the 2005 Golden Cactus and Tiger Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival.
It is questionable what is meant by the "Faculty of Painting of the Bonn Academy of the Arts (1992-93)", since there is no Academy of the Arts in Bonn. Chrschanowski basically does not give interviews and does not reveal any personal data.

[1] Short biography at Vashdosug.ru (Russian) ( Memento from July 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

[3] The competition of the 70th Berlinale and final selection of the Berlinale Special . In: berlinale.de, January 29, 2020 (accessed January 29, 2020).

[imdb-284576-4] Bumazhnyy soldat (2008) - IMDb. In: imdb.com. Retrieved January 3, 2019 .

[online-h-294734-5] Phenomen Berlin Filmproduktions GmbH: Excerpt from the commercial register of Phenomen Berlin Filmproduktions GmbH from Berlin (HRB 134413 B). In: online-handelsregister.de. March 23, 2011, accessed January 3, 2019 .