Nationality Russian Name Andrey Zvyagintsev | Role Film director Spouse Anna Zvyagintseva | |
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Native name andréi Petróvich Zvyágintsev Full Name Andrey Petrovich Zvyagintsev Occupation Film director, screenwriter Education Russian Academy of Theatre Arts Parents Galina Zvyagintseva, Pyotr Zvyagintsev Awards Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay Movies Leviathan, The Return, Elena, The Banishment, Apocrypha Similar People Elena Lyadova, Aleksey Serebryakov, Roman Madyanov, Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Oleg Negin | ||
In conversation with... Loveless director Andrey Zvyagintsev
Andrey Petrovich Zvyagintsev (Russian: Андре́й Петро́вич Звя́гинцев; born 6 February 1964) is a Russian film director and screenwriter. He is mostly known for his 2003 film The Return, which won him a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Following The Return, Zvyagintsev directed The Banishment and Elena. His film Leviathan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2014. His most recent film Loveless won the Jury Prize at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.
Contents
- In conversation with Loveless director Andrey Zvyagintsev
- Andrey zvyagintsev retrospective leviathan q a with andrey zvyagintsev and peter bradshaw
- Life and career
- Filmography
- References
Andrey zvyagintsev retrospective leviathan q a with andrey zvyagintsev and peter bradshaw
Life and career
Zvyagintsev was born in Novosibirsk, Siberia. At the age of 20 in 1984 he graduated from the drama school in Novosibirsk as an actor. Since 1986 he has lived in Moscow where he continued his studies at the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts until 1990. From 1992 to 2000 he worked as an actor for film and theater. In 2000 he began to work for the TV station REN TV and directed three episodes of the television series The Black Room.
In 2003, he directed his first feature film The Return, which received several awards, including a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. His second feature film The Banishment premiered at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for a Palme d'Or. In 2008, he directed "Apocrypha", a short segment for the film New York, I Love You. The segment was eventually cut from the film's theatrical release but is included on the DVD.
His 2011 film, Elena, premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, in the Un Certain Regard section, where it won the Jury Prize.
His 2014 film Leviathan was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, where Zvyagintsev and Oleg Negin won the award for Best Screenplay for the film. Leviathan won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2015, Zvyagintsev was a jury president of the 18th Shanghai International Film Festival.
His most recent film Loveless won the Jury Prize at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.
Filmography
