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- Dmitry Chepovetsky was born in 1970 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He is an actor, known for Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011), RED (2010) and Man of the Year (2006).
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Ruslana Lyzhychko was born on the 24 of May 1973 and was raised in L'viv, in the ancient capital of Galychyna. She graduated from L'viv Lisenko Concervatory. She's a song-writer, composer, producer, and arranger and director of her videos. She has recorded 8 CDs and is now the most popular singer in Ukraine. She won the 2004 Eurovision Song contest in Turkey and was the first Ukrainian to win World Music Award as Best Selling Ukrainian Act in Las Vegas.- Actress
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Kira Soltanovich is a comedian, actress and writer best known for her correspondent work on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno for almost 9 years. She was the Phony Photo Booth, which turned into the show's longest running comedy piece. (that didn't have Jay in it) Kira has a half hour stand up special on Showtime called Here Comes Trouble and a one hour stand up special on Amazon called You Did This To Me. She's the sidekick to host Donald Faison on the Netflix game show, Winsanity, and she's been a recurring comedian on several FOX television shows: Punchline and The Drama. Kira was a series regular on two seasons of TruTV's How To Be A Grownup, and also shot two seasons of the Facebook series The Turndown which was shot exclusively in a bed. She's currently a stand up comic on Lights Out with David Spade on Comedy Central, but many of her fans remember her from the hidden camera show, Girls Behaving Badly, where she was a series regular for 4 seasons. Kira has been featured on NBC's Last Comic Standing, Nickelodeon, the Disney network and one of her most unique claims to fame is when Hell's Kitchen made her the "prize" for the winning team of chefs who got a night out at The Laugh Factory on the Sunset Strip. Kira has performed at the Just For Laughs Comedy Festival in Montreal several times and was the 2018 winner of the Big Sky Comedy Festival in Montana. Still, one of her greatest achievements in showbiz was writing jokes for Joan Rivers on the television series How'd You Get So Rich? on TV Land. Currently, Kira is working on writing and producing her own talk show that takes place inside of a sauna. It's called Let's Get Sweat! and she interviews celebrity comedians fully naked inside a blazing hot sauna. Kira is also gearing up to record a new one hour comedy album with the label 800 Pound Gorilla Records.- Actor
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Taras Kostyuk was born on 26 August 1966 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He is an actor, known for Elysium (2013), Untold (2002) and Dark Angel (2000).- Bogdan Stupka is one of Ukraine's most famous actors. His most memorable stage role was as Tevye the Milkman in Sholom Aleichem's Tevye-Tevel (aka... Fiddler on the Roof (1971)). After a brief stint as the Ukrainean Minister of Culture, he is the Executive Director of the Ivan Franko State Theater in Kyiv. Along with his administrative duties, Mr. Stupka was performing several times a week in various new and traditional productions. He also toured with his company, was appearing in two or three films every year, while still devoted much time to his wife of many years as well as his son Ostap Stupka and his grandchildren.
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Vitaliy Manskiy was born on 2 December 1963 in Lvov, Lvovskaya oblast, Ukrainskaya SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Lvivska oblast, Ukraine]. He is a director and writer, known for Pipeline (2013), Under the Sun (2015) and Motherland or Death (2011).- Actress
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Olga Sumskaya is a Soviet and Ukrainian actress and TV presenter. Honored Artist and People's Artist of Ukraine. Olga Sumskaya was born in Lvov, Soviet Union in a family of actors of the Academic Drama Theater named after Ivan Franko. In 1987 she graduated from KGITI named after Ivan Karpenko-Karyy. And the following year she became an actress of the National Academic Theater of Russian Drama named after Lesya Ukrainka.
The role of Roksolana in the series Roxolana (1997) and two sequels brought great popularity to Olga Sumskaya.- Additional Crew
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Yaroslav Poverlo is a Actor and also a Russian and Ukrainian Dialect-Dialogue Coach for Films, TV, and Commercial productions. During the past twenty years he have been work with many of the world's well-known stars in the film industry on a number of productions in Canada, USA and Europe. Yaroslav was born in Boryslav, Lvov Oblast, Ukraine, USSR. He is known for his work on Welcome to Marwen (2018), Six Season-2 (2018), Agent X (2015), Altered Carbon Season-1 (2018), Always Be My Maybe (2019).- Actress
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Alona Kimhi was born in 1966 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She is an actress and writer, known for Abba Ganuv (1987), Abba Ganuv II (1989) and Haya O Lo Haya (2003). She is married to Izhar Ashdot. They have one child. She was previously married to Oded Kimhi.- Mark Zak was born in 1959 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He is an actor, known for Enemy at the Gates (2001), Speed Racer (2008) and The Tourist (2010).
- Aleksander Mincer was born on 4 June 1957 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He is an actor, known for The Passion of the Christ (2004), Modì (1989) and War and Love (1985).
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William De Vital - Director of two feature movies ("The Code of Cain" & "Red Dog" AKA "Dog Brown") and a short movie "Boomerang the Reckoning", which got 3 nominations on Action on Film International Festival, Winner on Texas Ultimate Shorts Festival and Hollywood International Moving Pictures Film Festival.
William De Vital is a multi talented Actor, Stuntman, Stunt Coordinator, Director and musician. His fondness for performing arts and film has taken him on a long and successful journey through three countries and over 350 film productions.
In 1998 he has moved to United States where he has enjoyed a successful career as an Actor, Stuntman, Stunt Coordinator and Director.
In 1991 he immigrated to Israel where he organized and managed a stunt production company. In the eight years under William's leadership the team worked with a multitude of American, French, and British productions companies on film and stunt productions.
In his career as an actor, stuntman, stunt coordinator and director 2nd unit William has worked on over 250 features before his departure from Russia in 1991.
William received his education at the Institute of Physical Education and received his postgraduate degree at the Russian Federation National University of Cinematography (VGIK) with a degree of Film Director. While attending college William worked at the Lviv Theater of Youth as an instructor of theatrical stage movement, stunt coordinator and actor.
Post his Military Service he has held a position with the national Sports Committee of Ukraine while continuing his film career until he fully dedicated his life to film in 1984.
His first full length film Stuntman experience was in the Magical Voice of Djelsamin with the Odessa movie studios in 1976.
In his early school years he studied Fortepiano, Danced with a national dance company for ten years, as well as achieved an Elite sportsmanship level in Judo and Archery.- Marina Kotovnikov was born on 30 November 1972 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for Sex and the City (1998), Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) and As the World Turns (1956).
- Irina Barinova was born on 4 May 1982 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. She is an actress, known for The Zohar Secret (2016), Domrabotnitsa (2011) and Idealist (2019).
- Oleg Primogenov is a Soviet and Ukrainian film and theater actor.
Born in the Ukrainian SSR, in the city of Lvov. The future actor spent part of his childhood with his family in the Belarusian city of Gomel. Returning to the Ukrainian SSR, Primogenov graduated from high school, but for a long time he could not decide on his future profession. For some time he worked in the circus, changed several working specialties. After that he became a student of KNUTKiT named after Ivan Karpenko-Karyy. After graduating from the university, he got a job in the troupe of the Ivano-Frankovsk Theater, on the stage of which the first serious roles of Oleg Primogenov were played.
He made his film debut in 1989, playing a small role in the Soviet film Inoy (1989). He began to actively act in films already in the 1990s, appearing in such projects as Doloy styd! (1994), Operatsyya 'Kontrakt' (1996), Dve luny, tri solntsa (1998). He also often appears in TV series. During his career, the actor has played more than a hundred film roles. He continues to actively act in film, in parallel he collaborates with the Kiev theater 'Koleso'. - Additional Crew
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Waléra Kanischtscheff was born on November 12, 1965 in Lviv (Lvov/Lwiw / Lemberg), Galicia, Carpathian Mountains, Ukrainian SSR as Waléra. Parents: Maya Putiloff / Wolkow - ballet-dancer / choreographer, Pavel Kanischtscheff - ballet-dancer / musician... He is known for his work on Einspruch II (2001), Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009), Snowman's Land (2010), Sing (2016) and Babylon Berlin (2017), Roxy (2022-23)...- Lili Pohlmann was born on 29 March 1930 in Lvov, Poland. She was previously married to Eric Pohlmann.
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Yaroslav Lupij was born on 2 June 1946 in Novokamenka, Lvov Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]. He is a director and writer, known for Prince Daniil Galitsky (1987), Sekretnyy eshelon (1993) and Moi dorogiye (1976).- Additional Crew
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Stanley Bielecki was born in 1925 in Lvov, Poland (now Ukraine). He was a producer, known for Alien (1979), Legend (1985) and Hwerow Hweg (2002). He died in December 2016 in London, England.- Actor
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Ivan Gavrilyuk was born on 15 October 1948 in Iosifovka, Lvov Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]. He is an actor and director, known for Chotyry lysty fanery (1992), Nebylytsi pro Ivana (1989) and Na ves zolota (1984).- Andrij Melnyk was born on 25 September 1975 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He is married to Svitlana Melnyk. They have two children.
- Yaroslav Gavrilyuk was born on 29 October 1951 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Dudaryky (1980), Tri gilzy ot angliyskogo karabina (1983) and Skazki starogo volshebnika (1985). He died on 25 May 2021 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Yuriy Loparyov was born on 20 September 1952 in Lvov oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Ballada o bombere (2011), Ballada o bombere (2011) and Pokhishchenie Evropy (1992).
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Roman Viktyuk was born on 28 October 1936 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He was a director and actor, known for Dolgaya pamyat (1985), Igroki (1978) and Istoriya kavalera de Grie i Manon Lesko (1979). He died on 17 November 2020 in Moscow, Russia.- Actor
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Emanuel Ax was born on 8 June 1949 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He is an actor, known for The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), The Horse Whisperer (1998) and The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002). He is married to Yoko Nozaki. They have two children.- Director
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Aleksandr Stolyarov was born on 22 November 1959 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He was a director and writer, known for Choral (1997), German I Karmalita (2010) and Hendelyk (2019). He died on 26 July 2017 in Moscow, Russia.- Actress
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Anzhelika Varum was born on 26 May 1969 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for 12 stulev (2004), Krasota trebuyet (2008) and YA tebya lyublyu - Je t'aime (2023). She has been married to Leonid Agutin since 15 July 2000. They have one child. She was previously married to Maksim Nikitin.- Elena Vesnina is a Russian professional tennis player. Vesnina has an all-court game, but mainly focuses on having an offensive baseline game. She is right-handed and plays with a two-handed backhand. Her game is centered around getting control in rallies by using her groundstrokes to dominate play or move her opponents around the court in order to find an opening. Her forehand is consistent and powerful, but her backhand is her strongest shot. She uses it to find many angles on the court and dominate play. She possesses a good serve and regularly hits it between 100-110 mph (161-177 km/h), but relies on placement and accuracy to dominate and serve aces.
She is a four-time Grand Slam champion in doubles competition, having won the 2013 French Open, 2014 US Open, and 2017 Wimbledon tournaments with Ekaterina Makarova, and the 2016 Australian Open mixed-doubles title with Bruno Soares. In June 2018, Vesnina was the No. 1 in women's doubles. Her career-high singles ranking is No. 13, achieved in March 2017.
Vesnina debuted in the main draw of a WTA tournament in Québec. One of her best seasons was in 2009, reaching her first WTA final and attaining a ranking of 24 in the year end. She repeated her success in 2013, reaching her best for a long period ranking of 21 on 22 July. Then she won her first WTA titles in Hobart and Eastbourne. After falling out of the top 100 in October 2014, Vesnina experienced an upturn in fortunes in 2016, making her first Grand Slam semifinal at Wimbledon. She continued her good form into 2017 and won the biggest singles title of her career to date at Indian Wells, claiming her first title.
Vesnina has been consistently one of the highest ranked doubles players during her career, ending every season since 2008 ranked within the top 30, and every season since 2011 in the top ten. In May 2012, she entered a regular partnership with Ekaterina Makarova, becoming one of the leading teams on tour. They have won twelve titles together, including three Grand Slam titles, the 2016 WTA Finals, as well as Olympic gold at Rio. Vesnina together with Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova are gold medalists of 2013 Summer Universiade in women's doubles (Kazan, Russia). - Director
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John Shane is a Ukrainian-born director, writer, producer and singer-song writer. He has directed such short films as Male Order, The Long Silence After and Shotgun Love which he co-directed with his brother Andre Shane. He has produced such TV Shows as Rock and Roll Island, Danny's Donut Shop and the anthology show Reel Cool Time. John is also the driving creative force behind the rock band The General.- Stanislav Mukhin was born on 24 November 1948 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Uboynaya sila (2000), Streets of Broken Lights (1998) and Agent natsionalnoy bezopasnosti 2 (2000). He died on 28 February 2012 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Aleksandr Didenko was born on 18 October 1949 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Zagovor skurlatayev (1993), Gosudarstvennaya granitsa (1980) and Nam - 75! (2000). He died on 16 July 2004.
- Viktor Vekselberg was born on 14 April 1957 in Drogobych, Lvov Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Drohobych, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine].
- Yanush Yukhnetskyi was born on 20 August 1947 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Shlyakhetni volotsyuhi (2018), Gosudarstvennaya granitsa (1980) and Vladyka Andrey (2008).
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Was born in Lviv, Ukraine (USSR). Graduated in Lviv Academy of Fine Art in 1984 with distinction.
Artist, creator of numerous projects in the field of visual art, winner of 25 international art exhibitions in Canada, USA, South Korea, Latvia, Poland, Norway, Spain, Ukraine. The artist's book "Jacob Bohme" was awarded as World's Best Book at International Frankfurt Book Fair. One of his 24 personal exhibitions was the first art exhibition ever to be held in space, at space station Mir in 1993. Artworks of Podolchak can be found in 26 museums and public collections worldwide. The premiere of the first feature film "Las Meninas" took place in the competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam (2008). The film has participated at 26 International film festivals worldwide in ten of them in the competition.- Set Decorator
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Karel Karas was born on 28 May 1912 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He is a set decorator, known for How About a Plate of Spinach? (1977) and The Snowdrop Festivities (1984).- Production Designer
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Vitali Lazarev was born on 16 January 1949 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He was a production designer and art director, known for Return from Orbit (1984), Pryzhok (1986) and Mama, rodnaya, lyubimaya... (1987). He died on 10 November 2002 in Kiev, Ukraine.- Director
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Lyubov Arkus was born on 20 September 1960 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She is a director and actress, known for Anton's Right Here (2012), What Beat You Nothing (2021) and Balabanov. Kolokolnya. Rekviyem (2022).- Music Department
Yuval Waldman was born on 21 December 1946 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR (now Lviv, Ukraine). He is known for Everyone Says I Love You (1996) and Bullets Over Broadway (1994). He was married to Lyudmila Sholoklova. He died on 1 February 2021 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.- Lidia Michaluszek was born on 7 December 1955 in Boryslav, Lvov Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for Sztuczki (2007), Land der Väter, Land der Söhne (1988) and Television Theater (1953).
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Wieslaw Hudon was born in 1943 in Sambor, Lvov Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Sambir, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for À chacun son Borinage - Images d'Henri Storck (1978). He died on 6 September 2021 in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.- Mimi Lerner was born on 20 May 1945 in Sambor, Lvov Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Sambir, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Die Zauberflöte (1991). She was married to Martin Lerner. She died on 29 March 2007 in Oakland, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Pavel Nebera was born on 13 April 1955 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He is a cinematographer, known for Kaminna dusha (1989), Tayemnytsi (2019) and Bespokoynoye leto (1981).- Oksana Grigorovich was born on 28 July 1946 in Sambor, Lvov Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Sambir, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for Povest o zhenshchine (1975), Vidma (1990) and Rodnoy dom (1973).
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Andrei Prachenko was born on 15 September 1950 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He is an actor and director, known for Dama s popugaem (1988), Pilgrim's Captain (1987) and Captain Blood: His Odyssey (1992).- Piotr Kowalski was born on 2 March 1927 in Lvov, Republic of Poland [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He died on 7 January 2004 in Paris, France.
- Jona Goldrich was born on 11 September 1927 in Lvov, Poland. He was married to Doretta Goldrich. He died on 26 June 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Oleg Kiva was born on 5 January 1947 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He was a composer, known for Chelovek iz komandy 'Alfa' (1992), The Dead End (1998) and Gruz bez markirovki (1986). He died on 26 December 2007.
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Oleksandr Fraze-Frazenko is a filmmaker, poet, photographer, translator, musician. Co-founder of "OFF Laboratory" production studio. Born in Lviv, Ukraine. Known for his feature documentaries about Ukrainian artists, including poets ("Chubai" in 2014, "The House on Seven Winds" in 2015, "An Aquarium in the Sea" in 2016). Also documents important cultural events. Archive includes several hundred film and video works. Engaged in producing of commercial advertising and music videos. The first feature film "Don't lie to me" was presented in 2016 at Wiz-Art Lviv International Short Film Festival. Is also an author of 10 poetry books: "The Story of a Killer" (2007), "First. Middle. Last" (2008), "Twilight House" (2009), "Mass" (2010), "The days of Loss" (2014), "The Hole. Short selected" (2015), "Nota Tirona" (2015), "Wolves. Verses: Volume 1" (2016), "The Smallest of Children. Verses: Volume 2" (2016). Translator of the first poetry book of Jim Morrison in Ukraine. He also translates English poetry of the Restoration Period including works of John Rochester. Plays improvisational music and indie-rock. Discography consists of more than 50 albums.- Cinematographer
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Sergei Stasenko was born on 25 April 1950 in Lvov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Lviv, Ukraine]. He is a cinematographer, known for Diskzhokey (1988), Pod sozvezdiem bliznetsov (1979) and Return from Orbit (1984).- Valeriy Legin was born on 1 April 1954 in Lvov Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Liquidation (2007), Zahublene misto (2015) and Radi semeynogo ochaga (1992).