Ukrainian directors — Українські кінорежисери
The most comprehensive list of Ukrainian film directors available online.
Ukraine, now the largest continental European state, over years enriched the world of cinema with films by such figures as Dovzhenko, Dziga Vertov and Kira Muratova. Tarkovksky's family (as his father) is from Ukraine and the Master himself loved to spend time in Ukraine as his place of power and inspiration where he shot his first film. There, in the Carpathian Mountains and based on Ivan Chendej's script, Sergei Parajanov and his team created the masterpiece "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors".
Soviet era Ukrainian filmmakers such as Larisa Shepitko, Kira Muratova, and Yuriy Ilyenko followed with films of great inner resonance of their transformational time. Nowadays, besides films by ever-present commercial filmmakers, you might be interested in films by mainstream autor directors such as Valentyn Vasyanovych and Oleg Sentsov, or a leading indie (and most awarded Ukrainian director since 1990s) filmmaker Slavik Bihun.
Learn more about the inspiring Ukraine through the work of these and other directors as well as new, listed non-exhaustively and randomly, generations of Ukrainian directors. Welcome to the contemporary world of new powerful Ukraine, which is now as never before fighting for its independence, and the cinema it presents.
Ukraine, now the largest continental European state, over years enriched the world of cinema with films by such figures as Dovzhenko, Dziga Vertov and Kira Muratova. Tarkovksky's family (as his father) is from Ukraine and the Master himself loved to spend time in Ukraine as his place of power and inspiration where he shot his first film. There, in the Carpathian Mountains and based on Ivan Chendej's script, Sergei Parajanov and his team created the masterpiece "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors".
Soviet era Ukrainian filmmakers such as Larisa Shepitko, Kira Muratova, and Yuriy Ilyenko followed with films of great inner resonance of their transformational time. Nowadays, besides films by ever-present commercial filmmakers, you might be interested in films by mainstream autor directors such as Valentyn Vasyanovych and Oleg Sentsov, or a leading indie (and most awarded Ukrainian director since 1990s) filmmaker Slavik Bihun.
Learn more about the inspiring Ukraine through the work of these and other directors as well as new, listed non-exhaustively and randomly, generations of Ukrainian directors. Welcome to the contemporary world of new powerful Ukraine, which is now as never before fighting for its independence, and the cinema it presents.
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Aleksandr Dovzhenko was born on 10 September 1894 in Vyunishche, Sosnitsa Ueyzd, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Sosnitsa, Sosnitsa Raion, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a writer and director, known for Earth (1930), Shors (1939) and Life in Bloom (1949). He was married to Yuliya Solntseva. He died on 25 November 1956 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Additional Crew
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The most famous Soviet film-maker since Sergei Eisenstein, Andrei Tarkovsky (the son of noted poet Arseniy Tarkovsky) studied music and Arabic in Moscow before enrolling in the Soviet film school VGIK. He shot to international attention with his first feature, Ivan's Childhood (1962), which won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival. This resulted in high expectations for his second feature Andrei Rublev (1966), which was banned by the Soviet authorities for two years. It was shown at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival at four o'clock in the morning on the last day, in order to prevent it from winning a prize - but it won one nonetheless, and was eventually distributed abroad partly to enable the authorities to save face. Solaris (1972), had an easier ride, being acclaimed by many in Europe and North America as the Soviet answer to Kubrick's '2001' (though Tarkovsky himself was never too fond of his own film nor Kubrick's), but he ran into official trouble again with Mirror (1975), a dense, personal web of autobiographical memories with a radically innovative plot structure. Stalker (1979) had to be completely reshot on a dramatically reduced budget after an accident in the laboratory destroyed the first version, and after Nostalghia (1983), shot in Italy (with official approval), Tarkovsky defected to Europe. His last film, The Sacrifice (1986) was shot in Sweden with many of Ingmar Bergman's regular collaborators, and won an almost unprecedented four prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. He died of lung cancer at the end of the year. Two years later link=Sergei Parajanov dedicated his film Ashik Kerib to Tarkovsky.- Director
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Kira Muratova was born on 5 November 1934 in Soroca, Romania [now Moldova]. She was a director and writer, known for Nastroyshchik (2004), Vtorostepennye lyudi (2001) and The Asthenic Syndrome (1989). She was married to Aleksandr Muratov and Yevgeni Golubenko. She died on 6 June 2018 in Odessa, Ukraine.- Director
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One of the 20th century's greatest masters of cinema Sergei Parajanov was born in Georgia to Armenian parents and it was always unlikely that his work would conform to the strict socialist realism that Soviet authorities preferred. After studying film and music, Parajanov became an assistant director at the Dovzhenko studios in Kiev, making his directorial debut in 1954, following that with numerous shorts and features, all of which he subsequently dismissed as "garbage". However, in 1964 he was able to make Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965), a rhapsodic celebration of Ukrainian folk culture, and the world discovered a startling and idiosyncratic new talent. He followed this up with the even more innovative The Color of Pomegranates (1969) (which explored the art and poetry of his native Armenia in a series of stunningly beautiful tableaux), but by this stage the authorities had had enough, and Paradjanov spent most of the 1970s in prison on almost certainly rigged charges of "homosexuality and illegal trafficking in religious icons". However, with the coming of perestroika, he was able to make The Legend of Suram Fortress (1985), Ashik Kerib (1988) and The Confession, which survives as Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992), before succumbing to cancer in 1990.- Director
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Yuri Ilyenko was born on 18 July 1936 in Cherkassy, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Cherkasy, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Bilyy ptakh z chornoyu oznakoyu (1971), Swan Lake: The Zone (1990) and Vechir na Ivana Kupala (1968). He was married to Lyudmila Efimenko and Larisa Kadochnikova. He died on 15 June 2010 in Prokhorivka, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine.- Director
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Roman Balayan was born on 15 April 1941 in Nerkin Horatagh, Nagorno-Karabakh AO, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR. He is a director and writer, known for Biryuk (1978), Khrani menya, moy talisman (1986) and Noch svetla (2005).- Director
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Vyacheslav Bihun is known for Last Shooting (2023), How Can I Not Love You (2017) and Fatalis (2020).- Director
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Larisa Shepitko was born on 6 January 1938 in Bakhmut, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine]. She was a director and writer, known for The Ascent (1977), Heat (1963) and You and Me (1971). She was married to Elem Klimov. She died on 2 July 1979 in near Redkino, Kalinin Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR.- Director
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Dziga Vertov was born on 2 January 1896 in Bialystok, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire [now Podlaskie, Poland]. He was a director and writer, known for Man with a Movie Camera (1929), Three Songs About Lenin (1934) and The Sixth Part of the World (1926). He was married to Elizaveta Svilova. He died on 12 February 1954 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Feliks Sobolev is known for U istokov chelovechestva (1976), Na pritsele vash mozg (1984) and Yazyk zhyvotnykh (1967).
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Leonid Osyka was born on 8 March 1940 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Hetmanski kleinody (1993), Podarunok na imenyny (1991) and Trevozhnyy mesyats Veresen (1977). He died on 16 September 2001 in Kyiv, Ukraine.- Actor
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Ivan Mykolaichuk is a Ukrainian movie actor (34 roles), director of two movies and screen writer of nine movies. He was born in a family of peasants in a village of Chortoryia in Western Ukraine. Ivan Mukolaichuk finished the Chernivtsi Music College and the theater-studio of Olha Kobylianska Chernivtsi Music-Drama Theater. Graduated from Ukrainian National University of Theater, Film and TV of Karpenko-Kary in 1965. He became famous after he had played the leading role in Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965).- Producer
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Valentyn Vasyanovych was born on 21 July 1971 in Zhytomyr, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He is a producer and editor, known for Atlantis (2019), Black Level (2017) and Reflection (2021).- Director
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Oleh Sentsov was born on 13 July 1976 in Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He is a director and writer, known for Rhino (2021), Gamer (2011) and Numbers (2020). He was previously married to Alla.- Director
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Born in Kyiv (Ukraine) in 1974, Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi graduated from the filmmaking department of the Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University, majoring in feature film directing. He has worked at various Ukrainian film studios in Kyiv (such as the Dovzhenko Film Studio) and Russian film studios in St. Petersburg (such as the Lenfilm Studios). He also worked as a script writer on numerous TV films and published a number of stories, one of which The Chornobyl Robinson won the prize of the All-Ukrainian Script Contest Coronation of the Word (2000). His debut short "The Intsydent" has competed in 25 festivals in 17 countries. His second feature film "Diagnosis" has been nominated for Golden Bear. His latest short film "Deafness" is his second Berlinale outing that got him another Golden Bear nomination. In autumn 2010 Myroslav received a grant to create his first full-length feature film 'The Tribe" from the Hubert Bals Fund of Rotterdam Film Festival. In 2012, Myroslav won the Silver Leopard of the Locarno Film Festival's competition program "Pardi di domani" for his film "Nuclear Waste". "Nuclear Waste" was nominated for an EFA Award in 2013. His latest film, "The Tribe" (2014), won the Nespresso Grand Prize for La Semaine de la Critique in 2014.- Director
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Nikolay Mashchenko was born on 12 January 1929 in Melovatka, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Komisary (1971), Khochu verit (1965) and Mama, rodnaya, lyubimaya... (1987). He died on 2 May 2013 in Kyiv, Ukraine.- Director
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Sergei Maslobojshchikov was born on 18 August 1957 in Kiev, Ukraine, USSR. He is a director and writer, known for ... from Bulgakov (1999), Shum vetra (2002) and Yasa (2022).- Writer
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Iryna Tsilyk is known for The Earth Is Blue as an Orange (2020), Rock Paper Grenade (2022) and Home (2016).- Andrey Vinnitskiy is known for Solnechnoe plemya (1944).
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Taras Tkachenko is known for The Nest of the Turtledove (2016), Mama (2021) and Kobzar. Istoriya odniyeyi knyhy (2014).- Director
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Oleksandr Balagura is known for Giorni di primavera (2010).- Producer
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Vasile Avramenko was born in 1895 in Ukraine. He was a producer and director, known for Natalka Poltavka (1937), Zaporozhets za Dunayem (1939) and The Tragedy of Carpatho-Ukraine (1940). He died in 1981.- Writer
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Victoria Trofimenko is a visionary Ukrainian filmmaker, writer, and creative producer, with an unwavering commitment to bringing compelling stories to life on the big screen. Her passion for storytelling is evident in everything she does, from her award-winning debut feature-length film, 'Brothers. The Final Confession' to her work as a senior lecturer of TV and film directing named after Karpenko-Kary (the core film University in Ukraine) Victoria's contributions to the world of film have been recognized both locally and internationally, with numerous awards and accolades for her work. As a member of the European Film Academy and the Ukrainian Film Academy, Victoria continues to push boundaries and challenge norms, creating impactful and unforgettable cinematic experiences for audiences around the world.
Victoria's debut feature-length film was 'Brothers. The Final Confession', a drama that she wrote and directed, based on the Swedish bestseller 'Hommelhonun' by Torgny Lindgren, was the first Ukrainian film since independence to be selected for three 'A' festivals and won two prizes at the Moscow MIFF, in addition to numerous other international awards. It was theatrically released in 28 cities in Ukraine, screened in many countries, and sold to Swedish TV channel SVT and China airline.
Before the war, back in Ukraine Victoria has established her own production company, Alba film, which was focused over commercial development service and educative service. After beginning of the war Victoria left Ukraine and moved to Prague and lately in the summer 2022 she became visiting scholar - creative writer at the University of Texas at Austin where she was working as playwright over the play Yakiv, based on her original script about Holodomor (forced starvation in Ukraine in 1932-1933). With this project she was selected to Bergman Residency at Faro island in Sweden. In 2016 Victoria became the first Ukrainian participant selected to the program Ekran+ from Wajda School & Studio (Warsaw) with her project of the full length feature Downshifting. And in 2017 - she became the first Ukrainian selected for the script writing program eQuinoxe Europe, where she has been developing the script of her second feature film 'Yakiv'. In Ukraine, Victoria has established a script doctoring agency division within Alba film and is the creative producer and CEO of the company Alba Film. Victoria has written and directed numerous TV programs for various Ukrainian TV channels, including STB TV channel. She also directed and edited several feature documentaries for STB TV channel, including '9 lives of the terrorist Jacob Bljumkin', 'Three loves of the Father Machno', and 'Professor Viktor Petrov'. She also was working on several feature-length films as a script doctor, including 'The Embordient', 'The Bet and the Star', and 'Put My Head on a Place'.- Director
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Alan Badoev was born on 10 January 1981 in the USSR. He is a director and producer, known for OrAngeLove (2007), Revnost (2012) and Lara Fabian - Mademoiselle Zhivago (2013).- Director
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Andrey Benkendorf was born on 13 March 1946 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for Neskolko lyubovnykh istoriy (1994), Khippiniada abo materik kokhannya (1997) and Kapel (1982). He died on 24 February 2012 in Kyiv, Ukraine.- Director
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Yuriy Kovalyov was born on 15 May 1973 in Odessa, Odesskaya oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Odeska oblast, Ukraine]. Yuriy is a director and writer, known for The Stronghold (2017), Ostanniy lyst (2010) and Pyrih (2012).- Director
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Oleh Biyma was born on 19 April 1949 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He is a director and writer, known for Ostriv lyubovi (1995), Prystrast (1999) and Grekh (1991).- Director
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Mikhail Belikov was born on 20 February 1940 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Decay (1990), Night Is Short (1982) and Kak molody my byli (1985). He died on 27 March 2012.- Cinematographer
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Vadim Ilyenko was born on 3 July 1932 in Novomoskovsk, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Zozulya s diplomom (1972), Vozvrashchenie Veroniki (1964) and Gelli i Nok (1995). He died on 8 May 2015.- Director
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Was born in 1991 in Kyiv. Studying direction at the Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinematography and Television named by I.K. Karpenko-Kary, in 2012 received a bachelor's degree and in 2014 graduated as specialist. From 2013 shooting short documentaries for a volunteer project Babylon'13 dedicated to Euromaidan mass protests of 2013-2014, Crimean crisis of 2014 and War in Donbass of 2014-2016. In 2017 co-founded DocNoteFilms Studio- Director
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Lyubomyr Levytsky was born on 17 September 1980 in Vekhovina, Verkhovinskiy rayon, Ivano-Frankovskaya oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Vekhovyna, Verkhovynskyy rayon, Ivano-Frankivska oblast, Ukraine]. He is a director and writer, known for Follow Me (2022), Unforgotten Shadows (2013) and #Selfieparty (2016). He is married to Natalya ?. They have one child.- Editor
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Oleh Malamuzh is known for The Stolen Princess (2018), Mavka: The Forest Song (2023) and Duck Ugly (2000).- Director
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Alena Demyanenko was born on 8 May 1966 in L'viv, Ukraine. Alena is a director and producer, known for My Grandmother Fanny Kaplan (2016), Hutsulka Ksenya (2019) and F 63.9 Bolezn lyubvi (2013).- Director
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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.- Director
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Arkadiy Nepytaliuk is known for Golden leggings (2022), The Strayed (2017) and Blood Sausage (2016).- Director
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Sergey Bukovsky was born in 1960 in Bashkiria, the autonomous republic of the former Soviet Union. His father is a film director Anatoly Bukovsky, and his mother, actress Nina Antonova. Since his childhood, he's living in Kyiv.
"There was always a crowd of guests in our one-room flat; they were my parents' friends. They would come together to celebrate either the first or the last day of filming, or the presentation of a film to the State Film Committee of the USSR, or dubbing, additional filming, or the long-awaited start of distribution. My first childhood memories are associated with a trip to Baturyn (Chernihiv district, Ukraine), where my father shot the film "Buryan" ("The Weeds"). I remember the sugary-sweet smell of makeup, the noise of the lighting trucks, and my father shouting, "Action!" I remember crying when a heroine was "killed" and yelling, "Vermin!"
Sergey Bukovsky studied directing in the Film Department at the Karpenko-Karyi Kyiv State Institute of Theatrical Arts. After serving in the Soviet Army, he worked at a Ukrainian Documentary Film Studio for more than a decade.
The 20-minute black-and-white film "Tomorrow is a Holiday", shot in the first years of perestroika, received critical acclaim from the press, the film community, and audiences.
During his 35-year film career, Bukovsky made approximately 30 films. Some of them received awards at prestigious international film festivals. They include: "Tomorrow is a Holiday" (1987), "Roof" (1990), "Dislocation" (1992), "The Hyphen" (1992), "To Berlin!" (1995), "Vilen Kalyuta. Real Light" (2000), "Terra Vermelha. Red Land" (2001), and the 9-part documentary series for television "War. The Ukrainian Account," which was awarded the National Taras Shevchenko Prize of Ukraine in 2004.
"The difficulty in talking about this film ("War. The Ukrainian Account") is that it is not only important as a cinematographic or television event... In Sergey Bukovsky's film, for the first time, Ukraine acquired its own history of War World II. The history that was not rolled up into the ideological asphalt for a military parade... The history that was not hastily fastened with white threads of politics... It is a genuine documentary epic, in which history is presented accurately: as the tragedy of millions of human lives bloodied by the tornado of war. It is a history of total betrayal. It is a history of a nation betrayed by its authorities. It is a history of a nation that betrayed its own past". (Anna Sherman, "Telekritika" / 08.11.2002)
From 1998 to 2003, Bukovsky taught courses in documentary directing at the Karpenko-Karyi Kyiv State Institute of Theatrical Arts. His student Igor Strembitsky got Palm D'Or in Cannes in 2005 for his short documentary.
In 2014 he established The Sergey Bukovsky Film Program as a postgraduate program for young filmmakers.- Actor
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Akhtem Seitablaev was born on 11 December 1972 in Yangiyul, Tashkent Oblast, Uzbek SSR, USSR [now Yangiyo'l, Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan]. He is an actor and director, known for Cyborgs: Heroes Never Die (2017), Homeward (2019) and Numbers (2020).- Producer
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Igor Parfenov was born on March 8th, 1962. Since school he has been fond of philosophy and reading, has always had concern for animal welfare. As an extreme tourism lover, he has travelled around Altai, run mountain rivers in a raft. In 1986, he got the Judo M.S. In 1989, he graduated Kharkov Physical Training Institute. In 1984 - 1990, he has worked as a senior coach in a judo sportive school. 1997 - Present time the head of remedial "Steps" center, named after Leo Tolstoy. (Human rights, animal and environment protection). He has organized over 200 different events to support initiation of acts on human and animal rights in Ukraine. 1995 - 2005 he has created and published remedial and philosophic non- commercial "Kryk" magazine (human rights, animal protection). In 2000, Igor nominated "Environmentalist of the year" and awarded "Man of the year - Man of the millennium" (Kyiv, Ukraine). 2004 - Present time he created STEPS film studio and started directing feature and short films. To the present time, he has directed 10 feature films, a number of documentaries and short films, was a nominee and a winner in more than 60 international film festivals. 2005 - 2010 was publishing a social newspaper "Time to protect the animals". 2007 - Created STEPS IFF, annual festival on Human Rights, Animal Rights and Environmental protection, that has over 50 participating countries from all over the world. The films aimed at promoting animal welfare, environmental protection and human rights defense, as well as films of spiritual and philosophical orientation. Since 2011, Igor Parfenov is a member of Filmmakers' Union of Ukraine. He is a strong vegetarian.- Director
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Vladimir Lert was born on June 12, 1979, in Riga, Latvia. In the year 1997, he immigrated to the United States with his parents and younger sister. Lert graduated film program at Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, California. After his film studies, Lert went to Kyiv, Ukraine, where he filmed several small budget films and participated in the Kyiv Film Festival. In 2017 Lert released "Tevye's Daughters." The film based on Sholem Aleichem's characters and a play by Grigori Gorin. In 2018, "Tevye's Daughters" was screened at for a Golden Globe in the foreign-language film category. In 2019, the film won the Rhode Island International Film Festival 2019 - Best Feature Film, first prize.- Actor
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Viktor Andrienko was born on 19 September 1959 in Zaporozhe, USSR. He is an actor and director, known for Legends of Charmswood, Ostrov Sokrovishch (1988) and Ivan the Powerful (2013).- Director
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OLES YANCHUK On the eve of his 42nd birthday, Oles Yanchuk was awarded with a prestigious Presidential commendation - Accomplished Contributor to the Arts and Culture of Ukraine. Oles Yanchuk's work and efforts as a Director have been recognized worldwide, and his accomplishments are the exceptions to the problems plaguing the native film industry in post-Soviet Ukraine. Oles Yanchuk's debut as Director came in 1989 when he finished working on the short film "U daleku Put'" ("Taking Off"). The film was praised and received the Golden Trident Award at the Los Angeles Ukrainian Film Festival in 1990. Soon after, Oles Yanchuk began working on the full length feature film "Holod '33" ("Famine '33") detailing the horrific years of famine genocide impose on Ukraine by Stalin and his henchmen in the 1930's. Through the eyes of one family, Oles Yanchuk managed to capture the essence of the Ukrainian Holocaust with haunting realism. The film won the coveted Grand Prize at the National Film Festival held in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1991. Between 1992-93, the film was invited for screenings at the AFI International Film Festival (Los Angeles, Washington) and Film Forum in New York. By October 1995, Oles Yanchuk completed work on his second full-length feature, "Atentat" ("Assassination"), this time taking on the controversial topic of Ukraine and Ukrainians in the Second World War and its aftermath. Atentat continues to be shown throughout Ukraine, the United States and Canada. This film was also invited to a number of international film festivals, including the Gdansk International Film Festival (Poland), Karlovyj Var Film Festival (Czech Republic) and the Freedom Film Festival in Washington. In 1998, Atentat was screened at the International Film Festival in Los Angeles. Currently, Oles Yanchuk is working on his third full-length feature film "The Undefeated" a film detailing the life and times of General Roman Shukhevych who led the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in a war of liberation against both Stalin's Soviet Union and Hitler's Nazi Germany between 1942 and 1950. All of Oles Yanchuk's films have been produced at the Dovzhenko Film Studios in Kyiv, Ukraine, where he has been working since 1984. Oles Yanchuk is a graduate of the Kyiv Theatrical Institute and the Kyiv Photographical Institute. He was born in Kyiv, Ukraine on September 29, 1956 and grew up in the town of Faustiv, Kyiv region in the family of teachers. Oles Yanchuk currently lives and works in Kyiv and runs his own production studio Oles-Film at the Dovzhenko Film Studios. OLES YANCHUK On the eve of his 42nd birthday, Oles Yanchuk was awarded with a prestigious Presidential commendation - Accomplished Contributor to the Arts and Culture of Ukraine. Oles Yanchuk's work and efforts as a Director have been recognized worldwide, and his accomplishments are the exceptions to the problems plaguing the native film industry in post-Soviet Studios.- Writer
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Director, scriptwriter, writer. Graduated Kiev Karpenko-Karyi University of theater, movie and TV at 2012. Works as a scriptwriter from 2012. Passed DAB script writers and producers workshops at 2013. Passed the ScripTeast laboratory at 2016, her script "When The Trees Fall" was awarded with Kieslowski award for the "Best script from Eastern Europe" in Cannes 2016. Wrote a book of novels "Abyss", that was awarded with Oles Ulianenko international literature award in 2016.- Writer
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Oksana Bayrak was born on 16 February 1964 in Simferopol, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. She is a writer and director, known for Zhenskaya intuitsiya 2 (2005), Infant (2006) and Tebe, nastoyashchemu (2004).- Director
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Villen Novak was born on 3 January 1938 in Glezno, Zhitomir Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Hlezne, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine]. He is a director and actor, known for Printsessa na bobakh (1998), Gu-Ga (1989) and Krasnye dipkurery (1977).- Producer
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Volodymyr Tykhyy was born on 25 February 1970 in Chervonohrad, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He is a producer and director, known for Brama (2017), The Green Jacket (2013) and One Day in Ukraine (2022).- Production Manager
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Valeriy Balayan is known for Whoismisterputin (2015), Planeta Pravoslaviya (2008) and Rainbow over the Karakums (2016).- Director
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Ostap Kostyuk is known for Zhyva vatra (2015) and Manu i kapusta (2012).- Director
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Andrew Rozhen is known for A Step to the Edge (2012) and Feathered Dreams (2012).- Cinematographer
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Leonid Kanter was born on 27 July 1981 in Kyiv, Ukraine. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Myth (2018), The Ukrainians (2015) and Cyborgs: Heroes Never Die (2017). He died on 4 June 2018 in Obyrok.- Director
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Andriy Donchyk is known for Oxygen Starvation (1992), Mono (2017) and Cyborgs: Heroes Never Die (2017).- Director
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Born in 1983 in Uman, Ukraine. Graduated from the Architecture faculty of Chernivtsi Technical College (2002) and from the faculty of Philosophy and Theology of Chernivtsy National University (Bachelor degree, 2007). In 2013 graduated from Kyiv National Karpenko-Karyy University of Theatre, Cinema and Television, specializing in feature film direction. While studying, made several award-winning short films, many of which were official selected on international film festivals. Student film Boroda (2012) became part of short film almanac "Ukraine, Goodbye!" and entered the "Ukrainian New Wave", anthology collecting best short films of Ukraine in 2012. The script of said short took the main award in script section of "Coronation of the Word" (National Scripts Festival; Kyiv 2012). After completing the film school, participated in Toronto Film Lab (Script&Pitch) in 2016. Organizer of the Ukrainian Script Platform «TERRARIUM». First live action short film after completion of the film school, Weightlifter (2018) took several major film awards in Ukraine.- Writer
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Artem is a Ukrainian director, scriptwriter and show runner known for series like The Sniffer (available on on Amazon Prime) and most recently Against All Odds. Artem graduated from the National Technical University of Ukraine in Kyiv. He worked on a couple of feature films for Ukrainian production companies and from 2011 till 2019 he has been writing and directing a successful Ukrainian series The Sniffer (sold to over 75 territories worldwide, format adapted in Japan). since the war began, Artem has written and directed Against All Odds (2023), a documentary about the invasion, and Those Who Stayed (2023), a TV series about people who chose not to flee the war.- Director
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Roman Shirman is known for Teper ya budu lyubyty tebe (2015), An Awesome Tale (2008) and Bazyl (2020).- Director
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Dmitriy Tomashpolskiy was born on 1 July 1958 in Kyiv, Ukraine. He is a director and writer, known for Stranger (2019), Space (2021) and My Grandmother Fanny Kaplan (2016).- Director
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Yuliia Gontaruk, born on March 6th, 1987. Yuliia Graduated in Thermal Energy and Process Engineering at the National Technical University of Ukraine in 2009. Studied film directing at The National University of theatre, cinema and television of Karpenko-Kary 2007-2012. Since 2013 is a member of the National Union of Cinematographers in Ukraine. Yuliia became one of the founders of the creative association #BABYLON'13. Now she's making full-length documentaries.- Director
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Kateryna Gornostai studied Biology (2010) and later Journalism (2012) at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. Then graduated from the School of Marina Razbezhkina and Mikhail Ugarov Documentary Film and Theatre in Moscow (October 2012 - November 2013) and returned home to Kyiv. Now she is engaged in educational documentary programs and her own documentary and fiction films projects.- Director
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Andriy Lytvynenko is known for Evromaidan. Chornovy montazh (2014), Askania Reserve (2019) and Wszystko ma zyc (2024).- Art Department
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Andriy Shcherbak is known for Prychynna: The Story of Love (2017), The Dragon Spell (2016) and A Matter of Tim.- Animation Department
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Born July 13, 1990, in Ukraine. In 2012 graduated from the National Aviation University, specialty "jurisprudence." 2013 had a screenwriting course of Paul Brown from New York Film Academy. Debut short film "The stop" shot in 2014. A member of the public organization "Contemporary Ukrainian cinema", a stand-up comedian, a member of the Almanac "Ukrainian new wave 20/16+".- Director
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Maryna Vroda was born in 1982 in Kyiv. She graduated from the Cinematography and TV faculty at the Karpenko-Karyy National University of Theatre, Cinematography and Television in Kyiv, with a specialization in feature films direction. She attended workshops run by Mikhail Illenko and Valery Sivak. After graduation, she worked with Sergei Loznitsa. Her short student films have been shown at international film festivals in both in Eastern and Western Europe, and in 2011 she won a Palme d'Or for Best Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival for Cross.- Director
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In 2013, he received a bachelor's degree from the Institute of Screen Arts, having majored in film and television directing. In 2014, he received a master's degree from Kyiv National Theater, Film and Television University as a television director. He has been a member of the Ukrainian Film Academy since 2017.- Director
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Aleksandr Parkhomenko is known for Khutorskie strasti (2008), Luka (2013) and Vse ravno tebya dozhdus (2019).- Writer
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Mykola Shpykovskyi was born on 25 August 1897 in Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a writer and director, known for Troye s odnoy ulitsy (1936), Gegemon (1931) and Chashka chaya (1927). He died on 3 December 1977.- Director
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Dmytro Moiseiev is known for Grey Bees (2024), Chas khryzantem (2017) and Such Beautiful People (2013).- Cinematographer
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Dmytro Tiazhlov is known for Highnoon Winti (2016), Pid napruhoiu (2016) and No status. Ukraine (2019).- Director
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Vyacheslav Krishtofovich was born on 26 October 1947 in Kiev, USSR [now Ukraine]. He is a director and writer, known for Rebro Adama (1991), A Friend of the Deceased (1997) and Peredchuttya (2019).- Actor
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Boris Savchenko was born on 10 April 1939 in Anatolyevka, Odessa Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He is an actor and director, known for Radi semeynogo ochaga (1992), Legenda o bessmertii (1986) and Melancholic Waltz (1990).- Director
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Studied at the Moscow Cinema Institute under Soviet film master Mikhail Romm. He found fame after his 1959 film "Ballad of a Soldier" which is considered one of the best Soviet war films and which has played all over the world.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Alexander Denysenko is a multiple award-winning film director, screenwriter, and creative producer. Alexander holds twenty-eight international awards. He is a pupil and assistant of Oscar-winning director Andrzej Wajda. Member of the Polish Filmmakers Association (PFA). A jury member of film festivals in London and Krakow.
Alexander aspires to challenge the status quo with his projects. His internationally awarded short Wonderwall is the world's first film reshaping the theme of Chornobyl from an emotionally new point of view, without the stereotypical sense of fear and anxiety.
Having graduated from Lviv National University with a Master's in Philosophy he furthered his education as a feature film director. He also received specializations in screenwriting and creative production.
Born in Ukraine, Alexander works internationally. He puts insight and imagination at the center of everything he works on.- Actress
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Anatoliy Mateshko was born on 29 September 1953 in Gostomel, Kiev Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He is a director and actor, known for CAPTUM (Lat. Captivity) (2015), Foxter & Max (2019) and Trubach (2014).- Camera and Electrical Department
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Aleksandr Grachov is known for Colleagues (2014).- Director
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Vladimir Denisenko was born on 7 January 1930 in Medvin, Kiev Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He was a director and writer, known for Povest o zhenshchine (1975), Soldatka (1960) and Son (1964). He died on 10 June 1984 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR.- Actor
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Aleksandr Denisenko was born on 5 September 1958 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He is an actor and director, known for Taras. Homecoming (2019), Saltimbancii (1981) and Sovist (1968).- Director
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Boris Ivchenko was born on 29 January 1941. He was a director and actor, known for Zvyozdnaya komandirovka (1983), Pod sozvezdiem bliznetsov (1979) and Nebylytsi pro Ivana (1989). He died on 28 June 1990 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR.- Director
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Ivan Kavaleridze was born on 1 April 1887 in Ladansky, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ladansky, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Natalka Poltavka (1936), Koliyivshchyna (1933) and Zaporozhets za Dunayem (1937). He died on 3 December 1978 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].- Director
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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).- Director
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Vladimir Onishchenko is known for Kapitan Krokus (1991), Semeynye melodramy (2010) and Tilky kokhannya (2010).- Director
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Maksim Papernik was born on 20 April 1969. He was a director and writer, known for Alisa v Strane chudes (2014), Kushat podano! (2006) and Za dvumya zaytsami (2003). He died on 19 February 2017.- Director
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Viktor Ivanov was born on 13 February 1909 in Kazatin, Kiev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Koziatyn, Vinnytsia Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Za dvoma zaytsiamy (1961), Oleksa Dovbush (1960) and Ni pukha, ni pera (1974). He died on 18 June 1981.- Director
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Taras Tomenko is known for Terykony (2022), Slovo House (2017) and Budynok Slovo. Neskinchenyi roman (2021).- Writer
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Maryna Roshchyna is known for In Joy (2018), Summer Fall (2013) and Witnesses. Captivity That Kills (2024).- Director
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Antonio Lukich was born in 1992 in Uzhhorod, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine. He is a director and writer, known for Luxembourg, Luxembourg (2022), My Thoughts Are Silent (2019) and It Was Showering in Manchester (2015).