Andrei Lvovich Nekrasov (Russian: Ð Ð½Ð´Ñ€ÐµÌ Ð¹ Ð›ÑŒÐ²Ð¾Ì Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡
Ð ÐµÐºÑ€Ð°Ì Ñ Ð¾Ð²; born 26 February 1958 in Saint Petersburg) is a
Russian film and TV director from Saint Petersburg.Andrei Nekrasov
studied acting and directing at the Russian State Institute of
Performing Arts in his native Saint Petersburg. He studied comparative
literature and philosophy at the University of Paris, taking a
master's degree, and film at Bristol University Film School. In 1985,
he assisted Andrei Tarkovsky during the filming and editing of The
Sacrifice. Nekrasov then made several internationally coproduced
documentaries and TV arts programs (notably A Russia of One's Own,
Pasternak, The Prodigal Son, and Children's Stories: Chechnya). His
first drama short, Springing Lenin (1993) won the UNESCO prize at the
Cannes Film Festival that year, and in 1997 his first feature, Love is
as Strong as Death won the FIPRESCI prize at Mannheim-Heidelberg. The
director's second feature, Lubov and Other Nightmares (2001) won
recognition at a great many of festivals all over the world (including
Sundance and Berlin) and confirmed his status as a rebel among Russian
filmmakers.Andrei Nekrasov is also a playwright and a theater
director. His German productions (of his own plays) include: Der
Spieler (The Gambler) in Euro Theater Central in Bonn and Koenigsberg
in the Volksbuehne Theatre in Berlin.Nekrasov's 2007 film, Rebellion:
the Litvinenko Case (U.S. Title: Poisoned by Pollonium. The Litvinenko
File) presents interviews with assassinated former FSB officer
Alexander Litvinenko and journalist Anna Politkovskaya. The movie
contends that Russian state security service FSB, the successor agency
to the KGB, organized bombings of apartments in Moscow and taking
hostages in a Moscow theater to justify the second war in Chechnya and
bring Vladimir Putin to power. The film was premiered in the official
selection of Cannes Film Festival in 2007.
Ð ÐµÐºÑ€Ð°Ì Ñ Ð¾Ð²; born 26 February 1958 in Saint Petersburg) is a
Russian film and TV director from Saint Petersburg.Andrei Nekrasov
studied acting and directing at the Russian State Institute of
Performing Arts in his native Saint Petersburg. He studied comparative
literature and philosophy at the University of Paris, taking a
master's degree, and film at Bristol University Film School. In 1985,
he assisted Andrei Tarkovsky during the filming and editing of The
Sacrifice. Nekrasov then made several internationally coproduced
documentaries and TV arts programs (notably A Russia of One's Own,
Pasternak, The Prodigal Son, and Children's Stories: Chechnya). His
first drama short, Springing Lenin (1993) won the UNESCO prize at the
Cannes Film Festival that year, and in 1997 his first feature, Love is
as Strong as Death won the FIPRESCI prize at Mannheim-Heidelberg. The
director's second feature, Lubov and Other Nightmares (2001) won
recognition at a great many of festivals all over the world (including
Sundance and Berlin) and confirmed his status as a rebel among Russian
filmmakers.Andrei Nekrasov is also a playwright and a theater
director. His German productions (of his own plays) include: Der
Spieler (The Gambler) in Euro Theater Central in Bonn and Koenigsberg
in the Volksbuehne Theatre in Berlin.Nekrasov's 2007 film, Rebellion:
the Litvinenko Case (U.S. Title: Poisoned by Pollonium. The Litvinenko
File) presents interviews with assassinated former FSB officer
Alexander Litvinenko and journalist Anna Politkovskaya. The movie
contends that Russian state security service FSB, the successor agency
to the KGB, organized bombings of apartments in Moscow and taking
hostages in a Moscow theater to justify the second war in Chechnya and
bring Vladimir Putin to power. The film was premiered in the official
selection of Cannes Film Festival in 2007.
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