Konstantin Fam aka Costa Fam (rus. ÐšÐ¾Ð½Ñ Ñ‚Ð°Ð½Ñ‚Ð¸Ì Ð½ Ð¤Ð°Ì Ð¼,
born July 13, 1972, Pervomayskiy, USSR) is an independent director,
producer, screenwriter. His movie "Shoes" produced in the memory of
the Holocaust victims was the only Russian short movie applying for
the Academy Awards in 2013.He was born in the town of Pervomayskiy in
Kharkiv oblast in Ukrainian SSR. His father, Nguen Kong Tak, is a
Vietnamese political immigrant, who was sent personally by Ho Chi Minh
to study in the Soviet Union. Members of the father's family are
heroes of the First Indochina War. His father himself spent more than
10 years in resistance guerrilla group. During his studies as an
engineer he was drafted to the war. He took it as disrespect to his
merits and sought political asylum in the Soviet Union, thus he was
not allowed to live in big cities. The family was under the KGB
supervision so that any movement required special permission. His
mother, Svetlana Naumovna Malkina, was Jewish. The majority of his
maternal relatives perished in the Holocaust. His mother had been
hiding her Jewishness for her whole life. His parents' stories
influenced Konstantin's creative world outlook.Konstantin lived in the
town of Pervomayskiy until the age of 15 and then entered the
Dnipropetrovsk State Theatre School, for the Puppetry Arts. According
to the director, he dreamed of acting classes, for puppets were
considered to be not prestigious. However, Fam admitted years later
that this specialty provided him with the extensive experience in the
construction of music, staging, as well as in the ability to animate
inanimate objects. Subsequently, this experience was useful when
shooting "Shoes".After graduation, he moved to Tbilisi for working in
the theater. After military conflict outbreak in Georgia in 1991, he
moved to Chernihiv, where he worked as an actor in a local theater.
However, roles offered to Constantine were often based on his Asian
appearance that didn't match his ambitions. In 1992, he moved to
Moscow and started working on television projects in various roles. In
1997, at the fourth attempt he entered Russian State Institute of
Cinematography (VGIK), the Course of Screenwriting headed by the great
Valentin Yezhov. After two years studying he decided to leave it and
concentrate on business development. He started studying film
equipment rental, as well as filming TV commercials, advertisements,
music videos and image movies. In 1998, he was a writer of children's
comic film magazine "Yeralash", as well as a director. In the 2000s
ran a large cinemachinery leasing business also shooting television
commercials. During this period, Constantine acted in various
production roles, ranging from small roles to producing and directing.
The company was closed due to 2008 crisis. Constantine had a dream to
earn the necessary amount of money, to shoot a comedy based on his own
scenario and start working on his own projects.
born July 13, 1972, Pervomayskiy, USSR) is an independent director,
producer, screenwriter. His movie "Shoes" produced in the memory of
the Holocaust victims was the only Russian short movie applying for
the Academy Awards in 2013.He was born in the town of Pervomayskiy in
Kharkiv oblast in Ukrainian SSR. His father, Nguen Kong Tak, is a
Vietnamese political immigrant, who was sent personally by Ho Chi Minh
to study in the Soviet Union. Members of the father's family are
heroes of the First Indochina War. His father himself spent more than
10 years in resistance guerrilla group. During his studies as an
engineer he was drafted to the war. He took it as disrespect to his
merits and sought political asylum in the Soviet Union, thus he was
not allowed to live in big cities. The family was under the KGB
supervision so that any movement required special permission. His
mother, Svetlana Naumovna Malkina, was Jewish. The majority of his
maternal relatives perished in the Holocaust. His mother had been
hiding her Jewishness for her whole life. His parents' stories
influenced Konstantin's creative world outlook.Konstantin lived in the
town of Pervomayskiy until the age of 15 and then entered the
Dnipropetrovsk State Theatre School, for the Puppetry Arts. According
to the director, he dreamed of acting classes, for puppets were
considered to be not prestigious. However, Fam admitted years later
that this specialty provided him with the extensive experience in the
construction of music, staging, as well as in the ability to animate
inanimate objects. Subsequently, this experience was useful when
shooting "Shoes".After graduation, he moved to Tbilisi for working in
the theater. After military conflict outbreak in Georgia in 1991, he
moved to Chernihiv, where he worked as an actor in a local theater.
However, roles offered to Constantine were often based on his Asian
appearance that didn't match his ambitions. In 1992, he moved to
Moscow and started working on television projects in various roles. In
1997, at the fourth attempt he entered Russian State Institute of
Cinematography (VGIK), the Course of Screenwriting headed by the great
Valentin Yezhov. After two years studying he decided to leave it and
concentrate on business development. He started studying film
equipment rental, as well as filming TV commercials, advertisements,
music videos and image movies. In 1998, he was a writer of children's
comic film magazine "Yeralash", as well as a director. In the 2000s
ran a large cinemachinery leasing business also shooting television
commercials. During this period, Constantine acted in various
production roles, ranging from small roles to producing and directing.
The company was closed due to 2008 crisis. Constantine had a dream to
earn the necessary amount of money, to shoot a comedy based on his own
scenario and start working on his own projects.
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