Marina Tsurtsumiya (Russian:Марина Романовна
Ð¦ÑƒÑ€Ñ†ÑƒÐ¼Ð¸Ñ ; February 3, 1964) is a Moscow based director and
activist best known for her 1993 film Only Death Comes for
Sure.Tsurtsumiya was exposed to the film industry at a young age by
her parents. Her mother, studying at VGIK to become a film critic,
would take Tsurtsumiya to classes with her. Her father, Roman
Tsurtsumiya was a camera-operator who worked with Sergei Gerasimov and
as a director of photography for Sergei Bondarchuk. He later became a
director in his own right. Tsurtsumiya's father inspired her to take
up the craft, “He took me on shoots with him sometimes when I was
still very young, 7 or 8. That’s when I decided that my future would
be in the cinema.†In her final year of secondary school, Tsurtsumiya
applied to VGIK film school and was rejected. She used her father's
connections to work as an editor at Gorky Studio until she could apply
again. After a year she was accepted and studied with the science
fiction director A.M. Zguridi. At 19, she was the youngest student in
her class of eight and said of the experience, "they treated me like a
child." After graduating in 1987 Tsurtsumiya again worked at Gorky
studio for a time before branching out into independent
cinema.Tsurtsumiya's ethnic background is a mix of Belorussian,
Polish, and Georgian heritage. She says her blended lineage impacts
the kinds of stories she chooses to tell through her filmmaking. In an
interview she noted, "I'm really not able to say what nationality I
am" and that this made her want to "make films which unite people."
Ð¦ÑƒÑ€Ñ†ÑƒÐ¼Ð¸Ñ ; February 3, 1964) is a Moscow based director and
activist best known for her 1993 film Only Death Comes for
Sure.Tsurtsumiya was exposed to the film industry at a young age by
her parents. Her mother, studying at VGIK to become a film critic,
would take Tsurtsumiya to classes with her. Her father, Roman
Tsurtsumiya was a camera-operator who worked with Sergei Gerasimov and
as a director of photography for Sergei Bondarchuk. He later became a
director in his own right. Tsurtsumiya's father inspired her to take
up the craft, “He took me on shoots with him sometimes when I was
still very young, 7 or 8. That’s when I decided that my future would
be in the cinema.†In her final year of secondary school, Tsurtsumiya
applied to VGIK film school and was rejected. She used her father's
connections to work as an editor at Gorky Studio until she could apply
again. After a year she was accepted and studied with the science
fiction director A.M. Zguridi. At 19, she was the youngest student in
her class of eight and said of the experience, "they treated me like a
child." After graduating in 1987 Tsurtsumiya again worked at Gorky
studio for a time before branching out into independent
cinema.Tsurtsumiya's ethnic background is a mix of Belorussian,
Polish, and Georgian heritage. She says her blended lineage impacts
the kinds of stories she chooses to tell through her filmmaking. In an
interview she noted, "I'm really not able to say what nationality I
am" and that this made her want to "make films which unite people."
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