Renata Muratovna Litvinova (Russian: Рената Муратовна
Литвинова; born 12 January 1967) is a Russian actress, film
director, and screenwriter.Litvinova was born in Moscow to Volga Tatar
father Murat Aminovich Vergazov and a Russian mother, Alisa
Mikhailovna Litvinova. Her parents were doctors. They divorced when
Renata was just one year old. She attended VGIK in 1984 and graduated
in 1989. She attended the same year as fellow screenwriters and
directors Roman Kachanov and Arkady Vysotsky. It is here where she
worked on her first film as a screenwriter for the film The Much Loved
rita. The Last Meeting with Her (1988).She began her film career as a
screenwriter, writing films from 1988 to 1998. None of her earlier
projects such as Truck Drivers 2 (1992) achieved any critical or
commercial acclaim. She was discovered by fellow director Kira
Muratova in 1994 after Muratova had come across Litvinova's thesis she
had written for VGIK. Meeting one another at a local festival,
Muratova changed her mind and instead wanted Litvinova to star in one
of her films. Litvinova auditioned for the role of the female
protagonist Violet but was deemed unsuitable. However, Muratova wanted
her in the film and allowed her to write a role for herself. Litvinova
wrote herself into the film as a nurse. She continued to write
screenplays after her role, which included both Male Revelations
(1995) and Principled and Compassionate View (1995). The latter film
won the Jury prize at the "Window to Europe" Film festival and was
showcased in a number of other festivals around the world such as
Japan and Germany. She collaborated with Muratova again in 1997 and
1998, writing two screenplays that Muratova directed. Litvinova's
screenplay Three Stories was turned into a film in 1997, she also
played the role of Opha in it. Her story To Own and Belong was adapted
into the critically acclaimed crime film Country of the Deaf in 1998.
In 2017 Renata made her full debut in theatre with her own piece
called "The North Wind" in Moscow Art Theatre. She was the director
and screenwriter, as well as she played the key role in "The North
Wind".In 2000, she gained popularity after transitioning from a
screenwriter to an actress, playing the role of Albino Crow in the
show The Border She wrote screenplays for films sparingly after this
role and starred in all of the films she wrote. Litvinova became
acclaimed in the mid-2000s when she was nominated for her roles in
Sky. Plane. Girl. (2002), The Tuner (2004) and I’m Not Hurt (2006).
Литвинова; born 12 January 1967) is a Russian actress, film
director, and screenwriter.Litvinova was born in Moscow to Volga Tatar
father Murat Aminovich Vergazov and a Russian mother, Alisa
Mikhailovna Litvinova. Her parents were doctors. They divorced when
Renata was just one year old. She attended VGIK in 1984 and graduated
in 1989. She attended the same year as fellow screenwriters and
directors Roman Kachanov and Arkady Vysotsky. It is here where she
worked on her first film as a screenwriter for the film The Much Loved
rita. The Last Meeting with Her (1988).She began her film career as a
screenwriter, writing films from 1988 to 1998. None of her earlier
projects such as Truck Drivers 2 (1992) achieved any critical or
commercial acclaim. She was discovered by fellow director Kira
Muratova in 1994 after Muratova had come across Litvinova's thesis she
had written for VGIK. Meeting one another at a local festival,
Muratova changed her mind and instead wanted Litvinova to star in one
of her films. Litvinova auditioned for the role of the female
protagonist Violet but was deemed unsuitable. However, Muratova wanted
her in the film and allowed her to write a role for herself. Litvinova
wrote herself into the film as a nurse. She continued to write
screenplays after her role, which included both Male Revelations
(1995) and Principled and Compassionate View (1995). The latter film
won the Jury prize at the "Window to Europe" Film festival and was
showcased in a number of other festivals around the world such as
Japan and Germany. She collaborated with Muratova again in 1997 and
1998, writing two screenplays that Muratova directed. Litvinova's
screenplay Three Stories was turned into a film in 1997, she also
played the role of Opha in it. Her story To Own and Belong was adapted
into the critically acclaimed crime film Country of the Deaf in 1998.
In 2017 Renata made her full debut in theatre with her own piece
called "The North Wind" in Moscow Art Theatre. She was the director
and screenwriter, as well as she played the key role in "The North
Wind".In 2000, she gained popularity after transitioning from a
screenwriter to an actress, playing the role of Albino Crow in the
show The Border She wrote screenplays for films sparingly after this
role and starred in all of the films she wrote. Litvinova became
acclaimed in the mid-2000s when she was nominated for her roles in
Sky. Plane. Girl. (2002), The Tuner (2004) and I’m Not Hurt (2006).
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