Sergei Vladimirovich Ursuliak (Russian: Серге́й Влади́мирович Урсуля́к; born 10 June 1958) is a Russian film director and screenwriter. He is known for the films Composition for Victory Day (1996) and Long Farewell (2004), and the TV series Liquidation. He has won several awards, including Nika Awards and the State Prize of the Russian Federation.
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| Born | Sergei Vladimirovich Ursuliak 10 June 1958 |
| Alma mater | Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography |
| Occupation(s) | Director, screenwriter |
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Early life and education
editUrsuliak was born on 10 June 1958 in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia.[1]
He studied at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography.[1]
Career
editHe is a filmmaker, screenwriter and actor, and also presents programs on television.[1]
Awards
edit- 1996: Kinotavr — Panorama prize for work by established directors[2]
- Prize of Russian Guild of Film Critics
- 2008, 2012: Nika Awards
- 2015: Award of the Government of Russian Federation in the field of culture
- 2016: State Prize of the Russian Federation[3]
Filmography
edit- As director
- Russian Ragtime (1993)
- Summerfolk (1995)[4]
- Notes from the Dead House (1997)
- Composition for Victory Day (1998)
- Failure Poirot (2002)
- Long Farewell (2004)
- Liquidation (TV series, 2007)[5]
- Isayev (2008)
- Konstantin Raikin. One on One with the Audience (2012, documentary)
- Life and Fate (2012)[6]
- And Quiet Flows the Don (2015)
- The Diamond Chariot (2021)
- Pravednik (Праведник; 2023[7])
Personal life
editUrsuliak has been married twice and has two daughters:[8]
- First wife — actress Galina Nadirli
- Daughter — actress Alexandra Ursuliak
- Second wife — actress Lika Nifontova
- Daughter — actress Darya Ursuliak
References
edit- ^ a b c Сергей Урсуляк — биография — российские режиссёры
- ^ Beumers, Birgit (2011). Directory of World Cinema: Russia. Intellect Books. p. 25. ISBN 9781841503721.
- ^ Путин вручил государственные премии Гергиеву и Урсуляку
- ^ Beumers, Birgit (2009). A history of Russian cinema. Berg. p. 225. ISBN 9781845202149.
- ^ Dolgopolov, Greg (July 2008). "Liquidating the Happy End of the Putin-era". KinoKultura (21).
- ^ Bayer, Gerd; Kobrynskyy, Oleksandr (2015). Holocaust Cinema in the Twenty-First Century: Images, Memory, and the Ethics of Representation. Columbia University Press. p. 81. ISBN 9780231850919.
- ^ Pravednik at IMDb
- ^ Лика Нифонтова: Мы с Урсуляком разрушили две семьи // Экспресс газета
External links
edit- Sergei Ursuliak at IMDb
- Биография Сергея Урсуляка (in Russian)
- Пестрая лента с Урсуляком (Video, in Russian)