Denys Kushnarov (Ukrainian: Денис Кушнарьов [uk]) is a Ukrainian filmmaker, journalist and actor. He is the first Ukrainian TV-journalist to cover the Oscar Awards[1] and the Golden Globe Award Ceremony 2019–2020.[2] He is also the author of special TV-reports from the Cannes Film Festival in 2016–2017 & Venice Film Festival 2018 for different media: TV-channel INTER.[3] TV-Channel Ukraine, daynight.tv[4]

Early life

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Kushnarov graduated from lyceum “Erudite” with a golden medal in Liberal Arts. He graduated from Donetsk National University with a specialization in translation (German, English). He moved to Kyiv and won a quiz show, which helped him to graduate from TV school.

Career

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He worked as a freelance journalist for the travel magazines Welcome to Ukraine and International Tourism.[5] He then began working for Ukrainian TV channels as a journalist and screenwriter.

In 2015 he began work as a film director and released Rocketman, a documentary that was awarded "Best Ukrainian Short 2015" by the National Filmmakers' Union of Ukraine.[citation needed]

His short film Make Music, Not War was shortlisted at multiple film festivals: Szczecin European Film Festival (Poland),[6] Show Me Justice Film Festival (USA),[7] and the 39th Elche International Independent Film Festival. Kushnarov's short film There is a Place was awarded at the Short Cut Film Festival (Serbia)[8] and at the 7th International Green Culture Festival (Serbia).[9] It was also shortlisted at the 29th Girona Film Festival (Spain).[10] In 2018 his short film Annihilation entered as an official selection of the 36th Fajr International Film Festival in Iran, Tehran.

References

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  1. ^ "Оскар 2019 - Денис Кушнарев рассказал о работе на Оскаре и подготовке к церемонии - «ФАКТЫ»". Archived from the original on 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  2. ^ "Эксклюзив "Сегодня": голливудские звезды о кино и Украине на красной дорожке "Золотого глобуса"". lifestyle.segodnya.ua.
  3. ^ "Тег "Канни" - Відеотека - Телеканал "Інтер"". Телеканал "Інтер".
  4. ^ "DayNight.TV - Золотой Глобус: Красная Дорожка и Победители". daynight.tv.
  5. ^ "Welcome to Ukraine". www.wumag.kiev.ua.
  6. ^ Szczecin, House of Plates :: DOM TALERZY - strony internetowe, filmy, reklama -. "Denys Kushnarov :: Szczecin European Film Festival 2017". europeanfilmfestival.szczecin.pl.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Guest Blogger- Denys Kushnarov". 29 March 2016.
  8. ^ "SHORT CUT eng - Turistički kanal". www.turistickikanal.net.
  9. ^ "Національна спілка кінематографістів України". www.ukrkino.com.ua (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  10. ^ "Gironafilmfestival.com". www.gironafilmfestival.com.