Olena Viktorivna Demyanenko (born May 8, 1966 in Lviv)[1] is a Ukrainian film director,[2] film producer,[3] and screenwriter. She is a member of the National Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Film Academy (since 2017) and the European Film Academy (since 2018).[4] In 1990 she graduated from the Karpenko-Kary Kyiv Institute of Theater Arts.

Olena Demyanenko, Toronto, 2019.

Filmography edit

A selection of films she has directed:[1]

  • Hutsulka Ksenya (2019)[5] also producer and writer
  • Moya babusya Fani Kaplan / My grandmother Fani Kaplan (2016)[6] also producer and writer
  • Mayakovskiy. Dva Dnya / Mayakovsky. Two days (8 part TV mini series) (2013)[7]
  • F 63.9 Bolezn Iyubvi / F63.9 Love sickness (2013)[8]

Awards and nominations edit

Winner - 2020 Ukrainian Film Academy Awards (Best Screenplay) for Hutsuilka Ksenya,[1] also nominated for Best Film.

2014 Odesa International Film Festival national competition for F 63.9 Bolezn Iyubvi [1]

2016 Odesa International Film Festival national competition for Moya babusya Fani Kaplan, which was also nominated for

2017 Ukrainian Film Academy Awards (Best Film, Best Director)

She was also nominated in the Ukrainian Film Critics Awards, with Dmitriy Tomashpolskiy, in 2021 (Best Feature Film) for Storonniy (2019)[9]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Alena Demyanenko". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  2. ^ "Ukraine ready to launch its own Oscars". Kyiv Post. April 19, 2017.
  3. ^ "My Grandmother Fanny Kaplan". europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved February 17, 2021.
  4. ^ "Нові члени Європейської кіноакадемії від України". Бюро української кіножурналістики. October 6, 2018.
  5. ^ Demyanenko, Alena (2019-03-07), Hutsulka Ksenya (Musical), Gagarin Media Film Company, Ukrainian State Film Agency, retrieved 2022-02-26
  6. ^ Demyanenko, Alena (2020-04-20), Moya babusya Fani Kaplan (Biography, Crime, Drama), Foley Walkers Studio, Gagarin Media Film Company, TMA Releasing, retrieved 2022-02-26
  7. ^ Mayakovskiy. Dva dnya (Biography, Drama, Romance), Avrora Film, Partnyor, 2013-07-15, retrieved 2022-02-26
  8. ^ Demyanenko, Alena; Tomashpolskiy, Dmitriy (2013-07-01), F 63.9 Bolezn lyubvi (Comedy, Drama), Foley Walkers Studio, Gagarin Media, retrieved 2022-02-26
  9. ^ Tomashpolskiy, Dmitriy (2021-08-19), Storonniy (Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller), Gagarin Media Film Company, retrieved 2022-02-26