Alexey Uchitel
Directing
Born 1951-08-31
Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR
80 credits
Nika Award 1
Lenin Komsomol Prize 1
Order For Merit in Culture and Art 1
People's Artist of the Russian Federation 1
Awards
Won 1 Nika Award Award
Nika Award 1 won
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Lenin Komsomol Prize 1 won
- — Lenin Komsomol Prize Won
Order For Merit in Culture and Art 1 won
- — Order For Merit in Culture and Art Won
People's Artist of the Russian Federation 1 won
- — People's Artist of the Russian Federation Won
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Aleksei Yefimovich Uchitel (Russian: Алексей Ефимович Учитель; born 31 August 1951; Leningrad) is a Russian film director, screenwriter and producer. In 2002, he received the title People's Artist of Russia.
Uchitel was born on 31 August 1951 in Leningrad to the family of documentary filmmaker Yefim Uchitel. In 1975, he graduated from VGIK, worked at the Leningrad studio of documentary films. In 1990, he founded his film studio "Rock". Uchitel's directorial debut was the film Gisele's Mania. In 2000, he received the Nika Award, the Kinotavr Grand Prix and the Crystal Globe nomination for His Wife's Diary. The film was about the last love affair of Ivan Bunin. His 2003 film The Stroll was entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival. His 2005 film Dreaming of Space won the Golden George at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival. In 2006, he was a member of the jury at the 28th Moscow International Film Festival. His 2010 film The Edge was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards but it did not make the final shortlist. His film Break Loose was selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. The romantic drama Matilda directed by Uchitel about the relationship between ballerina Matilda Kshesinskaya and Nicholas II was released on 23 October 2017. The picture became controversial after State Duma deputy Natalia Poklonskaya led a campaign to ban the film on religious grounds.
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Filmography
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Directing
16 credits
Mathilde
Noise of Time
Breaking Loose
Coronation
Mitki in Europe, Yolly-pally
Last Hero
The Edge
Leningrad
Tsoy
The Elite
The Stroll
Butterfly
Captive
His Wife's Diary
Gisele's Mania
Obvodny Canal
Producing
51 credits
In the Hand of Dante
The Road To
Once In The Desert
Mathilde
The Fool
The Sea
Plevako
Mittelmarsch
Twisting in the Wind
Friends from France
Pavlov's Dog
Noise of Time
Breaking Loose
Coronation
Holy God
The Edge
I Did Not Forget You
The Flying Ship
I'll Be Around
Ortino Range
The Major
Skype
Family Happiness
Tsoy
On This Land
Saved
7 Main Wishes
The Stroll
The Whaler Boy
Streltsov
The Game
The Battle
The Flying Ship 2
Business in Russian
No problems
Семейное cчастье (Semeynoe schaste)
Captive
To Live
Shostakovich
Lenechka
Orlovs
Sidney Lumet's Day of Birth
His Wife's Diary
Kumparsita
The Place Where You Sleep
Amun
Gisele's Mania
#IAmHere
Zemun
Elephant
The Connection
Writing
8 credits
Coronation
Mitki in Europe, Yolly-pally
Last Hero
Tsoy
The Elite
Butterfly
Gisele's Mania
Obvodny Canal
Acting
2 credits
Other credits
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