Alexei Uchitel

Aleksei Yefimovich Uchitel PAR (Russian: Алексей Ефимович Учитель; born 31 August 1951 in Leningrad) is a Russian film director.

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 picture Matilda directed by him is scheduled to be released on March 30, 2017.

Uchitel is of Jewish descent.

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