Ilya Khrzhanovsky
| Ilya Khrzhanovsky | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Ilya Andreevich Khrzhanovsky August 11, 1975 Moscow, Russia |
| Occupation | Film director |
Ilya Andreevich Khrzhanovsky (Russian: Илья́ Андре́евич Хржановский; born August 11, 1975 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian film director. He is the son of Andrei Khrzhanovsky (b. 1939), one of the top Russian animation directors, and the grandson of the artist and actor Yury Khrzhanovsky (1905—1987).
Educated at the Bonn Academy of Fine Arts (1992–1993) and the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography (1998) (VGIK), Khrzhanovsky's directorial debut was the production of That Which I Feel (Russian: «То, что чувствую») at the Kukart Festival at Peterhof in 1997. Khrzhanovsky also co-directed Stop (Russian: «Остановка»), which is a short film, together with Artyom Mikhalkov in 1998.
Between 1998 and 2002, Khrzhanovsky worked as a director and producer in commercial advertising. He was also the responsible producer of a Russian TNT Channel TV project The List of Lovers of the Russian Federation, a series directed by leading Russian movie directors. In 2003, the project became a part of the Berlin International Film Festival program, as well as other Russian and international film festivals.
Khrzhanovsky directed the film 4, which had earned him several awards including a Golden Cactus and Tiger Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival in the Netherlands, Best Director Prize at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema; Grand Jury Prize as Best New Director at the Seattle International Film Festival; the Best Film and Best Camera Prize at the Transylvania International Film Festival; the Best Director Prize at the Athens International Film Festival, and nominated for Fassbinder Prize European Film Award. It was included into official programs of more than 50 international film festivals, including Venice Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Los Angeles Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, and Tribeca Film Festival. 4 was also distributed in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, the United States, and also Scandinavian and South Asian countries.
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