Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV

Director, script writer

Russian Federation

Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV © DR

Multi-award winning filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev has already become one of the most respected directors in Russian and international cinema. He directed his first feature film in 2003 The Return which won a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. He has continued to write and direct films: the award-winning feature films The Banishment (2007), which premiered in competition at the Festival de Cannes and won the Best Actor Award, Elena (2011) that got the Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize and Leviathan (2014) which brought him Best Screenplay award in Cannes, both Golden Globe and Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film nominees. His most recent film Loveless won the Jury Prize at the 2017 Festival de Cannes, and was among the nominees for Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globe and 90th Academy Awards.

Jury attendance

  • Member Feature films, 2018

Feature films

NELYUBOV

In Competition - Feature Films, 2017Director, Screenplay

LEVIATHAN

In Competition - Feature Films, 2014Director, Screenplay

ELENA

Un Certain Regard, 2011Director

IZGNANIE

In Competition - Feature Films, 2007Director, Screenplay

Awards

NELYUBOV

(LOVELESS) In Competition - Feature Films, 2017
2017 Jury Prize
Director, Screenplay

LEVIATHAN

In Competition - Feature Films, 2014
2014 Award for Best Screenplay
Director, Screenplay

ELENA

Un Certain Regard, 2011
2011 Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize
Director