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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1975-08-11 (49 years old)

Place of Birth

Moscow, USSR

Ilya Khrzhanovsky

Biography:

Born in Moscow, USSR in 1975, the director and producer graduated from the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in 1998. His debut film, 4, won a Tiger Award at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. He began work on DAU, a multi-disciplinary project at the intersection of cinema, art and anthropology, in 2006.

Known For

Acting

2020

The Legend of Siegfried as Self (archive footage)

2008

Directing

2019

DAU. Cinema as Director

2005

4 as Director

1999

Stop as Director

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DAU. Sasha Valera as Director
DAU. Conformists as Director
DAU. Nora Son as Director
DAU. Regeneration as Director

Production

2023

2021

Babi Yar. Context as Associate Producer

2020

DAU. String Theory as Producer
DAU. Nikita Tanya as Producer
DAU. Katya Tanya as Producer

2004

Winter Spring as Producer

2003

Bed Stories as Producer

Writing

2020

DAU. Natasha as Screenplay
DAU. Brave People as Screenplay
DAU. Nora Mother as Screenplay
DAU. New Man as Screenplay
DAU. Katya Tanya as Screenplay
DAU. String Theory as Screenplay
DAU. Nikita Tanya as Screenplay
DAU. Three Days as Screenplay

2019

DAU. Cinema as Writer

1999

Stop as Screenplay

-

DAU. Sasha Valera as Screenplay
DAU. Conformists as Screenplay
DAU. Nora Son as Screenplay
DAU. Regeneration as Screenplay

Creator