Aleksey Nuzhnyy

Aleksey Nuzhnyy
Алексей Нужный
Born
Aleksey Nikolayevich Chernomazov

(1984-05-16) 16 May 1984 (age 40)
Yoshkar-Ola, RSFSR, USSR
CitizenshipRussian Federation
Occupations

Aleksey Nikolayevich Nuzhnyy né Chernomazov (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Ну́жный; born 16 June 1984) is a Russian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor.

Biography

Early life

Nuzhnyy was born in Yoshkar-Ola, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia), studied at the New York Film Academy.

In 2012, Aleksey Nuzhnyy loudly announced himself with a short film Envelope with Kevin Spacey in the title role, where he acted as a screenwriter and director. The film became one of the winners of the Jameson First Shot competition when the film appeared on the Internet - it was watched by more than a million people. After filming, Kevin Spacey called Aleksey a genius and advised domestic producers to pay attention to him. The film The Rooster (ru), released in 2015, received the main prize of the International Street Cinema Festival (ru), the prize for the best screenplay at the Shorter Festival and the Grand Prix of the VideoLike Film Festival.

A master class by director Aleksey Nuzhnyy at the Ostankino Higher School.

Filmography (selected)

References

  1. ^ «Легкий, но со смыслом». Отзывы на фильм «Пара из будущего»
  2. ^ Небо, дракон, лыжница: мультик Disney против отечественных комедий
  3. ^ Главные премьеры недели по версии «Газеты.Ru»
  4. ^ Мария Аронова встретила своего «двойника» на съемках «Пары из будущего»
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