Alexei Uchitel

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Alexey Uchitel
Alexei Uchitel at the 43rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Native name Алексей Учитель
Born Aleksei Yefimovich Uchitel
(1951-08-31) 31 August 1951 (age 73)
Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Occupation Film director

Aleksei Yefimovich Uchitel (Russian: Алексей Ефимович Учитель; born 31 August 1951) is a Russian film director.[1] In 2002, he received the title People's Artist of Russia.[2]

Life and career

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Uchitel in 2019

Uchitel was born on 31 August 1951 in Leningrad to the family of documentary filmmaker Yefim Uchitel.[1][3][4]

In 1975, he graduated from VGIK, worked at the Leningrad studio of documentary films.[1]

In 1990, he founded his film studio "Rock". Uchitel's directorial debut was the film Gisele's Mania.[1]

In 2000, he received the Nika Award, the Kinotavr Grand Prix[5] and the Crystal Globe nomination for His Wife's Diary. The film was about the last love affair of Ivan Bunin.[6]

His 2003 film The Stroll was entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival.[7] His 2005 film Dreaming of Space won the Golden George at the 27th Moscow International Film Festival.[8] In 2006, he was a member of the jury at the 28th Moscow International Film Festival.[9]

His 2010 film The Edge was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards[10] but it did not make the final shortlist.[11]

His film Break Loose was selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.[12][13]

The romantic drama Matilda directed by Uchitel about the relationship between ballerina Matilda Kshesinskaya and Nicholas II was released on 23 October 2017. The picture became controversial after State Duma deputy Natalia Poklonskaya led a campaign to ban the film on religious grounds.

Personal life

Wife, since 1981, Kira Saksaganskaya. They have son. Alexei Uchitel divorce from his wife is not officially registered, because in addition to personal, they are also connected by business relations. For many years Uchitel had an affair with Russian film actress Yulia Peresild with whom he has two daughters, Anna (born 2009) and Maria (born 2012).[14][15][16] In 2021, Peresild announced that she had broken up with him.[17]

Selected filmography

References

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