Konstantin Lopushansky

Konstantin Sergeyevich Lopushansky (Russian: Константин Сергеевич Лопушанский; born June 12, 1947) is a Soviet and Russian film director, film theorist and author.[1][2] He is best known for directing post-apocalyptic films Dead Man's Letters (1986), A Visitor to a Museum (1989), Russian Symphony (1994) and The Ugly Swans.

Konstantin Lopushansky
Konstantin Lopushansky in 2017
Born
Konstantin Sergeyevich Lopushansky

(1947-06-12) June 12, 1947
Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
NationalityRussian
OccupationFilm director
Years active1978–present
Styleart film, drama, science fiction
AwardsPeople's Artist of Russia

Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1997), People's Artist of Russia (2007).[1]

Biography

Early life

Konstantin Lopushansky was born on June 12, 1947 in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR.[2] His mother was linguistics professor Sofia Petrovna Lopushanskaya, who worked at the Volgograd university.[3] Konstantin's father was Sergei Timofeyevich Lopushansky, a front-line soldier who died in 1953 from wounds he sustained in war.[4]

Education and career

In 1970 Konstantin Lopushansky graduated from Kazan conservatoire as a violinist, and in 1973 he completed a postgraduate course in Leningrad conservatoire with a Ph.D. thesis in art criticism. Then Konstantin Lopushansky taught at the Kazan and Leningrad conservatories for several years.

Afterwards he took the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors (director's department, workshop of Emil Loteanu.[2][5] Upon graduating the courses in 1979 he assisted Andrei Tarkovsky in directing the legendary film Stalker, based on the novel Roadside Picnic by Boris Strugatsky.[5] Lopushansky's thesis film Solo made in 1980 was about a musician playing his last concert during the Siege of Leningrad.[6] Since 1980 Lopushansky has worked as a production director at the Lenfilm cinema studio.[7]

Dead Man's Letters and breakthrough

In 1986 Konstantin Lopushansky made his feature film directorial debut with the post-apocalyptic picture Dead Man's Letters, co-authored by Boris Strugatsky. It was screened at the International Critics' Week section of the Cannes Film Festival in 1987[8] and received the FIPRESCI prize at the 35th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg.[9]

Lopushansky's 1994 film Russian Symphony was screened in the Forum section of the 45th Berlin International Film Festival where it received the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.[10][11]

His 1989 film A Visitor to a Museum was entered into the 16th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver St. George and the Prix of Ecumenical Jury.[12]

In 2006 Lopushansky made The Ugly Swans based on the novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. The science-fiction film was about a writer who visits a boarding school for gifted children where the teachers are mutants.

Lopushansky's 2013 drama film The Role, which told the story of an actor who decides to impersonate a deceased commander of the Red Army, was shown in competition at the 35th Moscow International Film Festival.[13] It received the Nika Award for Best Screenplay.[14]

Konstantin Lopushansky's film Through the Black Glass is set to be released in 2018.[15][16]

Filmography
YearFilm
1978Tears in Windy Weather (Slyozy v vetrenuyu pogodu) (short film)
1980Solo (short film)
1986Dead Man's Letters (Pisma myortvogo cheloveka)
1989A Visitor to a Museum (Posetitel muzeya)
1994Russian Symphony (Russkaya simfoniya)
2001The Turn of the Century (Konets veka)
2006The Ugly Swans (Gadkie iebedi)
2013The Role (Rol)
2018Through the Black Glass (Skvoz chornoye steklo)

References
  1. "Константин Лопушанский". VokrugTV.
  2. "Константин Лопушанский - режиссер". Russian Cinema. Archived from the original on 2018-01-27. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
  3. Roman Merzlyakov. "Режиссер Константин Лопушанский: «Актеры расплачиваются своим рассудком»". Argumenty i Fakty.
  4. "ЭКСПОЗИЦИЯ ЛОПУШАНСКАЯ СОФИЯ ПЕТРОВНА". Музей истории русского языка им. О.Н. Трубачева.
  5. Elena Ringo. "Interview with director Konstantin Lopushansky". Indie Cinema.
  6. Anton Sazonov. "Режиссер Константин Лопушанский: Люди 20-х — бабочки над кровавой бездной". Snob.
  8. "26e SELECTION DE LA SEMAINE DE LA CRITIQUE - 1987". International Critics' Week.
  9. "35th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Germany (October 6 - October 11, 1986)". International Critics' Week.
  10. "Russkaja simfinoija". Berlin International Film Festival. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  11. "Russian Symphony". FilmAffinity. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  12. "16th Moscow International Film Festival (1989)". MIFF. Archived from the original on March 16, 2013. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
  13. "35th Moscow Film Festival Competition Program". Moscow International Film Festival. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  14. Kozlov, Vladimir (2014-04-02). "'Geographer' Big Winner at Russian Academy Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  15. Svetlana Mazurova. "Сквозь черное стекло". Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
  16. "Сквозь чёрное стекло". VokrugTV.
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