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Vitali Kanevsky

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Vitali Kanevsky
Born (1935-09-04) 4 September 1935 (age 89)
Suchan, Soviet Union
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Years active1976—2000

Vitali Yevgenievich Kanevsky (Russian: Вита́лий Евге́ньевич Кане́вский; born 4 September 1935) is a Soviet film director and screenwriter. His film Freeze Die Come to Life won the Caméra d'Or at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.[1] Two years later, his film An Independent Life would win the Jury Prize at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival.[2] The film was also nominated for the Golden Bear at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival.[3]

In 1960 he entered the directing department of VGIK (Mikhail Romm's workshop).

Kanevsky served a prison sentence for rape from 1966 to 1974.[4]

Vitali currently lives in France, USA, and St. Petersburg.[5]

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Freeze Die Come to Life". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 8 August 2009.
  2. ^ "Festival de Cannes: An Independent Life". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
  3. ^ "Berlinale: 1992 Programme". berlinale.de. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Виталий Каневский: «Мужик в Каннах сказал, что виски лучше водки, — как я мог такое стерпеть?!»". Комсомольская правда. 10 December 2010.
  5. ^ "Виталий Каневский" (in Russian). ИноеКино. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  6. ^ Elena Plakhova (1 January 2006). "Vitali Kanevsky" (in Russian). Seans.
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