Ilya Khrzhanovsky | |
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| Born | Ilya Andreyevich Khrzhanovsky 11 August 1975 |
| Nationality | Russia, Israel, Germany |
| Occupation | Film director |
Ilya Andreyevich Khrzhanovsky (‹See Tfd›Russian: Илья́ Андре́евич Хржановский; born 11 August 1975) is a Russian-born film director, screenwriter, film producer and member of the European Film Academy. His father Andrei Khrzhanovsky (b. 1939) is one of the top Russian animation directors, and his mother Mariya Neyman, a philologist and script editor. He is the grandson of artist and actor Yury Khrzhanovsky (1905—1987).
In 2006 Khrzhanovsky launched the DAU project and has since been producing and directing films and other products for it.
Since 2007 Khrzhanovsky has permanently resided outside of Russia, in Germany, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.[1] In March 2014 he signed the open letter "We are with you!" issued by the Russian Film Union KinoSoyuz in support of Ukraine,[2][3][4] and since February 2022 has consistently opposed [5] the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
From 2020 to 2023 Khrzhanovsky worked as the Artistic Director [6] of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center.
As of March 2022, he resides in Israel.[7]
- ^ ИЛЬЯ ХРЖАНОВСКИЙ: Я ЗНАЮ, ЧТО ДЕЛАЮ ПРОДУКТЫ ЖЁСТКИЕ И СЛОЖНЫЕ В ВОСПРИЯТИИ
- ^ Russian film union pledges solidarity with Ukraine
- ^ Russian Film Figures Reply to their Ukrainian Colleagues
- ^ Мы с вами!
- ^ Leading Russian producers and directors call for an “immediate end” to invasion of Ukraine
- ^ Babyn Yar Team
- ^ Regisseur Ilya Khrzhanovsky: "Leider haben die Russen ein sehr kurzes Gedächtnis"