Ivan Dykhovichny

Ivan Dykhovichny
Born(1947-10-16)16 October 1947
Moscow, Soviet Union
Died27 September 2009(2009-09-27) (aged 61)
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Years active1970—2009

Ivan Vladimirovich Dykhovichny (Russian: Иван Владимирович Дыховичный, 16 October 1947 – 27 September 2009)[1] was a Russian film director and screenwriter.[2]

He directed ten films between 1984 and 2009. His film Music for December was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.[3]

His father Vladimir Abramovich Dykhovichny (1911–1963) was a well-known Soviet song writer, mother Alexandra Iosifovna Sinani was a ballerina. Dykhovichny was a close friend of Vladimir Vysotsky, who dedicated a long poem to him.

  1. ^ "Скончался режиссер Иван Дыховичный". lenta.ru. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
  2. ^ Richard Taylor, Nancy Wood, Julian Graffy, Dina Iordanova (2019). The BFI Companion to Eastern European and Russian Cinema. Bloomsbury. p. 1937. ISBN 978-1838718497.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Music for December". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 6 September 2009.