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Valeri Todorovski is a Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Russe born on 8 may 1962 at Odessa (Ukraine)
Valery Petrovich Todorovsky (Russian: Вале́рий Петро́вич Тодоро́вский; Ukrainian: Валерій Петрович Тодоровський; born 9 May 1962, Odessa) is a Russian film director, screenwriter, TV producer of Jewish origin.
Legend has it that Todorovsky was born immediately after his mother watched Hitchcock's Psycho, in 1962. The film did not have an official release in Odessa; rather, it somehow reached Odessa Film Studio, where his father, Piotr Todorovsky, also a film director, was working at the time.
Among the films he directed is the crime melodrama set in Moscow, The Country of Deaf (Strana Glukhikh), scripted by actress-director-scriptwriter Renata Litvinova based on her own novella To Have and to Belong, and Hipsters. The Country of Deaf was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival.
Of his earlier films, The Hearse (Katafalk) won the Grand Prix at Mannheim (1990) and Love (Lyubov) received Ecumenical Prize at Cannes (1992). In 1999 he was a member of the jury at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.
Valery Todorovsky also co-produced the Russian gangster TV series Brigada (2002) (which eventually received a cult popularity) and the 2005 TV adaptation of the Master and Margarita.
Currently, he is mostly involved with producing TV serials for ORT.
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Valeri Todorovski
Birth name Valery Petrovich Todorovsky
Nationality Russie
Birth 8 may 1962 (61 years) at Odessa (Ukraine)
Nationality Russie
Birth 8 may 1962 (61 years) at Odessa (Ukraine)
Legend has it that Todorovsky was born immediately after his mother watched Hitchcock's Psycho, in 1962. The film did not have an official release in Odessa; rather, it somehow reached Odessa Film Studio, where his father, Piotr Todorovsky, also a film director, was working at the time.
Among the films he directed is the crime melodrama set in Moscow, The Country of Deaf (Strana Glukhikh), scripted by actress-director-scriptwriter Renata Litvinova based on her own novella To Have and to Belong, and Hipsters. The Country of Deaf was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival.
Of his earlier films, The Hearse (Katafalk) won the Grand Prix at Mannheim (1990) and Love (Lyubov) received Ecumenical Prize at Cannes (1992). In 1999 he was a member of the jury at the 21st Moscow International Film Festival.
Valery Todorovsky also co-produced the Russian gangster TV series Brigada (2002) (which eventually received a cult popularity) and the 2005 TV adaptation of the Master and Margarita.
Currently, he is mostly involved with producing TV serials for ORT.
Biography
Valéri est le fils du réalisateur Piotr Todorovski et de Mira Grigorievna Todorovskaïa, producteur de cinéma. En 1978, il tient le rôle du fils de l'héroïne principale dans le film de Youli Raizman Une femme bizarre. Il fait ses études à la faculté des scénaristes de l'Institut national de la cinématographie dans la classe d'Issaï Kouznetsov et Kira Paramonova et en sort diplômé en 1984. Il signe son premier film en tant que réalisateur en 1990, avec le drame Catafalque qui reçoit le Grand prix du festival du film de Mannheim. À quatre reprises (1994, 1998, 2002, 2008), Todorovski sera nominé pour le Nika de la meilleure réalisation. Il est membre du jury au Festival international du film de Moscou 1999. Dans une interview au quotidien Novaïa Gazeta en 2013, le réalisateur confie avoir la préférence pour le genre de feuilleton télévisé, ce qui explique qu'il vient d'en tourner un lui-même (Le Dégel). En février 2016, il préside le jury du festival du film Dvizhenie ("Движение") à Omsk.Usually with
Filmography of Valeri Todorovski (9 films)
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The Bolshoi (2017)
, 2h12Directed by Valeri Todorovski
Origin Russie
Genres Drama
Actors Alissa Freindlich
Rating67%
La jeune et talentueuse danseuse Youlia Olchanskaïa, originaire d’une petite cité minière, tire le « bon numéro » : elle est remarquée par un ancien danseur qui lui prédit un avenir de grande ballerine. Mais la voie qui mène sur la légendaire scène du Bolchoï passe par le conservatoire, où la jeune provinciale insoumise est prise en charge par une professeure encore plus fantasque. Pour devenir danseuse étoile, il lui faudra faire des sacrifices inouïs…
Hipsters (2008)
, 2h10Directed by Valeri Todorovski
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Anton Shagin, Oksana Akinchina, Ekaterina Vilkova, Maksim Matveyev, Oleg Yankovsky, Sergueï Garmach
Rating70%
In 1955, a group of young Muscovite Komsomol (communist youth) students led by Katerina intercepts illegal stilyagi gatherings in Gorky Park. Perceived as "enemies of society", the stilyagi are forced to flee, with many of them getting caught and their clothing, ties or hair cut by the Komsomol for demonstrative purposes. Mels, a twenty-year-old paragon athletic student and member of the Komsomol, is ordered by Katia to chase one of the escapists, another young girl. However, the girl soon tricks him into believing that she broke her ankle, and then abruptly pushes Mels into a pond, at the same time inviting him to "come spend some time with Polly (Russian: Польза, wordplay on "benefit") on the Broadway".
Country of the Deaf (1998)
, 1h45Directed by Valeri Todorovski
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about disabilities, Sign-language films
Actors Tchoulpan Khamatova, Dina Korzun, Alexeï Gorbounov ou Aleksey Gorbunov, Iaroslav Boïko
Rating73%
Katya Ismailova (1994)
, 1h17Directed by Valeri Todorovski
Genres Drama, Noir
Actors Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė, Vladimir Machkov, Alissa Freindlich, Aleksandr Feklistov, Avangard Leontiev
Rating62%
Katia travaille pour sa belle-mère, écrivain Irina Dmitrievna, qu'elle accompagne dans leur maison de campagne afin de terminer la dactylographie du dernier roman. Elle y fait connaissance de Sergueï, un homme à tout faire venu réparer les meubles. Le coup de foudre soudain que la jeune femme éprouve pour lui va mettre à l'épreuve sa loyauté envers ses proches et révéler le côté obscur de sa personnalité.
Scriptwriter
The Bolshoi (2017)
, 2h12Directed by Valeri Todorovski
Origin Russie
Genres Drama
Actors Alissa Freindlich
Roles Story
Rating67%
La jeune et talentueuse danseuse Youlia Olchanskaïa, originaire d’une petite cité minière, tire le « bon numéro » : elle est remarquée par un ancien danseur qui lui prédit un avenir de grande ballerine. Mais la voie qui mène sur la légendaire scène du Bolchoï passe par le conservatoire, où la jeune provinciale insoumise est prise en charge par une professeure encore plus fantasque. Pour devenir danseuse étoile, il lui faudra faire des sacrifices inouïs…
, 2hDirected by Alexandre Veledinski
Genres Drama
Actors Constantin Khabenski, Alexandre Robak, Elena Lyadova
Rating72%
The main character, a biologist named Victor Sluzhkin, loses his job and, to make ends meet, is forced to take a job in a local school as a geography teacher. His family has little money and lives in a dilapidated apartment in an old Soviet era building. His best friend is having an affair with his wife. The students in his class do not respect him and the assistant principal does not like his teaching methods. He feels lonely and depressed. To deal with the stresses of life, he drinks a lot. His alcohol-fueled binges provide a temporary respite, but no lasting comfort. When he organizes a trip on the river with a group of students from his class, it turns into a journey of self-discovery both for him and for the young men and women from his class.
, 2hDirected by Alexandre Veledinski
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Constantin Khabenski, Elena Lyadova, Alexandre Robak
Rating72%
Hipsters (2008)
, 2h10Directed by Valeri Todorovski
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Anton Shagin, Oksana Akinchina, Ekaterina Vilkova, Maksim Matveyev, Oleg Yankovsky, Sergueï Garmach
Roles Writer
Rating70%
In 1955, a group of young Muscovite Komsomol (communist youth) students led by Katerina intercepts illegal stilyagi gatherings in Gorky Park. Perceived as "enemies of society", the stilyagi are forced to flee, with many of them getting caught and their clothing, ties or hair cut by the Komsomol for demonstrative purposes. Mels, a twenty-year-old paragon athletic student and member of the Komsomol, is ordered by Katia to chase one of the escapists, another young girl. However, the girl soon tricks him into believing that she broke her ankle, and then abruptly pushes Mels into a pond, at the same time inviting him to "come spend some time with Polly (Russian: Польза, wordplay on "benefit") on the Broadway".
Country of the Deaf (1998)
, 1h45Directed by Valeri Todorovski
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about disabilities, Sign-language films
Actors Tchoulpan Khamatova, Dina Korzun, Alexeï Gorbounov ou Aleksey Gorbunov, Iaroslav Boïko
Roles Writer
Rating73%
Producer
The Bolshoi (2017)
, 2h12Directed by Valeri Todorovski
Origin Russie
Genres Drama
Actors Alissa Freindlich
Roles Producer
Rating67%
La jeune et talentueuse danseuse Youlia Olchanskaïa, originaire d’une petite cité minière, tire le « bon numéro » : elle est remarquée par un ancien danseur qui lui prédit un avenir de grande ballerine. Mais la voie qui mène sur la légendaire scène du Bolchoï passe par le conservatoire, où la jeune provinciale insoumise est prise en charge par une professeure encore plus fantasque. Pour devenir danseuse étoile, il lui faudra faire des sacrifices inouïs…
, 2hDirected by Alexandre Veledinski
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Constantin Khabenski, Elena Lyadova, Alexandre Robak
Roles Producer
Rating72%
, 2hDirected by Alexandre Veledinski
Genres Drama
Actors Constantin Khabenski, Alexandre Robak, Elena Lyadova
Roles Producer
Rating72%
The main character, a biologist named Victor Sluzhkin, loses his job and, to make ends meet, is forced to take a job in a local school as a geography teacher. His family has little money and lives in a dilapidated apartment in an old Soviet era building. His best friend is having an affair with his wife. The students in his class do not respect him and the assistant principal does not like his teaching methods. He feels lonely and depressed. To deal with the stresses of life, he drinks a lot. His alcohol-fueled binges provide a temporary respite, but no lasting comfort. When he organizes a trip on the river with a group of students from his class, it turns into a journey of self-discovery both for him and for the young men and women from his class.
Kandahar (2010)
, 1h40Directed by Andrey Kavun
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Vladimir Machkov, Andreï Panine, Alexandre Robak, Aleksandr Baluev, Yury Belyayev
Roles Producer
Rating65%
Le film relate le détournement d'un avion de transport humanitaire russe, l'Iliouchine 76 TD immatriculé RA-76842, survenu le 3 août 1995 lors du survol par l'appareil du territoire afghan alors sous contrôle des fondamentalistes taliban, ainsi que la détention de l'équipage dans la ville de Kandahar, jusqu'à son évasion après 378 jours de captivité. Le film est inspiré de faits réels.
Hipsters (2008)
, 2h10Directed by Valeri Todorovski
Origin Russie
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Anton Shagin, Oksana Akinchina, Ekaterina Vilkova, Maksim Matveyev, Oleg Yankovsky, Sergueï Garmach
Roles Producer
Rating70%
In 1955, a group of young Muscovite Komsomol (communist youth) students led by Katerina intercepts illegal stilyagi gatherings in Gorky Park. Perceived as "enemies of society", the stilyagi are forced to flee, with many of them getting caught and their clothing, ties or hair cut by the Komsomol for demonstrative purposes. Mels, a twenty-year-old paragon athletic student and member of the Komsomol, is ordered by Katia to chase one of the escapists, another young girl. However, the girl soon tricks him into believing that she broke her ankle, and then abruptly pushes Mels into a pond, at the same time inviting him to "come spend some time with Polly (Russian: Польза, wordplay on "benefit") on the Broadway".
Countdown (2006)
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Spy films
Actors Andreï Merzlikine, Oleg Stefan, Leonid Yarmolnik, Oksana Akinchina, Andrey Ilin
Roles Producer
Rating57%
There will be an explosion exactly in 48 hours in Moscow. The information was provided by an agent who was killed this very second. All Intelligence Services work on it, but the only hope is for recently organized independent team. They are a hacker girl who once broke through Pentagon servers, a former special operative officer who enjoys speed and adrenalin, psychologist, a lady whose beauty outshines her intelligence and her rank of major, and a blind field engineer whose sense of smell and intuition substitute for his eyesight... And the Chief who got them all together and learned how to control them.