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Konstantin Lopushanskiy

Was born June 12, 1947 in Dnipropetrovsk (Ukrainian SSR, USSR) is a Soviet and Ukrainian film director, film theorist and author. He is perhaps best known for his post-apocalyptic film Dead Man’s Letters (1986).

In 1970 he 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, before taking the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors. Upon graduating the courses in 1979 he assisted Andrei Tarkovsky in directing the legendary film Stalker. Since 1980 Lopushansky has worked as a production director at the Lenfilm cinema studio. 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. Edited Andrei Tarkovsky’s book “Lectures on Film Directing” (1989).

Filmography:

2013 The Role
2006 The Ugly Swans
2001 The Turn of the Century
1994 Russian Symphony
1989 A Visitor to a Museum
1986 Dead Man’s Letters
1980 Solo (short film)
1978 Tears in Windy Weather (Slyozy v vetrenuyu pogodu) (short film)


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