Andrey Zvyagintsev

Andrey Zvyagintsev (b. 1964, Novosibirsk) graduated from the Novosibirsk Actors School (1984) and from the GITIS acting faculty in Moscow (1990). He was involved as an actor in several stage projects and appeared in episodic roles in TV series and also in films, such as Shirli-Myrli (1995, dir. Vladimir Menshov, screened at Karlovy Vary in 1996). In 2003 he debuted with the feature film The Return (Vozvrashchenie), which won the Golden Lion at the Venice IFF and… (plus)