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- Actress
- Additional Crew
Karina Smirnoff was born on 2 January 1978 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for Dark Feathers (2024), Shall We Dance? (2004) and Tango Shalom (2021).- Director
- Writer
- Cinematographer
Mstyslav Chernov was born in 1985 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. He is a director and writer, known for 20 Days in Mariupol (2023), Frontline (1983) and Moderated by Matt (2022).- The brother of actress Tamara Shayne, he was to join the Moscow Arts Theatre, but World War I intervened, and then he fought with General Pyotr Wrangel and the White Armies. Although he received few significant roles, he was outstanding in None But the Lonely Heart (1944) as Ike Weber, and in The Stranger (1946) as Gen. Meinike, where his character dominates the first 15 minutes of the film. His performance in Danny Kaye's The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) is also highly regarded. His performance in For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) was considered outstanding, but was cut from the release print. Not an ambitious actor, Shayne was dedicated to his family, including his second wife, Marjorie.
- Additional Crew
Mariia Fokina was born on 15 April 2001 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Mariia is known for Bloodline Detectives (2020).- Actress
- Writer
- Composer
Lyudmila Gurchenko was a popular actress in the Soviet Union during the 1950s - 1980s, she was best known for Carnival Night (1956), Five Evenings (1979) and Siberiade (1979).
She was born Lyudmila Markovna Gurchenko on 12 November 1935, in Kharkov, Ukrainian Soviet Republic of the USSR. She studied acting at the VGIK (Soviet State Institute for CInema), graduating from the class of Sergey Gerasimov in 1956. That same year she shot to fame in the Soviet Union, aftr delivering a stellar performance as singer Lenochka Krylova in Carnival Night (1956), by director Eldar Ryazanov.
Gurchenko's film partners were such Russian stars, as Oleg Borisov, Sergei Shakurov, Aleksandr Abdulov, Oleg Basilashvili, Mikhail Boyarskiy, Igor Ilyinsky, Yuriy Nikulin, Armen Jigarhanian, Oleg Tabakov, Stanislav Lubshin, Andrey Mironov and Aleksandr Mikhaylov among others.
Lyudmila Gurchenko was married five times and had one daughter with her first husband, Boris Andronikashvili. She died of a pulmonary failure on 30 March 2011, at age 75, and was laid to rest in Moscow, Russia.- Art Director
- Production Designer
- Director
Russian-born French art director and director who gained a significant reputation, particularly as a collaborator with director Jean Renoir. At the age of sixteen, Lourié went to Paris where he studied painting and stage design. He designed sets and costumes for various ballet companies before turning his attention to film. After working as co-art director on a few films, including two for Renoir, Lourié took over as sole art director for Renoir's The Grand Illusion (1937). Lourié worked steadily with Renoir, and went to America with him in 1941. He also was art director for Charles Chaplin's last American film, Limelight (1952). He branched into directing, specializing in, of all things, giant-monster films, often art directing and doing special effects on them as well. He continued as a respected art director into the 1980's. Following a series of strokes, Lourié died of heart failure at the reported age of 89, although most reference works list a birth year of 1905, which would have made him approximately 86. He was survived by his wife Laure and a daughter.- Inna Gulaya was born on 9 May 1940 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for When the Trees Were Tall (1962), Vremya, vperyod! (1965) and Dolgaya schastlivaya zhizn (1966). She was married to Gennady Shpalikov. She died on 27 May 1990 in Moscow, USSR [now Russia].
- Lyubava Greshnova was born on 5 July 1988 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for The Nurse (2018), Mamo, ya lotchyka lyublyu (2012) and Ya podaryu tebe pobedu (2019).
- Natalya Fateeva was born on 23 December 1934 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for Gentlemen of Fortune (1971), Vagonchik moy dalniy (2013) and Korolyov (2007). She was previously married to Boris Yegorov and Vladimir Basov.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Stunts
Sasha Piltsin is known for: "Sniper: Assassin's end", "Infidelity Can Be Fatal", "Supergirl", "DC's Legends of Tomorrow', "Cold Squad" and others... Born and raised in Kharkiv, Ukraine (USSR), Sasha is an international actor and a Russian/Ukrainian dialect coach for Film and TV. Graduated from Capilano University in "Cinematography & Film" (Vancouver, British Columbia), Sasha made his first Guest Star appearance on the popular CTV network series "Cold Squad" (2000) as Mikel, an NHL star blackmailed by the mafia. Since then, he is known to have made a number of Principal appearances in several movies, TV shows and commercials produced in Canada and US.
Today, Sasha is seen on movie sets as both Actor and Russian/Ukrainian Dialect Coach. His effectiveness as a dialect coach is due to his grounded knowledge and experience in translation and editing but most of all, his ability to make it clear and simple. He is best known for his work as Russian Dialect Coach on "Supergirl: Season 4" and "The Flash", and as Russian/Ukrainian dialect coach on "The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco" and "Siren". As Dialect Coach, Sasha has credits for Language, Dialogue and Accent coaching and translation, Script and Sides translation, Voice over, and Subtitles.
more info # www.sashapiltsin.com- Oleksandr Martynenko was born on 22 August 1960 in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He was an actor, known for Pes (2015), Provincial (2021) and Lifeline (2017). He died on 28 May 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
- Cinematographer
- Special Effects
- Actor
Yuri Sokol was born on 21 September 1937 in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He is a cinematographer and actor, known for Georgia (1988), Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train (1987) and Man of Flowers (1983).- Igor Vovchanchyn was born on 6 August 1973 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine].
- Nikolay Mulakov was born on 3 October 1989 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. He is an actor, known for Kanikuly prezidenta (2018), The Alienated (2024) and Like.Share.Repost. (2020).
- Ivan Koval-Samborsky was born on 16 September 1893 in Kharkov, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for The Adventures of the Three Reporters (1926), Men on Wings (1935) and The Girl with the Hat Box (1927). He died on 10 January 1962 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Additional Crew
Born in Russia, stage director Alan Schneider worked primarily in the U.S., and was best known for interpreting the plays of Samuel Beckett. Schneider made very infrequent ventures into cinema, the best-known being Film (1965), an experimental silent movie written by Beckett, made in 1964 with Buster Keaton. Schneider corresponded with Samuel Beckett for many years; ironically, and tragically, he was struck and killed by a motorcycle in London while crossing the street to post a letter to Beckett.- Producer
- Actor
- Visual Effects
Oleksandr Novichenkov is an independent film producer with more than 15 years of experience in the industry. He has a large body of experience in big projects having worked on successful, award-winning and commercially successful productions, he knows how to organize all processes of production from beginning to end, including maintaining the ability to supervise team members in all areas of pre, production, and post-. Oleksandr is always following new technologies and helping to adapt it, creating new, never-before-seen or heard of ideas and original contributions that ultimately end up being an incredible asset to film industry. Oleksandr showed himself to be a brilliant producer of colorization as the person responsible for art design in black and white movies being colorized. He has worked with some of the top filmmakers in the industry including Oliver Stone, Timur Bekmambetov, Price Pethel, etc. In 2021, he partnered with Wonderfilm providing technical and post production supervising skills.- Elza Radzina was born on 10 February 1917 in Kharkov, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Teatris (1978), King Lear (1970) and Tayna chyornykh drozdov (1983). She died on 18 August 2005 in Riga, Latvia.
- Valentina Glinko was born on 18 September 1955 in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. She is an actress, known for Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965).
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Michel Vitold was born on 15 September 1914 in Kharkov, Russian Empire [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Judex (1963), Quentin Durward (1971) and The Affairs of Messalina (1951). He was married to Christiane Lénier, Michèle Sayanoff Dufour and Mireille Paparella. He died on 14 June 1994 in Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine, France.- Halina Gryglaszewska was born on 13 June 1917 in Kharkov, Kharkov Governorate, Russia [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for The Double Life of Véronique (1991), Wsciekly (1980) and Birth Certificate (1961). She died on 18 June 2010 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.
- Justine Pasek was born on 29 August 1979 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. She has been married to Dan Joelson since 8 August 2009.
- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Aleksandr Alov was born on 26 September 1923 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Assassination Attempt (1981), Mir vkhodyashchemu (1961) and Bereg (1984). He died on 12 December 1983 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Olga Krasko was born on 30 November 1981 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for The Turkish Gambit (2005), Valeriy Kharlamov. Dopolnitelnoe vremya (2008) and The Signpost to Destiny (2007).
- Aleftina Evdokimova was born on 6 October 1939 in Osnova, Kharkov Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for Ekipazh (1980), Maltiyskiy krest (2008) and Courier (1986).