Vitali Kanevsky | |
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Born |
Suchan, Soviet Union | 4 September 1935
Occupation(s) |
Film director Screenwriter |
Years active | 1976—2000 |
Vitali Yevgenievich Kanevsky ( Russian: Вита́лий Евге́ньевич Кане́вский; born 4 September 1935) is a Soviet film director and screenwriter. His film Freeze Die Come to Life won the Caméra d'Or at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. [1] Two years later, his film An Independent Life would win the Jury Prize at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. [2] The film was also nominated for the Golden Bear at the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. [3]
In 1960 he entered the directing department of VGIK ( Mikhail Romm's workshop).
Kanevsky served a prison sentence for rape from 1966 to 1974. [4]
Vitali currently lives in France, USA, and St. Petersburg. [5]