Sigarev Vasily - Russian prose writer, screenwriter, film director, producer, editor and cameraman. Winner of the Evening Standard Awards (UK), Eureka, Debut, New Style and Antibooker. He acted as the director and screenwriter of the popular films “Top”, “Country of OZ” and “Live”.
Biography
Vasily Vladimirovich was born in 1977, January 11, in Verkhnyaya Salda (Sverdlovsk region). The playwright’s childhood and teenage years passed in this city, about which he speaks little now. Having received a certificate of secondary education, Sigarev moved to Nizhny Tagil for admission to the university. The guy needed to study two courses at a pedagogical institute in order to understand that he needed a creative profession.
In 1997, Vasily Sigarev became a student at the Yekaterinburg Theater Institute, choosing the specialty “Drama” (workshop of N. V. Kolyada). Speaking of things that inspire him, he always recalls E. Klimov’s military drama “Go and See.” Sigarev is an opponent of Russian clericalism, uncontested elections and political persecution of the Gogol Center Theater.
Dramaturgy
He wrote his first plays and scripts in his student years. The works of Vasily Sigarev were readily published not only by Russian magazines (Ural, Modern Drama), but also by foreign publications that translated his works into Polish, Serbian, German, French and English. Another confirmation of the success of the plays was the interest of foreign theater directors, who drew stories from them for their performances.
In 2000, compatriots recognized the talent of a rising star. Vasily’s play “Plasticine” was awarded the Debut Prize. In the same year, Kirill Serebrennikov transformed the work into a production that was seen by guests of the Lyubimovka festival. The performance won several prestigious Russian awards, and the British Evening Standard named Vasily Sigarev the most promising playwright. Then "Plasticine" fell into the repertoire of the French project "East-West".
Today, Sigarev is the author of two dozen works that directors translate into productions in theaters around the world. “Keyhole”, “Ghoul Family” and “Pit” - the most significant works of the playwright, which brought the creator many awards.
Films
Vasily Sigarev considers his plays more suitable for film scripts than for theater. His statement that he felt bored during the premiere of the play according to his own story somewhat shocked the fans. The debut of Vasily Vladimirovich as a screenwriter and director took place in the 2009 psychological drama "The Top". The painting and its creator were showered with awards of domestic and international festivals.
In 2012, the world saw the second film work of the playwright Vasily Sigarev, which became the drama "Live." The dizzying premiere took place in Rotterdam as part of the international film festival. Among the many awards received by the drama, there is a prize from the Guild of Film Critics and Film Critics at Kinotavr.
In 2015, Vasily directed the comedy Country of OZ, which repeated the success of previous films.
