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Sergey Livnev was born on 16 April 1964 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is a producer and writer, known for Van Goghs (2018), Kiks (1992) and Hammer and Sickle (1994). He was previously married to Alika Smekhova.
Aug 31, 2021 · Sergei Livnev was one of the most exciting voices in Russian filmmaking in the “Wild Nineties” after the fall of the Soviet Union. But after just two features, and a stint as head of the Gorky film studio, he emigrated to America and turned his back on directing.
Director, producer, scriptwriter. Studied in the departments of cinematography (class of V. Yusov) and scriptwriting (class of A. Bizyak) at the Film Institute VGIK. In 1988 the first film based on his script hit the screens: “ASSA” (dir. Sergei Soloviev). He directed two films: “Kiks” (1991) and “Hammer and Sickle” (1994).
Van Goghs is the eagerly anticipated directorial return of Sergei Livnev, whose last film, the cult classic Hammer and Sickle (also starring Serebriakov) was made a quarter of a century ago.
Sergey Davydovich Livnev is a Russian film director, screenwriter and producer. Background. Sergey Davydovich Livnev was born on April 16, 1964. Education. In 1985 he graduated from the camera faculty of VGIK (workshop of V. Yusov). In 1987 he graduated from the scenic faculty of VGIK (A. Bizyak's workshop).
May 4, 2019 · On 7 May Curzon Mayfair will screen "Van Goghs", a 2018 Russian drama film written and directed by Sergey Livnev. RA+C met with the director Sergei Livnev to talk about why he came back to directing and what we can expect of his latest film.
Sergei Livnev’s Hammer and Sickle emphasizes the artificiality of high Stalinism by drawing attention to the stylized nature of Stalinist cultural production. Centered on a successful sex-change operation, the film stresses the constructed and performative nature of the Stalinist gendered subject.
