Aleksey Uchitel
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Born in Leningrad in 1951. Son of a well-known documentary film
director Yefim Uchitel. Graduated in 1975 from VGIK (The All-Russian
State University of Cinematography). Worked as a cameraman and
documentary film director at the Leningrad Documentary Film Studio.
President and CEO of Rock Films, a production company established in
1991. In 1995, directed his first feature, a critically acclaimed
Giselle's Mania (1995). Winner of Nika, Russian Film Academy Award for
best feature film in 2000, His Wife's Diary was the Russian submission
for Oscar 2000. In 2008 he was awarded with Best Directing Prize in
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Laureate of a number of
international and Russian film festivals.
