Oles Sanin

Oles Sanin

Born (1972-07-30)July 30, 1972
Kamin-Kashyrskyi
Citizenship Ukrainian
Occupation Film director, producer, screenwriter
Years active 1994–present

Oles Hennadiyovych Sanin (Ukrainian: Олесь Геннадійович Санін; born July 30, 1972 in Kamin-Kashyrskyi) is a Ukrainian film director, actor, cinematographer, producer, musician and sculptor. Distinguished Artist of Ukraine; he was awarded the Alexander Dovzhenko Ukrainian State Award.

Biography

Born in Kamin-Kashyrskyi in the Volyn Oblast. He graduated of the Ivan Karpenko-Kary National University of Theatre, Film and TV in Kiev in 1993 in the actor's class (tutor: Valentyna Zymniya) and finished the film directing course for feature films (tutor: Leonid Osyka) in 1998. He made his internships in the Netherlands and the United States. In the years 1994–2000 he worked as a film director, director of photography, director of the production in the feature and documentary films' section of the Ukrainian branch of the international organisation Internews Network (presenly Internews). He produced several dozen documentaries (e.g. for such stations as Internews Network, Canal+, the Ukrainian TV channel 1+1, NTV, TNT, Polsat, DALAS studio, IKON, PRO Helvecia). He was the director of photography of several documentary films and directed a few documentary and feature short films.

Sanin presides over the Ukrainian Association of Young Cinematographers.

He plays the bandura, torban, hurdy-gurdy and follows the Volhynia tradition of hurdy-gurdy players.

He used to make musical instruments himself, mastering the craft of his grandfather. Using the pseudonym Oleś Smyk (Ukrainian: Олесь Смик), he is a member of the Kiev Kobzar Gild.

Two of his feature films, the debut Mamay (2003) and The Guide (2014), were official Ukrainian entries for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[1][2]

The Guide about the fate of Ukrainian kobzars was premiered on October 10, 2014[3] at the 30th Warsaw Film Festival.[4]

Awards and honors

Filmography

Feature films

Documentary films

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.wff.pl/en/filmy/the-guide01/
  2. ↑ List of submissions to the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
  3. ↑ http://www.wff.pl/en/filmy/the-guide01/
  4. ↑ http://www.wff.pl/en/filmy/the-guide01/

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