Alexander Rodnyansky

Alexander Yefimovych Rodnyansky Ukrainian Олександр Юхимович Роднянський romanized Oleksandr Yukhymovych Rodnianskyi Russian Александр Ефимович Роднянский born July 2 1961 is a Ukrainian film director film producer television executive and businessman As a media manager Rodnyansky founded the first Ukrainian independent television network 11 and ran Russian CTC Media which under his management became the first Russian media company to trade on NASDAQ publicly Rodnyansky has produced over 30 films and more than 20 television series during his career Some of his most notable projects include Elena 2011 Leviathan 2014 and Loveless2017 directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev The Duelist 2016 directed by Aleksey Mizgirev The Man Who Surprised Everyone 2018 directed by Aleksey Chupov and Natasha Merkulova Beanpole 2019 directed by Kantemir Balagov Mama Im Home 2021 directed by Vladimir Bitokov and Unclenching the Fists 2021 directed by Kira Kovalenko Films produced by Rodnyansky many times won top prizes at the Cannes Film Festival Among the awards won by his films are  the Golden Globe Award for Leviathan the Grand Prix of Un Certain Regard program for Unclenching the Fists and the César Award for Loveless Rodnyansky won the GQ Russia Man of the Year producer award three times He is a European Film Academy and Asia Pacific Screen Awards member Rodnyansky is a Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Four of his films were nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film category A Chef in Love EastWest Leviathan and Loveless Among other films that Alexander Rodnyansky produced was Stalingrad 2013 the highestgrossing Russian film at the time Among other movies produced by Rodnyansky A Chef in Love 1997 EastWest 1999 A Driver for Vera 2004 The 9th Company 2005 The Sun 2005 Heat 2006 Piter FM 2006 and The Inhabited Island 2009 He created the Ukrainian TV network 11 and was the CEO of a Russian media company CTC Media for seven years Variety500 index names Alexander Rodnyansky as one of the 500 most influential business leaders shaping the global media industry Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexander Rodnyansky licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia