Maryus Vaysberg

Maryus Erikovich Vaysberg Russian Марюс Эрикович Вайсберг born 1 April 1971 Moscow also known as Marius BalčiūnasWeisberg is a Russian film director producer and screenwriter of Lithuanian and Jewish descent His father Erik Vaysberg had had his own career in the Soviet film industry he acted as the executive producer of Tarkovskys film Mirror on Andrei Konchalovskys film Siberiade and Karen Shakhnazarovs film The Assassin of the Tsar Vaysberg graduated from the VGIK in the mid1990s and started releasing films His first film No Vacancy starring Christina Ricci was released in 1999 Vaysbergs films are not wellloved by critics in his native Russia However many of his films are successful at the Russian box office such as Naughty Grandma Love in the Big City 8 First Dates and Not Ideal Man