Director,
Writer,
Actor,
Production designer
Born 1955, USSR
 
 
Sergey OVCHAROV
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Сергей Михайлович ОВЧАРОВ
Sergueï OVTCHAROV
Filmography (extracts)
 
Director
2008 - The Garden / The Cherry Orchard (Сад) [fiction]
2001 - The Tale Of Fedot, The Shooter (Сказ про Федота-стрельца) [fiction, 105 mn]
2000 - Feats Of Herkules (Подвиги Геракла) [fiction, 12 mn]
2000 - Russian Dreams (Сочинушки) [fiction, 12 mn]
2000 - Yabloko (Яблоко)
1998 - Faraon (Фараон) [animation, 10 mn]
1993 - Barabaniade / Drumroll (Барабаниада) [fiction, 93 mn]
1989 - It (Оно) [fiction, 124 mn]
1986 - The Left-Handed (Левша) [fiction, 89 mn]
1983 - Cock-and-Bull Story (Небывальщина) [fiction, 82 mn]
1979 - Nonsense (Нескладуха) [fiction, 26 mn]
1977 - Shosse (Шоссе)
 
Writer
2008 - The Garden / The Cherry Orchard (Сад) from Sergey OVCHAROV [fiction]
2000 - Feats Of Herkules (Подвиги Геракла) from Sergey OVCHAROV [fiction, 12 mn]
1998 - Faraon (Фараон) from Sergey OVCHAROV [animation, 10 mn]
1993 - Barabaniade / Drumroll (Барабаниада) from Sergey OVCHAROV [fiction, 93 mn]
1989 - It (Оно) from Sergey OVCHAROV [fiction, 124 mn]
1986 - The Left-Handed (Левша) from Sergey OVCHAROV [fiction, 89 mn]
1983 - Cock-and-Bull Story (Небывальщина) from Sergey OVCHAROV [fiction, 82 mn]
1979 - Nonsense (Нескладуха) from Sergey OVCHAROV [fiction, 26 mn]
 
Actor
1993 - Barabaniade / Drumroll (Барабаниада) from Sergey OVCHAROV [fiction, 93 mn]
 
Production designer
2000 - Feats Of Herkules (Подвиги Геракла) from Sergey OVCHAROV [fiction, 12 mn]
1998 - Faraon (Фараон) from Sergey OVCHAROV [animation, 10 mn]
 
Site : IMDb

Awards :
1981 Grand Prix du festival Langlois en France
1985 Grand Prix du meilleur débutant de l’Union Soviétique
1989 Grand Prix du festival « Le nouveau cinéma » de Pezaro (Italie)
1990 Prix « Nika » de la presse cinématographique
1993 Prix du meilleur réalisateur en Yougoslavie, Prix Spécial du Jury au festival « Kinotavr », Bélier d’or du meilleur réalisateur.
1996 Prix du meilleur réalisateur de l’Académie des Arts de Berlin.
1999 Prix aux festivals de Vyborg, Tallin, Toronto. Ours d’or du meilleur court métrage à Berlin et prix Nika du meilleur film d’animation.
The Tale Of Fedot, The Shooter :
Special Jury prize, Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 2002
Faraon :
Golden bear, Short films, Berlin International Film Festival : Berlinale, Berlin (Germany), 1999
Best Animation film, "NIKA" Prizes, Moscow (Russia), 1999
Barabaniade / Drumroll :
Siver Award, Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 1993
Ecumenical Jury Prize, Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF), Moscow (Russia), 1993
Special Jury prize, Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 1993
Guild of Historians of Cinema and Film Critics Prize, Open Russian Film Festival Kinotavr, Sochi (Russia), 1993
Nonsense :
Prix du meilleur court métrage de fiction à la Semaine nationale du cinéma des Jeunes Réalisateurs de l'Union Soviétique, 1979

Biography
Director, scriptwriter, art director. Born in 1955 in Rostov-on-Don. Graduated from the film department of Moscow Institute of Culture (1976, class of G.Roshal), from the Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors (1979, class of G.Panfilov). In the 70s worked in theatre studios of Moscow. Since 1979 was a director at «Lenfilm». In 1997 at the theatre «Community of Actors from Taganka» directed a play based on the fairy tale by Leonid Filatov «About Brave Fedot the Marksman», made screen version in 2001. In 1998—2000 was the author of movies from the feature and animation cycle «Myths».
 

Commentaries and bibliography
- Sergei Ovcharov : The Garden (Sad, 2008) , Stephen NORRIS, 2009, kinokultura.com
- 90-е. Кино, которое мы потеряли , Larisa MALUKOVA, 2007, Зебра Е ; 2007 г.
- Оно, режиссёр Сергей Овчаров, 1989 год [Critique du film Lui, 1989, de Sergueï OVTCHAROV] Георгий КВАНТРИШВИЛИ, 2007, drugoe-kino.livejournal.com