Egor Trukhin

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| name = Egor Trukhin

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| pronunciation = Егор Трухин

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|1|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Saint Petersburg, Russia

| nationality = Russian-Israeli

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|director|screenwriter}}

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Egor Trukhin is a Russian-Israeli theater and film director, actor, screenwriter, cinematographer, and editor.

Biography

Egor Trukhin was born on January 31, 1997, in St. Petersburg, Russia, into a theatrical family.

From 2009 to 2013, he attended the Theater of Youth Creativity in St. Petersburg, where he played roles in Pinocchio and Tom Sawyer. In 2013, he enrolled at the Oleg Tabakov’s Moscow Theater School. While studying there, he performed in The White Guard, directed by Sergei Zhenovach, at the Moscow Art Theater. After graduating with honors, he joined the trainee troupe of the Tabakov’s Theatre and performed in A Lively Place, directed by Vitaly Egorov.{{Cite web |title=EGOR TRUKHIN - Filmmakers |url=https://www.filmmakers.eu/en/actors/egor-trukhin |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=www.filmmakers.eu |language=en}}

In 2017, Egor entered the Department of Theater Directing at the Russian Institute of Theater Arts (GITIS), under the course of Sergei Zhenovach. During his third year, he staged Hamlet by Shakespeare, which was later presented at multiple festivals such as Your Chance, The Future of Theatrical Russia (Yaroslavl, Russia), The International Shakespeare Festival (Yerevan, Armenia), and The Tower Festival (Kaliningrad, Russia).{{Cite web |date=2022-10-28 |title=Театръ • Выпускники московских театральных вузов открывают Театр «Мастерских» |url=https://oteatre.info/teatr-masterskih/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=Театръ |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2022-11-15 |title=Гамлет — мажор, психопат или все-таки ребенок: три театральные премьеры по Шекспиру |url=https://www.forbes.ru/forbeslife/481114-gamlet-mazor-psihopat-ili-vse-taki-rebenok-tri-teatral-nye-prem-ery-po-sekspiru |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=Forbes.ru |language=ru}}{{Cite web |title=МХТ им. А. П. Чехова: Егор Трухин |url=https://mxat.ru/authors/directors/truhinegor/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=mxat.ru}}

In 2019, he played the lead role of Vasya in the musical comedy television series The ’90s. Funny and Loud, which was broadcast on the STS channel.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13311928/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cdt_t_6]

In 2019, Egor made his debut as a film director with the short film In Silence, which was shot in St. Petersburg. The film, dedicated to his hometown, won “Best Experimental Film” at the MOSCOW SHORTS festival in 2021 and received recognition from other international film festivals.{{Cite web |title=Egor Trukhin |url=https://www.bisff.co/people/egor-trukhin |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=bisff |language=zh}}{{Citation |last=Trukhin |first=Egor |title=In Silence |date=2022-10-12 |type=Short, Drama |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28696468/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |others=Aleksandr Bashirov, Alexander Bildanov, Galina Buzgu |publisher=Black Box Production}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=0Y4xbQiDDMOxWS4s&v=5zSxD9vG8f8&feature=youtu.be |title=In Silence {{!}} short film (2019-2022) |date=2022-10-12 |last=EGOR TRUKHIN |access-date=2025-02-17 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite web |title=in silence / tikho |url=https://festagent.com/en/projects/642356?part=overview |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Festagent |language=en}}

In 2021, he participated in the experimental project “Laboratory of Fiction” at the Russian Academic Youth Theater (RAMT), where he presented a sketch of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett.{{Cite web |title=Лаборатория фантастики |url=https://www.ramt.ru/projects/laboratorii/laboratoriya-fantastiki/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=www.ramt.ru}}

In 2021-2022, he starred in the drama KAT directed by Boris Akopov, the drama Nika directed by Vasilisa Kuzmina, and the drama One Real Day, directed by Georgi Shengelia.

In March 2022, Egor staged Florian Zeller’s play The Mother at the Moscow Art Theater. He dedicated the work to his mother.{{Cite web |title=МХТ им. А. П. Чехова: Egor Trukhin |url=https://mxat.ru/english/authors/directors/truhinegor/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=mxat.ru}}[https://mxat.ru/authors/directors/truhinegor/25755/]{{Cite web |title=— Театрал |url=https://www.teatral-online.ru/news/31149/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=www.teatral-online.ru |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |title=МХТ имени Чехова представляет спектакль "Мама" |url=https://smotrim.ru/article/2684332? |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20231207173618/https://smotrim.ru/article/2684332? |archive-date=2023-12-07 |access-date=2025-02-17 |work=smotrim.ru}}{{Cite web |title=МХТ им. А. П. Чехова: Мама |url=https://mxat.ru/performance/new-stage/mama/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=mxat.ru}}[https://smotrim.ru/video/2397530]

Later in March 2022, he left Russia in protest of the invasion policy and became a citizen of Israel.[https://www.israelculture.info/egor-truxin-ya-zdes-na-svoej-planete/] In September 2022, he presented a self-written play I Am Here, starring actor Anatoly Beliy in the lead role. The performance toured worldwide.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WUxMgGWpsc&t=2766s |title=«90-е оказались обманом»: Анатолий Белый и Егор Трухин о театре и войне, цензуре и пропаганде |date=2023-07-27 |last=The Insider Live |access-date=2025-02-17 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite web |last=Элькин |first=Сергей |date=2023-06-16 |title=Егор Трухин: "Стенограмма времени" |url=https://thereklama.com/yegor-trukhin-stenogramma-vremeni/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=The Reklama |language=ru-RU}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F54AKcI2SbU |title=Режиссер "Я здесь" Егор Трухин в передаче "Детский недетский вопрос". Два рюкзака – и есть дом. |date=2024-05-02 |last=Детский недетский вопрос |access-date=2025-02-17 |via=YouTube}}{{Cite web |last=Kozlov |first=Alexei |date=2023-03-27 |title=Театральная сенсация и канадский дебют замечательного актера Анатолия Белого - здесь! В Торонто! |url=https://showoneproductions.ca/%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F-%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D0%B8-%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9-%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B1/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=Show One Productions |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Балабай |first=Людмила |date=2023-04-21 |title=Anatoly Bely will come to the USA with the most sold-out performance of 2022 |url=https://www.forumdaily.com/en/anatolij-belyj-priedet-v-ssha-s-samym-anshlagovym-spektaklem-2022-goda/ |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=ForumDaily |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Theater of Anti-War: How Russia failed to conquer the stage for pro-war propaganda |url=https://theins.ru/en/society/274357 |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=The Insider |language=ru}}

Starting in 2022, Egor was touring internationally as an actor in the play My Grandson Benjamin, with Liya Akhedzhakova in the leading role.[https://showoneproductions.ca/ru/event/liya-akhedzhakova-my-grandson-veniamin-2024030912/]{{Cite web |date=2024-03-01 |title="Мой внук Вениамин". Скоро в Америке |url=https://thereklama.com/moy-vnuk-veniamin-skoro-v-amerike/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=The Reklama |language=ru-RU}}

In 2023, Trukhin appeared in the Georgian feature film Shavi Kvebi (The Black Stones), which was selected for the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).{{Cite web |title=Shavi Kvebi |url=https://iffr.com/en/iffr/2025/films/shavi-kvebi |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=IFFR EN |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Shavi Kvebi (2025) |url=https://www.labocine.com/films/shavi-kvebi-2025 |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=Labocine |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Short film "Shavi kvebi" |url=https://hooray-production.com/shavi-kvebi |access-date=2025-05-11 |website=hooray-production.com}}

At the beginning of 2024, Trukhin staged his self-written dramatic play So Many of You in Tbilisi, Georgia.