Vasily Sigarev
{{short description|Russian film director, screenwriter, and playwright}}
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| name = Vassily Sigarev
| image = Василий Сигарев.jpg
| caption = Vassily Sigarev in 2018
| birth_name = Vassily Vladimirovich Sigarev
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1977|1|11}}
| birth_place = Verkhnyaya Salda, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union
| occupation = Film director, screenwriter, playwright
| years_active = 2000–present
| works = Wolfy, Living, The Land of Oz,
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| alma_mater = Yekaterinburg Theatre Institute
| spouse =
| children =
| awards = Kinotavr: Best Director, 2012 and Best Screenplay, 2009 and 2015
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Vassily Vladimirovich Sigarev ({{langx|ru|Васи́лий Владимирович Си́гарев}}, born 11 January 1977, Verkhnyaya Salda, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Soviet Union) is a Russian playwright, screenwriter and film director.{{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema|author=Peter Rollberg|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2016|place=US|isbn=978-1442268425|pages=689–690}} His plays Plasticine, Black Milk and Ladybird were first produced in the West by the Royal Court Theatre, in 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively.{{cite web|title=The Royal Court Theatre Presents 'Lady Bird'|url=http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/ladybird|publisher=Royal Court Theatre|access-date=1 August 2012}}{{cite news|last=O'Mahoney|first=John|title='He's probably passed out somewhere with a bottle in his hand....': John O'Mahoney goes in search of Russia's most promising playwright|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2003/feb/03/theatre.artsfeatures|publisher=GuardianUK|access-date=1 August 2012|location=London|date=3 February 2003}} In 2002, Sigarev was named the winner of the Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright given out by the Evening Standard for Plasticine.
Biography
Sigarev was born in 1977, in Verkhnyaya Salda, Sverdlovsk Oblast, a small town {{convert|180|km|sp=us}} north of Yekaterinburg, into a working-class family.{{Cite book |last=Birksted-Breen |first=Noah |title=Vasilii Sigarev and the Presniakov Brother: Staging the New Russia |publisher=Routledge |year=2020 |isbn=9781138084223 |pages=168–184 |language=English}} He studied at the Nizhny Tagil Pedagogical Institute and graduated from the Yekaterinburg Theatre Institute where he studied under Nikolay Kolyada.{{cite web |url=http://vsigarev.ru/ |title=About the Author |work=vsigarev.ru |language=ru |access-date=1 August 2012}}
Theater
The subject matter of Sigarev's plays is the decay of post-Soviet Russia. Plasticine deals with child rape, Black Milk features a husband and wife team of con men in an abusive relationship, while the main characters of Ladybird steal cemetery markers to sell them to raise money for booze.
=U.S. Productions=
Ladybird had its American premiere at The Bootleg Theatre in Los Angeles in 2007.{{cite web|title=US Premiere: Vassily Sigarev's LADYBIRD|url=http://www.ticketsr.com/index.php?op=event&id=360|publisher=TicketsRHere|access-date=1 August 2012}}
Sigarev's work had not been seen in New York until a production of Black Milk was produced Off-Broadway in July 2012, at the 13th Street theater. Directed by Columbia M.F.A. student Michel Hausmann, the production received mixed reviews.{{cite web|last=Finkle|first=David|title=Black Milk|url=http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/reviews/07-2012/black-milk_59798.html|publisher=TheaterMania|access-date=1 August 2012}} Alexis Soloski of the Village Voice called it an ..."unnuanced, indifferently acted production".{{cite web|last=Soloski|first=Alexis|title=Black Milk Rails Away; Russia goes offtrack in Vassily Sigarev's angry drama|url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2012-08-01/theater/black-milk-rails-away/|publisher=Village Voice|access-date=1 August 2012}} nytheatre.com called it "strong piece of theatre, taking its audience headfirst into a deserted wasteland of fear, confused morals and a profound fall from purity. With resonating performances, impeccable design and a truthful directorial vision"http://www.nytheatre.com/Show/Review/blac14949 {{Dead link|date=August 2022}}
Cinema
Sigarev has directed three films, Volchok, which was made in 2009 and which he adapted from his own play, Zhit (Living) (2012) and The Land of Oz (2015). He also wrote the screenplay for [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1427281/combined Prodayotsya detektor lzhi] (2005), which is based on his plays Detektor lzhi and Fantomnye boli.
In his 2021 interview with Yury Dud Sigarev mentioned Elem Klimov's Come and See as the film that influenced him the most.{{cite web|title=Сигарев о фильме "Иди и смотри": "Будет правдиво и больно. Очень больно" — Статьи на КиноПоиске|url=https://www.kinopoisk.ru/media/article/3214597/|access-date=2021-02-06|website=КиноПоиск|language=ru}}
Personal life
Sigarev lives in Moscow and was married to Russian actress Yana Troyanova from 2013 to 2020.{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Василий Сигарев и Яна Троянова расстались: "Она разлюбила меня как мужчину"|url=https://www.spletnik.ru/buzz/love/100296-vasiliy-sigarev-rasskazal-o-rasstavanii-s-yanoy-troyanovoy.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-02-06|website=www.spletnik.ru|language=ru}}
Sigarev openly supports Alexei Navalny and was detained at 2021 Russian protests.{{cite web|title=Режиссера Василия Сигарева задержали в Москве на акции в поддержку Навального|url=https://www.znak.com/2021-01-23/rezhissera_vasiliya_sigareva_zaderzhali_v_moskve_na_akcii_v_podderzhku_navalnogo|access-date=2021-02-06|website=www.znak.com}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Films by Vasily Sigarev |
| scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title !scope="col"| Title in Russian !scope="col"| Director !scope="col"| Writer !scope="col"| Awards |
|---|
| 2005
| Lie Detector for Sale | Продаётся детектор лжи | | {{ya}} | |
| 2009
| Wolfy | Волчок |{{ya}} |{{ya}} | 12 wins and 6 nominations |
| 2012
| Living | Жить |{{ya}} |{{ya}} | 9 wins and 8 nominations |
| 2014
| Goodbye Mom | До свидания, мама | |{{ya}} | 1 win and 1 nomination |
| 2015
| Страна ОЗ |{{ya}} |{{ya}} | 5 wins and 11 nominations |
| 2018
| Guppy Fish | Гупёшка | |{{ya}} | |
Selected Plays
- Plasticine
- Black Milk
- Ladybird
Awards and nominations
= Winner =
- 2002 Evening Standard Theatre Awards: Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright for Plasticine{{cite web|date=2011-03-28|title=EVENING STANDARD THEATRE AWARDS – Most Promising Playwright Winners, 1956 to present {{!}} WestEndTheatre.com|url=https://www.westendtheatre.com/11671/awards-data/evening-standard-theatre-awards-%e2%80%93-most-promising-playwright-winners-1956-to-present/|access-date=2021-02-06|website=www.westendtheatre.com|language=en-GB}}{{cite web|last=Standard|first=Evening|date=2019-11-05|title=Evening Standard Theatre Awards 1980-2003|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/evening-standard-theatre-awards-19802003-7299246.html|access-date=2021-02-06|website=www.standard.co.uk|language=en}}
- 2009 Kinotavr: Best Screenplay for Wolfy{{cite web|title=Kinotavr|url=https://kinotavr.ru/en/history/2009/laureates|access-date=2021-02-06|website=kinotavr.ru|language=en}}
- 2009 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival: Don Quijote Award - Special Mention for Wolfy
- 2009 Russian Guild of Film Critics: Best Film and Best Debut for Wolfy
- 2009 Zurich Film Festival: International Feature Film for Wolfy{{cite web|title=Zurich Film Festival|url=http://zff.com/en/archive/programme-2009/award-winners/|access-date=2021-02-06|website=Zurich Film Festival|language=en}}
- 2012 Kinotavr: Best Director for Living{{cite web|title=Kinotavr|url=https://kinotavr.ru/en/history/2012/laureates|access-date=2021-02-06|website=kinotavr.ru|language=en}}
- 2012 Thessaloniki Film Festival: Special Artistic Achievement for Living
- 2012 Wiesbaden goEast: Golden Lily and FIPRESCI Prize for Living
- 2015 Kinotavr: Best Screenplay and Prize of the Guild of Russian Film Scholars and Film Critics for The Land of Oz{{cite web|title=Kinotavr|url=https://kinotavr.ru/en/history/2015/laureates|access-date=2021-02-06|website=kinotavr.ru|language=en}}
- 2016 Festival de l'Europe autour de l'Europe: Prix Luna for The Land of Oz{{cite web|title=Le Palmarès du festival L'Europe autour de l'Europe 2016 « L'Europe autour de l'Europe — 2016|url=http://evropafilmakt.com/2016/festival/palmares/|access-date=2021-02-06|language=fr-FR}}
= Nominations =
- 2010 Nika Awards: Best Film and Discovery of the Year for Wolfy
- 2010 Nika Awards: Best Film and Best Director for Living
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|3384558}}
- Vassily Sigarev biography at Russian Wikipedia
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Category:People from Sverdlovsk Oblast
Category:Russian dramatists and playwrights
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