Eugene Kotlyarenko

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Eugene Kotlyarenko is a Ukrainian-American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. His feature writing-directing work includes 0s & 1s (2011), A Wonderful Cloud (2015), Wobble Palace (2018), We Are (2020) and Spree (2020).

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Early life

Kotlyarenko was born in Odesa to a Jewish-Ukrainian family. He grew up in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn and on Long Island, attending Columbia University before moving to Los Angeles. [1]

Career

In 2010, he made his directorial debut, SkyDiver (Instructional Video #4: Preparation for Mission), starring Lawrence Michael Levine and Sophia Amoruso. The next year, in 2011, he co-wrote and directed 0s & 1s , starring Morgan Krantz, Jeremy Blackman, Matty Cardarople, and Ahna O'Reilly.

In 2012, he wrote and directed Feast of Burden, premiered at Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. In 2015, A Wonderful Cloud, starring Kate Lyn Sheil, John Ennis, and himself, premiered at the SXSW Film Festival.

In 2018, Kotlyarenko wrote and directed Wobble Palace starring Dasha Nekrasova, Jack Kilmer, and himself. The film premiered at the SXSW Film Festival to positive reviews with New York Times , critic Teo Bugbee praising the film as "[...] a sendup of broke-artist types that shimmers with abashed affection". [2] A review on The Playlist by Lena Wilson echoed this sentiment, writing that it: "[...] perfectly reproduces a subculture, both visually and narratively". [3]

In 2020, Kotlyarenko wrote and directed Spree starring Joe Keery, Sasheer Zamata, David Arquette, Kyle Mooney, Lala Kent and Mischa Barton. The film was executive-produced by Drake [4] it premiered on January 24, 2020, at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival as part of the NEXT category, and was released theatrically and via video on demand in the United States on August 14, 2020, by RLJE Films. The same year, he wrote and directed We Are, starring Dasha Nekrasova, Keith Poulson, and Vishwam Velandy.

In 2024, He wrote and directed The Code, starring Dasha Nekrasova, Peter Vack, and Ivy Wolk, it premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival.

Filmography

YearTitleDirectorWriterActorEditorProducer
2010SkyDiver (Instructional Video #4: Preparation for Mission)YesYesYesYes
2011 0s & 1s YesYesNoYesNo
2012Feast of BurdenYesYesYesNoNo
2015 A Wonderful Cloud YesYesYesNoNo
2018 Wobble Palace YesYesYesNoNo
2020 Spree YesYesYesNoYes
2020We AreYesYesNoNoNo
2024The CodeYesYesYesNoNo

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References

  1. ↑ "Eugene Kotlyarenko's Singularity - Anthem Magazine". anthemmagazine.com. Retrieved 2024-10-24.
  2. ↑ Bugbee, Teo (4 October 2018). "Review: In 'Wobble Palace,' a Relationship Hangs by a Stringy Toupee (Published 2018)". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ Wilson, Lena (19 March 2018). "'Wobble Palace' Is A Gorgeous, Narcissistic Nightmare [SXSW Review]". The Playlist. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  4. ↑ ‘Spree’ Review: Joe Keery Leads This ‘American Psycho’ for the Digital Age | Sundance 2020 Collider. 26 January 2020
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