Oleg Negin

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Oleg Negin
Born (1970-07-02) 2 July 1970 (age 53) [1]
Occupation(s)Screenwriter
Novelist
Awards Cannes Film Festival Best Screenplay Award

Oleg Negin (born 2 July 1970) is a Russian screenwriter and novelist. He was born in Moscow. [1]

Negin's novels include П.Ушкин and Кипарис во дворе, published in 2004. [2] In film, he became a collaborator with director Andrey Zvyagintsev, and at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival their Leviathan won the Best Screenplay Award. [3] For their 2017 film Loveless , Negin and Zvyagintsev were jointly nominated for the European Film Award for Best Screenwriter. [4]

Filmography

Negin's films include: [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Elena". Sundance Institute. p. 9. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  2. Arkhangelsky, Andrei (2014). "Мы и есть союз интеллигенции и рабочего класса". Kommersant (in Russian). Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  3. Porton, Richard (27 May 2014). "Inside 'Leviathan': Russian Filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev's Award-Winning Anti-Putin Cannes Film". The Daily Beast . Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  4. Cabeza, Elisabet (4 November 2017). "'The Square' leads 2017 European Film Awards nominations". Screen Daily. Screen International . Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  5. "Oleg Negin". British Film Institute . Retrieved 24 June 2018.