Vladimir Kott

Vladimir Konstantinovich Kott (Russian: Владимир Константинович Котт; born February 22, 1973) is a Russian film and stage director, screenwriter, film editor and producer, involved in over 60 works.[1] He is the twin of the Russian film director Alexander Kott.[2]

He is a signatory of a 2022 open letter of the Union of Russian Cinematographers against the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.[3]

Selected filmography

  • 2008: The Fly; director, screenwriter
  • 2011: Gromozeka; director, screenwriter
  • 2013: Pyotr Leschenko. Everything That Was...; director, screenwriter
  • 2017: Thawed Carp, director
  • 2022: Disobedient; director, screenwriter
  • 2022: Disobedient 2, sequel; director, screenwriter
  • 2023: Disobedients, sequel; director, screenwriter

Awards

  • 2005: Several awards for his student's short The Door
  • 2008, 2009: several awards for the film The Fly, including the Best Film award at the 2008 Shanghai International Film Festival[2]
  • 2011: for Gromozeka:
    • Audience Award at the London Russian Film Festival
    • Best directing FilmFestival Cottbus - Festival of East European Cinema, Cottbus (Germany)[4]
    • Audience Award FilmFestival Cottbus - Festival of East European Cinema, Cottbus (Germany)[4]
    • First prize Honfleur Russian Film Festival, Honfleur (France)[4]

References