Andrey Zvyagintsev

Andrey Zvyagintsev is, for me, one of the essential filmmakers of contemporary Russia. Winning the Golden Lion with his debut The Return is the stuff of legend, yet his work never coasts on early acclaim; it keeps dissecting Russian society with a cold, neo-noir clarity that genuinely unsettles me. The Cannes screenplay prize and Golden Globe confirm a vision the world had to reckon with. I admire how much he says through silence and bleak landscape rather than exposition. His films are heavy, sometimes punishing, but they always leave a residue, and that is the mark of a serious artist.

Name (English)

Andrey Zvyagintsev

Name (Japanese)

アンドレイ・ズビャギンツェフ

Reading

あんどれい・ずびゃぎんつぇふ

Born

February 6, 1964 (age 62)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Dragon

Origin

Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia

Occupation

film director / actor / screenwriter / director

Awards & achievements

• 2015 Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film
• 2014 Best Screenplay Award
• Golden Lion
• Nika Award
• 2018 César Award for Best Foreign Film
• 2003 European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year
• 2015 Golden Globe Awards
• 2012 Golden Eagle Awards

• Official sitehttps://az-film.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrey%20Zvyagintsev
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BA%E3%83%93%E3%83%A3%E3%82%AE%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84%E3%82%A7%E3%83%95
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122425

Tags

• Novosibirsk Oblast
• film director
• actor
• screenwriter

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.