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Maryus Vaysberg

Maryus Vaysberg

Russian film director, producer and screenwriter


Maryus Erikovich Vaysberg (Russian: Марюс Эрикович Вайсберг, born 1 April 1971), also known as Marius Balčiūnas-Weisberg, is a Russian film director, producer, and screenwriter of Lithuanian and Jewish descent.[1][2]

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Career

His father, Erik Vaysberg, had had his own career in the Soviet film industry- he acted as the executive producer of Tarkovsky's film Mirror,[3] on Andrei Konchalovsky's film Siberiade, and Karen Shakhnazarov's film The Assassin of the Tsar.

Vaysberg graduated from the VGIK in the mid-1990s and started releasing films.[4] His first film, No Vacancy, starring Christina Ricci was released in 1999.

Vaysberg's films are not well-loved by critics in his native Russia. However, many of his films are successful at the Russian box office, such as Naughty Grandma,[5] Love in the Big City, 8 First Dates, and Not Ideal Man.

Filmography

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References

  1. "Марюс Вайсберг (Marius Waisberg) - биография - российские режиссёры - Кино-Театр.РУ". kino-teatr.ru. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  2. Fomin, Valeriy; Kosinova, Marina. "Создание фильма «Зеркало» А. Тарковского" [The Making of Andrey Tarkovsky's film "Mirror"]. tarkovsky.su (in Russian). Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  3. "Марюс Вайсберг". Forbes. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
  4. "Российское кино летом: провалилось все, кроме "Бабушки легкого поведения"" [Russian movie industry in the summer: Everything flopped, except for "Naughty Grandma"]. mk.ru (in Russian). 28 August 2017. Retrieved June 28, 2021.

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